That's the Way God Planned It

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That's The Way God Planned It

Studio album by Billy Preston
Released	26 September 1969
Recorded	5 May 1969
Genre	Soul
Length	45.47
Label	Apple
Producer(s)	George Harrison & Ray Charles
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Billy Preston chronology
Club Meeting (1967)	'That's The Way God Planned It (1969)	Encouraging Words (1970)

That's The Way God Planned It is an album by Billy Preston, released in 1969 on Apple Records. George Harrison, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and other guests appear on the album.

1 Background
2 1968 Liner Notes
3 Track listing
4 Personnel

[edit] Background

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[edit] 1968 Liner Notes

Derek Taylor's sleevenotes to the original Apple release praised Preston as a wonderful new signing. "Billy Preston is the best thing to happen to Apple this year. He’s young and beautiful and kind and he sings and plays like the son of God."

Preston himself wrote in the notes:

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Music is my life and everyday I live it, and it’s a good life to everything I want to say through music it gets to you. I may not be the best around but I’m surely not the worst. I learned to play and sing since the age of three, you don’t know how glad I am God laid his hands on me. Apple is the Company for all people that know where it’s at and love love peace love joy and all mankind. I am very grateful to be a part of it. It won’t be long before we change the whole system that holds and keeps the artist’s mind messed up. All thanks must be given to the fab Beatles. People should realize that what they have gone through has not been in vain and they are using it to the best of their ability.

”

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Billy Preston, except where noted.

Do What You Want – 3:44
I Want To Thank You – 3:13
Everything's Alright ( Billy Preston-Doris Troy) – 2:44
She Belongs To Me (Bob Dylan) – 4:09
It Doesn't Matter – 2:41
Morning Star (W.C Handy-David) – 3:20
Hey Brother (Billy Preston-Jesse Kirkland) – 2:34
What About You – 2:10
Let Us All Get Together (Right Now) (Billy Preston-Doris Troy) – 4:06
This Is It (Billy Preston-Doris Troy) – 2:45
Keep It To Yourself – 2:47
That's The Way God Planned It – 5:34
Through All Times – 3:58
As I Get Older (Billy Preston-Sly Stone) – 3:42
That's The Way God Planned It (Alternate Previously Unreleased Version)
- Tracks 13-15 are Bonus Track from the CD version.