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Soul LimboBooker T. & the MG's
Release Date: 07/26/1991
Original Release:
1968
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 84845_CD
UPC # 025218411325
Label: Stax (USA)
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Performer: Booker T. & the MG's
Engineer: Ron Capone Producer: Booker T. & The MG's Distributor: Fantasy (distributor) Notes: Booker T & The MG's: Booker T. Jones (keyborads); Steve Cropper (guitar); Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass); Al Jackson, Jr (drums). Recorded at Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee in January and February, 1968. Originally released on Stax (2001). Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (1991, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley). Personnel: Booker T. Jones (guitar, keyboards); Steve Cropper (guitar); Al Jackson, Jr. (drums). Recording information: Stax Studios, Memphis, TN (01/1968-02/1968). Unknown Contributor Roles: Al Jackson, Jr.; Steve Cropper; Booker T. SOUL LIMBO is one of Booker T. and the M.G.s' best albums, with a terrific mix of then-current soul hits, group originals, and left-of-center covers. The later requirement is met by a spooky version of the theme from Clint Eastwood's "Hang 'Em High," one of the few important Spaghetti Westerns not scored by Ennio Morricone. The title song has a jaunty, cowbell-driven Caribbean sound. An extremely dark version of the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" finds keyboard genius Booker T. Jones flailing away with abandon on what sounds like an early clavinet. Among the other highlights is a great take on the Tams' "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy," improving upon the original by simply eliminating the lyrics.
Booker T. & the MG's, led by soul organist Booker T. Jones, were the house band for much of the music that came out of Memphis in the 1960s on the Stax label. Their instrumental releases--typified by their minimalist classic "Green Onions"-- were the very definition of soulful economy, supple chops and laidback funk--truly regal stuff.
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Influences:
Blakey, Art Brown, James Floyd, Eddie Johnson, Buddy King, Albert Laury, Booker T. McNeely, Big Jay Memphis Slim Smith, Jimmy (Organ) Thomas, Rufus Turner, Ike Wray, Link
Similar Genres:
Stax/Southern Soul
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