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Al Bell

Real Name:
Alvertis Isbell
Profile:
Record executive, songwriter and producer, born 1940 in Brinkley, Arkansas.

Working for Stax Records since 1965, he became sole owner of the label in 1972. During the 1980s he served a few years as president of Motown Records. Founded Bellmark Records in the early 1990s.
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Discography

Production:
Do The Funky Chicken (Single) (3 versions)   Stax 1969
Hot Buttered Soul (Album) (15 versions)   Enterprise Records (3) ... 1969
I Can't Stop / I Need You Woman (7", Single)   Stax 1969
You're Leaving Me / Showered With Love (7")   Stax 1969
(Do The) Push And Pull (Single) (3 versions)   Stax 1970
California Girl (LP)   Stax 1970
Do The Funky Chicken (LP)   Stax 1970
Freaky (LP)   Atlantic 1970
Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom) / Love Is Plentiful (7", Single)   Stax 1970
The Deep Soul Of Stax (LP, Album, Comp) Why Is The Wine Sweete... Stax 1970
Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas (7")   Stax 1970
Black Rock (Album) (4 versions) Montego Bay Volt ... 1971
Do The Funky Chicken / The Breakdown (7", Promo) Do The Funky Chicken Stax 1971
Respect Yourself (Single) (3 versions)   Stax ... 1971
The Staple Swingers (2 versions)   Stax 1971
Be What You Are (2 versions)   Stax 1972
Did You Heard Me? (Album) (2 versions)   Stax 1972
Do The Funky Chicken / Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) (7")   Stax 1972
In The Beginning (Album) (5 versions)   Atlantic ... 1972
This World / Are You Sure? (7")   Stax 1972
Whatever's Fair!: Atlantic Soul Explosion '72 (2xLP) I Just Want To Make Lo... Atlantic 1972
Love Is Taking Over (LP)   Enterprise Records (3), Enterprise Records (3) 1973
Memphis Millions (LP) Respect Yourself, You'... Stax 1973
Sus Mas Grandes Exitos (LP, Comp)   Stax 1973
The Best Of The Staples Singers (LP, Comp)   Stax 1973
My Main Man (7", Single)   Stax 1974
The Best Of Rufus Thomas (LP)   Stax 1976
Chronicle: The Twenty Greatest Hits (2xLP, Comp) Just Keep On Lovin' Me Stax 1977
Do The Funky Chicken / Sixty Minute Man (Part 2) (7")   Bellaphon 1977
Hey Young Girl / Midnight In The City (7", Single)   ICA Recording Group 1977
My Girls / Rock N Roll Has Gotta Go (7", Single) My Girls ICA Recording Group 1977
Respect Yourself / You've Got To Earn It (7")   Bellaphon 1977
Shouting Out Love (2 versions)   Stax 1977
Sunshine (Album) (2 versions)   Stax 1977
Chronicle - Their Greatest Stax Hits (2 versions)   Stax ... 1979
Come Fly With Me (7")   Mca Records 1979
I Feel Good, I Feel Fine (LP)   MCA Records 1979
I Feel Good, I Feel Fine (12", EP, Smplr, Promo)   MCA Records 1979
Let Yourself Go / It's Not My Time (12")   ICA Recording Group 1979
Let Yourself Go / It's Not My Time (7")   ICA Recording Group 1979
What Is This Life / You Are To Me (12")   ICA Recording Group 1979
Sweet Vibrations (LP)   MCA Records 1980
The Girls With Soul: 16 Classics From The Vaults Of Stax Records (LP, Comp) You Just Don't Know, I... Stax 1981
The Best Of The Staple Singers (Comp) (2 versions)   Fantasy ... 1986
Memphis Soul Classics (CD) Respect Yourself Warner Special Products 1987
Respect Yourself / Breaking The Monotony (12") Respect Yourself Edge Record Company, Inc. 1987
The Best Of The Bar-Kays (Comp) (3 versions)   Stax 1988
20th Century Express (3 versions)   Paisley Park ... 1989
Jaguar (7") Land Of Ecstasy Paisley Park 1989
Time Waits For No One (Album) (4 versions) 20th Century Express Paisley Park 1989
Chronicle: The Twenty Greatest Hits (CD, Comp, Album, RM) Just Keep On Lovin' Me Stax 1990
Gotta Groove / Black Rock (Album) (2 versions) Montego Bay Ace Records (UK) ... 1990
The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (9xCD + Box) Pick Up The Pieces Atlantic 1991
I'll Run Your Hurt Away (CD)   Stax 1993
Stax Of Soul (2xCD)   Festival Records 1999
Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience (Box + 6xCD, Comp, RM) Respect Yourself Rhino Entertainment Company 2001
Babershop Music From The Motion Picture (2xVinyl, Comp) I'll Take You There Sony Music Soundtrax, Epic 2002
Wonderful (CD) Ain't No Sunshine, Rol... Stax 2004
Ultimate Isaac Hayes - Can You Dig It? (2xCD + DVD)   Stax 2005
The Stax Story (4xCD, Comp, RM)   Stax 2008
'70s Soul Gold (2xCD, Comp)   Hip-O Records 2009
Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (CD, Album)   Stax  
Kim Kim KIm (LP, Album)   Volt  
Separation / Pick Up The Pieces (7", Single) Pick Up The Pieces Stax  
Wattstax (2xLP)   Stax  
Co-production:
Jaguar (12")   Paisley Park 1989
Time Waits For No One (Album) (2 versions)   Paisley Park 1989
Time Waits For No One (7")   Paisley Park 1989
Melody Cool (7") Time Waits For No One Paisley Park, WEA International Inc. 1990
Soulbeat 7 (CD) Time Waits For No One ... WEA 1990
Mix:
Time Waits For No One (Album) (2 versions)   Paisley Park 1989
Appears On:
Comfort Me (7", Single, Mono) Comfort Me Atlantic 1965
You Don't Know Like I Know / Blame Me (Don't Blame My Heart) (7", Single) Blame Me (Don't Blame ... Stax 1965
Comfort Me (7", Single) Comfort Me Stax 1966
Hold On! I'm A Comin' (Single) (2 versions) I Got Everything I Need Atlantic ... 1966
The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul - Complete & Unbelievable (Album) (4 versions) Sweet Lorene Volt ... 1966
Knock On Wood / Raise Your Hand (7", Single)   Hispavox 1967
Presenting Isaac Hayes (Album) (2 versions)   Enterprise Records (3) ... 1967
Raise Your Hand / I've Just Been Feeling So Bad (7") Raise Your Hand Stax 1967
The Otis Redding Story Vol. 11 (7", Single) Sweet Lorene Stax 1967
The Queen Alone (LP, Album) I'll Always Have Faith... Stax 1967
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Single) (3 versions) Sweet Lorene Atlantic ... 1968
Amen / Hard To Handle (Single) (2 versions) Hard To Handle Atlantic ... 1968
Bring It On Home To Me / Sweet Things You Do (7", Single) Sweet Things You Do Stax 1968
Hard To Handle / Amen (Single) (2 versions) Hard To Handle ATCO Records ... 1968
I've Never Found A Girl (LP, Album) Girl I Love You, I've ... Stax 1968
That's Soul II: Non Stop Soul Dancing (LP) I Got Everything I Need Metronome, Metronome 1968
The Immortal Otis Redding (LP, Album) Hard To Handle ATCO Records 1968
Girl I Love You / I've Got To Have Your Love (7") Girl I Love You Stax 1969
Hard To Handle / Just Can't Forget About You (7", Single) Hard To Handle Capitol Records 1969
Hot Buttered Soul (Album) (2 versions) Hyperbolicsyllabicsesq... Enterprise Records (3) 1969
I've Been Here All The Time (LP, Album) Hard To Handle Capitol Records 1969
Let 'Em Down Baby / Sweet Things You Do (7", Promo) Sweet Things You Do Volt 1969
Live In Las Vegas (12") Hard To Handle Parrot, Parrot 1969
The Booker T. Set (LP) I've Never Found A Girl Stax 1969
Bealtitude: Respect Yourself (Album) (2 versions)   Stax 1971
Ollie Moggus (LP, Album) Hard To Handle Ampex Records 1971
Genesis (LP) Just The One (I've Bee... Stax 1972
Home Is Where The Hatred Is / 'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone (7", Single) 'Til My Back Ain't Got... Kudu 1972
I'll Take You There / I'm Just Another Soldier (Single) (3 versions) I'll Take You There Stax 1972
History Of The Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice) (Album) (3 versions) Hard To Handle Warner Bros. Records ... 1973
I'll Take You There / If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) (7") I'll Take You There Stax 1973
New Riders (Album) (2 versions) Hard To Handle MCA Records 1976
Chronicle: The Twenty Greatest Hits (2xLP, Comp) Love Bones Stax 1977
Eruption (Album) (5 versions) I'll Take You There Hansa ... 1977
I'll Take You There (7") I'll Take You There Stax 1977
The Joy (LP, Album) Till Your Back Ain't G... Fantasy 1977
The Joy (LP, Album) Till Your Back Ain't G... Fantasy 1977
Knock On Wood (7", Promo) Girl I Love You Stax 1978
I Feel Good, I Feel Fine (12", EP, Smplr, Promo) I Feel Good, I Feel Fine MCA Records 1979
Figures Can't Calculate The Love I Have For You (LP, Album)   TEC Records 1980
Hard To Handle / Gamble On Love (7", Single) Hard To Handle Dig It (2) 1981
The Best Of Otis Redding (LP, Comp) Hard To Handle Atlantic 1984
I'll Take You There (12")   Cheslan Records 1985
I'll Take You There (12", Promo)   Cheslan Records 1985
Let's Stay Together / I'm Still In Love With You (CD, Comp, RM) I've Never Found A Gir... Hi Records 1986
Live/1975-85 (2 versions) Raise Your Hand CBS ... 1986
The Dock Of The Bay - The Definitive Collection (Comp) (4 versions) Hard To Handle Atlantic ... 1987
The Otis Redding Story (Comp) (2 versions) Sweet Lorene, Ooh Carl... Atlantic 1987
Greatest Hits (CD, Comp) Hard To Handle Duchesse Compact Disc 1989
Chronicle: The Twenty Greatest Hits (CD, Comp, Album, RM) Love Bones Stax 1990
Hard To Handle (Maxi, Single, EP) (6 versions) Hard To Handle Def American Recordings 1990
Livin’ Like Hustlers (Album) (8 versions) Just Kickin’ Lyrics,... Ruthless Records ... 1990
Shake Your Money Maker (Album) (5 versions) Hard To Handle Def American Recordings ... 1990
Ultimate Breaks & Beats (LP) Hard To Handle Street Beat Records 1990
Back To Back (CD, Album, RE, RM) Grab This Thing Atlantic 1991
Hard To Handle (LP, Album) Hard To Handle Genlyd, Genlyd 1991
Hard To Handle (CD, Album) Hard To Handle Genlyd 1991
Stax Gold : Hits 1968 > 1974 (LP, Comp) I'll Take You There Stax 1991
The Stax / Volt Revue Volume 2 Live In Paris (CD, RE, Comp) Raise Your Hand Atlantic 1991
Wanted One Soul Singer (CD, Album, RE, RM) Just The One I've Been... Atlantic 1991
Never Found A Girl (CD, Single, Promo)   Turnstyle Records 1992
Who Killed That Bird Out On Your Window Sill ...The Movie (2 versions) Hard To Handle Polygram Video ... 1992
Express Yourself: The Best Of Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band (CD, Comp, RM) Sweet Lorene Warner Bros. Records 1993
Stax-O'-Soul (CD) I've Never Found A Girl Ace Records (UK) 1993
Crooklyn Volume 1 - Music From The Motion Picture (Comp, Album) (2 versions) Respect Yourself MCA Records 1994
Give It Up (CD, Maxi, Promo, Car) Give It Up (Main Versi... Def Jam Recordings 1994
I'll Take You There (4 versions)   Epic ... 1994
Threesome: Music From The Motion Picture (CD, Comp) I'll Take You There Epic Soundtrax 1994
Music From The Motion Picture Casino (2xCD, Comp) I'll Take You There MCA Soundtracks, MCA Soundtracks 1995
New York Undercover (Comp) (2 versions) I'll Take You There MCA Records Ltd. 1995
East Memphis Music - The Hits & More... (2xCD)   Rondor Music International 1996
Love Hurts (CD, Comp, RM) Raise Your Hand Slam Music 1996
Tony Joe (CD, Album) Hard To Handle Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records 1996
Absolute Janis (2xCD, Comp) Raise Your Hand (Live) Columbia 1997
Hang On In There Baby (Maxi) (2 versions) Hard To Handle (Live) RCA 1997
The Soul Assassins (Chapter 1) (CD) Puppet Master Columbia 1997
Another Day In Paradise - Music From The Larry Clark Film (Comp) (2 versions) Hard To Handle V2 Records ... 1998
Groove Grease (CD, Comp) I'll Take You There Connoisseur Collection 2000
Super Breaks Volume Two (Comp) (2 versions) Hyperbolicsyllabicsesq... BGP Records 2000
Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience (Box + 6xCD, Comp, RM) Respect Yourself, I'll... Rhino Entertainment Company 2001
I've Never Found A Girl / The Matador (7", RE) I've Never Found A Girl Daptone Records 2002
Live (2xCD, Album) Hard To Handle V2 Records, Inc. 2002
disCover (CDr, Album) Hard To Handle One Records (3) 2002
I'll Take You There / Respect Yourself (12", Smplr, Ltd) I'll Take You There Analogue Productions, Stax 2003
Mob Life - 16 Great Tracks From The Films Of Martin Scorsese (CD) I'll Take You There Uncut Magazine 2004
Sofuja: De 10 Beste Nummers!: Het Idool Unplugged (CD, Promo) Hard To Handle Nieuwe Revu 2004
Soulshaker (CD, Comp)   Record Kicks 2004
Ladies And Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead (4xCD) Hard To Handle Rhino Records (2) 2005
The Very Best Of Blues Brother Soul Sister (3xCD, Comp + Box) I'll Take You There Warner Strategic Marketing (UK) 2005
Atlantic Unearthed: Soul Brothers (CD, Comp) Lovebones Atlantic, Rhino Entertainment Company 2006
Stax Gold - Memphis Hits (CD, Comp) Comfort Me Warner Platinum 2006
The Definitive Soul Collection (2xCD, Comp, RM) Hard To Handle Atlantic, Rhino Entertainment Company 2006
The Definitive Soul Collection (2xCD, RM)   Atlantic, Rhino Entertainment Company 2006
American Gangster (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (CD, Comp, Sup) I'll Take You There Def Jam Recordings 2007
Bring The Noise Remix / Give It Up (Maxi, Single) (2 versions)   Ultra Records ... 2007
Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof" - Original Soundtrack (CD, Comp) Good Love, Bad Love A Band Apart, Maverick, Warner Bros. Records 2007
The Very Best Of (CD, RM)   Stax 2007
Live At The Haunted House : May 18, 1968 (2xCD, Album, Ltd) Sweet Lorene Rhino Handmade 2008
'70s Soul Gold (2xCD, Comp)   Hip-O Records 2009
Amen (LP, Album) Hard To Handle ATCO Records, ATCO Records  
Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (CD, Album)   Stax  
Day Tripper (LP, Album) Sweet Lorene Stax  
I Turn You On / Hard To Handle (7") Hard To Handle Funk45  
Isaac Hayes (LP, Comp) Hyperbolicsyllabicsesq... Hit Parade International  
Knock On Wood (CD, Album, RM) Raise Your Hand Atlantic  
Ooh Ooh The Dragon And Other Monsters (LP) I've Never Found A Gir... Maxi  
Tracks Appear On:
Soul Hits (LP) Hard To Handle EMI Records 1968
Wattstax (LP) Introduction Stax 1972
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