Al Green had lots of critical and commercial success for most of the 1970s. But that changed near the end of the decade. For one thing, the disco boom left most soul stars reeling commercially. But also, Green gradually lost interest in soul music as he turned more of his attention to Christianity. He opened his own church in 1976 and started preaching. From 1980 through most of the 1990s, he only released gospel albums. He did have one last hurrah with his 1977 album, "The Belle Album." It didn't sell that well, but it was critically acclaimed.
So early 1978 is a good time for a concert, since he was still promoting "The Belle Album." He did four songs from that album (tracks 6, 7, 9, and 10). Otherwise, he did his best known hits. I'm not into preachy religious music, so I'm glad to say there's only one song here, "All 'N' All," overtly focusing on religion.
Even though this is unreleased, the sound quality is excellent. However, the Soundstage show sometimes liked to insert interview segments between songs, and this was one of those times. I took out the interviews. "Love and Happiness" has "[Edit]" in its title because some of the interview overlapped with the start of the song. I removed that using the UVR5 audio editing program.
This album is 49 minutes long.
01 L-O-V-E (Al Green)
02 Tired of Being Alone (Al Green)
03 Let's Stay Together (Al Green)
04 You Ought to Be with Me (Al Green)
05 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (Al Green)
06 Belle (Al Green)
07 I Feel Good (Al Green)
08 talk (Al Green)
09 Dream (Al Green)
10 All 'N' All (Al Green)
11 Love and Happiness [Edit] (Al Green)
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The cover photo is from an appearance on the "Soul Train" TV show in 1977.
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