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Back Up Train
Back Up Train
	Original 1967 vinyl edition
Studio album by Al Greene
Released	March 21, 1967
Recorded	1966
Genre	Soul
Length	30:21
Label	Hot Line Music Journal
Producer	Curtis Rodgers, Palmer James
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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 actual correct spelling of his name). The title track was originally released in January 1967 as a single under the band name "Al Greene and The Soul Mates".

The album has been reissued, first in 1972 on Bell Records 6076 as Al Green (and a release of "Guilty" as a single, which became a Top 30 R&B hit), then in 1999 on Arista 7822-19097-2 as Al Green Master Hits. In 2005, with Sony's acquisition of the BMG/Arista catalog, it was issued again on Legacy 82876-69548-2 as Back Up Train with the original artwork from 1967.

Track listing

"Back Up Train" (Curtis Rodgers, Palmer James) - 2:19
"Hot Wire" (Palmer James) - 2:55
"Stop and Check Myself" (Al Green) - 1:41
"Let Me Help You" (Palmer James) - 1:47
"I’m Reachin’ Out" (Tip Watkins) - 2:43
"Don’t Hurt Me No More" (Curtis Rodgers, Palmer James) - 2:16
"Don’t Leave Me" (Palmer James) - 2:17
"I’ll Be Good to You" (Tip Watkins) - 2:13
"Guilty" (Robert Earl Williams) - 2:56
"That’s All It Takes (Lady)" (Curtis Rodgers) - 2:19
"Get Yourself Together" (Tip Watkins, Palmer James) - 2:25
"What’s It All About" (Tip Watkins, Palmer James) - 1:54
"A Lover's Hideaway" (Tip Watkins, Palmer James) - 2:36

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-| Next album  = ''[[Green Is Blues]]''<br/>(1969)
+| next_title = [[Green Is Blues]]
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+'''''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 actual correct spelling of his name). The title track was originally released in January 1967 as a single under the band name "Al Greene and The Soul Mates".
+The album has been reissued, first in 1972 on Bell Records 6076 as ''Al Green'' (and a release of "Guilty" as a single, which became a Top 30 R&B hit), then in 1999 on Arista 7822-19097-2 as ''Al Green Master Hits''.  In 2005, with Sony's acquisition of the BMG/Arista catalog, it was issued again on Legacy 82876-69548-2 as ''Back Up Train'' with the original artwork from 1967.
-'''''Back Up Train''''' is [[Al Green]]'s first release, on Hot Line Records, prior to signing with [[Hi Records]]. As evident from the album cover, the singer had not yet dropped the last 'e' from 'Greene' at the time of this album's release.  Hot Line was a label formed by Palmer James and Curtis Rodgers, high school friends of Al Green's.
-==Track listing==
+== Track listing ==
-# "Back Up Train" - 2:19
+# "Back Up Train" (Curtis Rodgers, Palmer James) - 2:19
-# "Hot Wire" - 2:55
+# "Hot Wire" (Palmer James) - 2:55
-# "Stop and Check Myself" - 1:41
+# "Stop and Check Myself" (Al Green) - 1:41
-# "Let Me Help You" - 1:47
+# "Let Me Help You" (Palmer James) - 1:47
-# "I’m Reachin’ Out" - 2:43
+# "I’m Reachin’ Out" (Tip Watkins) - 2:43
-# "Don’t Hurt Me No More" - 2:16
+# "Don’t Hurt Me No More" (Curtis Rodgers, Palmer James) - 2:16
-# "Don’t Leave Me" - 2:17
+# "Don’t Leave Me" (Palmer James) - 2:17
-# "I’ll Be Good To You" - 2:13
+# "I’ll Be Good to You" (Tip Watkins) - 2:13
-# "Guilty" - 2:56
+# "Guilty" (Robert Earl Williams) - 2:56
-# "That’s All It Takes (Lady)" - 2:19
+# "That’s All It Takes (Lady)" (Curtis Rodgers) - 2:19
-# "Get Yourself Together" - 2:25
+# "Get Yourself Together" (Tip Watkins, Palmer James) - 2:25
-# "What’s It All About" - 1:54
+# "What’s It All About" (Tip Watkins, Palmer James) - 1:54
-# "A Lover's Hideaway" - 2:36
+# "A Lover's Hideaway" (Tip Watkins, Palmer James) - 2:36
+==References==
-[[Category:Al Green albums]]
+{{Reflist}}
-[[Category:Debut albums]]
-[[Category:1967 albums]]
 {{Al Green}}
+{{Authority control}}
+[[Category:Al Green albums]]
+[[Category:1967 debut albums]]
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