| | Al Green Have A Good Time CD - Import Al Green Discography of CDs
The final offering from the magical collaboration between Al Green and producer Willie Mitchell, Have a Good Time found the dynamic duo in the midst of a creative crossroads. Green had just purchased a church and was looking to pour his energies into his congregation and his newly appointed title of Reverend. While the message and tones of religion aren't as obvious on Have a Good Time as they were on Full of Fire, they still do make appearances here and there. But it wasn't just a change in Green's life that made Have a Good Time so distinct from the earlier classics; it was also the changing shift in cultural tastes (thanks in no small part to the emergence of disco to the forefront of America's collective dance consciousness). With style shifts and members of a once solid backing band going their own way, the writing on the wall couldn't have been any clearer to both Green and Mitchell. With Have a Good Time they recapture moments of classic collaboration, the wonderful "Nothing Takes the Place of You" being the prime example of how good the two could be when they were in sync. ~ Rob Theakston
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Recorded at Royal Recording Studio and Allied Recording Studio, Memphis, Tennessee. Includes liner notes by Alan Robinson.
Personnel: Michael Toles (guitar, sitar); Mabon "Teenie" Hodges (guitar); Andrew Love (alto saxophone); Bill Easley, Lewis Collins (tenor saxophone); James Mitchell (baritone saxophone); Jack Hale (trumpet, trombone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Jackie Thomas (trombone); Archei Turner, James Brown, Michael Allen (piano); Charles Hodges (organ); Howard Grimes (drums, bongos); Gene Christman (drums).
Audio Remixer: Willie Mitchell.
Photographer: Jeffrey Mayer.
Personnel: Al Green (vocals); Michael Toles (guitar, sitar); Teenie Hodges (guitar); The Memphis Strings (strings); Andrew Love (alto saxophone); Lewis Collins, Bill Easley (tenor saxophone); James Mitchell (baritone saxophone); Wayne Jackson, Jack Hale, Jr. (trumpet); Jack Hale, Jackie Thomas (trombone); Archie Turner, Michael Allen, James Brown (piano); Charles Hodges (organ); Leroy Hodges (bass); Howard Grimes (drums, conga, bongos); Gene Chrisman (drums); Rhodes, Chalmers & Rhodes (background vocals).
Q (2/00, p.100) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...the last album [Green] made before his religious conversion....it contains the hit singles, 'Keep Me Crying' and 'I Tried to Tell Myself'..."
Mojo (Publisher) (2/00, p.103) - "...the final album with [producer/co-writer, Willie] Mitchell....with whom he'd forged the sound that had made his name....Thoroughly pleasant..." Have A Good Time Review
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