Al Green
Back Up Train
1968 · US · Vinyl LP Album Bestway Pressing
Funk / SoulRhythm & BluesSoul
Matrix / Runout
No runout etchings documented for this pressing.
Pressing provenance
- Bestway Products Inc.
Label & catalog
- Hot Line Music Journal RecordsHLS-1500S
- Hot Line Music Journal RecordsHLS-1500
Tracklist
- A1Back Up Train
- A2Hot Wire
- A3Stop And Check Myself
- A4Let Me Help You
- A5I’m Reachin’ Out
- A6Don’t Hurt Me No More
- B1Don’t Leave Me
- B2What’s It All About
- B3I’ll Be Good To You
- B4Guilty
- B5That’s All It Takes (Lady)
- B6Get Yourself Together
Quick listen
3 tracksNotes
Back Up Train is Al Green's debut album, released by Hot Line Records, a label formed by Palmer James and Curtis Rodgers, high school friends of Al Green's. This album was released prior to signing with Hi Records and still lists his name as "Greene". The title track was originally released in January of the same year as a single under the band name "Al Greene & The Soul Mates"