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The Definitive Soul CollectionBooker T. & the MG's
Release Date: 07/11/2006
Original Release:
2006
# of Discs:
2
J&R Item # 903450_CD
UPC # 081227766023
Label: Rhino Records (USA)
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Disc: 1
2.
Behave Yourself
12.
Outrage
Disc: 2
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Performer: Booker T. & the MG's
Producer: Jim Stewart Distributor: WEA (Distributor) Notes: Booker T. & the MG's: Booker T. Washington, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson, Steve Cooper. Audio Remasterers: Dave Schultz; Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot. Photographer: Baron Wolman. Part of Rhino's thorough DEFINITIVE SOUL series of single-artist R&B anthologies, this is a 30-track retrospective covering the entire career of one of soul music's most important instrumental acts, Booker T. and the MG's. From their smash hit single "Green Onions" through beloved fan favorites like "Jellybread" and "Hip Hug-Her," the combination of organist Booker T. Jones, guitarist Steve Cropper, bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, and drummer Al Jackson, Jr., defined 1960s soul in general and the sound of Stax Records in particular. (As the Stax house band, Booker T. and the MG's backed nearly every singer on the roster.) Of particular note are the groovy psychedelic soul tracks near the set's end, particularly their outstanding version of "Something" from 1970's MCLEMORE AVENUE, their soul-jazz tribute to the Beatles' ABBEY ROAD.
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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Blakey, Art Brown, James Floyd, Eddie Johnson, Buddy King, Albert Laury, Booker T. McNeely, Big Jay Memphis Slim Shadows (The) Smith, Jimmy (Organ) Thomas, Rufus Turner, Ike Wray, Link
Similar Genres:
Stax/Southern Soul
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