2012 - Speakers Corner / XSHL 32077 / 180g / Vinyl

Call Me is the sixth album by soul singer Al Green. It is widely regarded as Green's masterpiece, and has been called one of the best soul albums ever made.[1] In 2003 the TV network VH1 named it the 70th greatest album in any genre. In 2003, the album was ranked number 289 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Praised for his emotive singing style, Green here incorporates country influences, covering both Willie Nelson and Hank Williams. This album contained two U.S. #10 singles: "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" and "Call Me (Come Back Home)".


1. "Call Me (Come Back Home)" (Al Green/Al Jackson/Willie Mitchell) – 3:03
2. "Have You Been Making Out O.K." (Green) – 3:42
3. "Stand Up" (Green) – 3:25
4. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (Hank Williams) – 3:10
5. "Your Love Is Like the Morning Sun" (Green) – 3:09
6. "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" (Green/Teenie Hodges) – 4:14
7. "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Willie Nelson) – 5:33
8. "You Ought to Be With Me" (Green/Jackson/Mitchell) – 3:15
9. "Jesus Is Waiting" (Green) – 5:36


Rip by aksman.


Technical Log:

Hannl "limited" Record Cleaning Machine with Rotating Brush
TT: Bergmann Audio "Magne" (with air-bearing platter)
Tonearm: Bergmann Magne (tangential/linear air-bearing tonearm)
Cartridge: Ortofon MC A 90
Phono Amp: Nagra BPS (battery driven pre amp; 100 Ohm load)
Interconnects by Silent Wire (NF-7)
Benchmark ADC 1 USB
Interconnects by ViaBlue
AC connects by Goldkabel
Wavelab 6.1 recording software (recording & manual click removal)
iZotope RX Advanced 2.0 (resampling & audio restoration)
Traders Little Helper (SBE fix on 16/44.1)

Vacuum Cleaning > Bergmann Magne > Nagra BPS > Laptop > Wavelab 6.1 (24/96) > manual click removal
analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset) > resample to 16/44.1 > split into individual Tracks > FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21)

No silence been removed, please burn gapless to match original tracklayout.