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Selections from around the globe, plus Crucial Vinyl: Al Green's Call Me

Don's selections cross time, space and genre, plus his Crucial Vinyl is Al Green's sixth album Call Me, released in 1973.

Don's selections cross time, space and genre and include new releases alongside classics and overlooked gems from the UK, USA, Jamaica and beyond.

He also selects another piece of Crucial Vinyl from his album collection, features three key tracks from it, explains how it first came across it and why it means so much to him. This week it's Al Green's sixth album 'Call Me', released in 1973.

Don says, "Without a doubt one of the best soul albums ever made, Al Green's 'Call Me' spawned a string of hits back in the early seventies: 'You Ought to Be with Me' - 'Here I Am (Come and Take Me)' and of course 'Call Me (Come Back Home)'. To my mind, it would be hard to find an artist that could cram more emotion onto a piece of vinyl - truly one of the last great surviving soul singers.".

2 hours

Music Played

  • Roadrunner (feat. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers)

  • Fast (feat. Francesca Belmonte)

  • Fire Brigade (feat. The Move)

  • Ring The Alarm (feat. 贵耻鈥怱肠丑苍颈肠办别苍蝉)

  • Most Likely You Go Your Way (feat. Bob Dylan & Mark Ronson)

  • Lusty (feat. Lamb)

  • So Nice (It's Got To Be) (feat. J-Felix)

  • Cocaine (feat. Dillinger)

  • For What It's Worth (feat. Buffalo Springfield)

  • I Jool Omo (feat. Ginger Johnson & His African Messengers)

  • Movement Of The People (feat. Zion Train)

  • You Were Right (feat. Badly Drawn Boy)

  • Here I Am Baby (feat. Al Brown)

  • Makes A King (feat. The Very Best)

  • Innercity Life (feat. Goldie)

  • Rumble (feat. Link Wray)

  • Vegas (feat. Shamir)

  • My Cherie Amour (feat. Stevie Wonder)

  • Can't Stop Now (feat. Major Lazer)

  • The Girl Who Fell To Earth (feat. Gaz Coombes)

  • Timothy (feat. The Tallest Man on Earth)

  • How Blue Can You Get? (feat. B.B. King)

  • Blackbird Singing (feat. Roslyn Sweat & The Paragons)

  • White Wine And Fried Chicken (feat. Hot Chip)

  • Crucial Vinyl: Call Me by Al Green

    • Here I Am (Come And Take Me) (feat. Al Green)

      • Call Me.
    • You Ought To Be With Me (feat. Al Green)

      • Call Me.
    • Call Me (Come Back Home) (feat. Al Green)

      • Call Me.
  • Jesus Was A Cross Maker (feat. Judee Sill)

  • Friend City (feat. Rozi Plain)

  • Eagle (feat. Banco de Gaia)

  • Djarabi (feat. Baaba Maal)

Broadcast

  • Sun 24 May 2015 22:00