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Track Listings
| 1. Green Onions |
| 2. Mo' Onions |
| 3. Jelly Bread |
| 4. Tic-Tac-Toe |
| 5. Soul Dressing |
| 6. Can't Be Still |
| 7. Boot-Leg |
| 8. Summertime |
| 9. Be My Lady |
| 10. Red Beans And Rice |
| 11. My Sweet Potato |
| 12. Booker-Loo |
| 13. Hip Hug-Her |
| 14. Slim Jenkins Place |
| 15. Groovin' |
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Limited special offer. 16 magic tracks compiled by Rhino Records from their Atlantic period including ''Green Onions''.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Released during the LP age, weighing in at only forty minutes and missing the later hits, 'Time Is Tight' and 'Soul Limbo', this collection nevertheless works like a an original album in its own right. This is the early Booker T and the Mgs, the era that contains their finest performances. The later hits are OK, but wouldn't really fit in here. Their classic groove, 'Green Onions', kicks off the album and is followed by a couple of tracks with a similar style, but thereafter the band explore a diverse range of soul, r&b and latin rhythms, without straying too far from their basic strengths. While the organ provides the colour, the rest of the band form the tightest rhythm section of the 1960s. These instrumentals will move any part of you that can move (with a couple of honourable exceptions), with only their magnificent, brooding cover of 'Summertime' to slow things down.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is great compilation from the best Soul 'instrumentalists...ever! My only criticism is that the 'Red Beans & Rice' version on here, is a live one from the European Stax Tour in 1967. This is a real shame, as the studio version is a real cracker. It is available on a Cd called 'Great R&B Instrumentals' by various bands, on the 'Ace' label. Apart from that its superb. This is the band that, along with the Mar-Keys, were present on almost every Stax classic.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
You will probably know several of these (if you like cricket for instance) but there is much to recommend from this collection of instrumentals from the STAX house band. As well as playing on virtually all that labels greatest hits, they found time to record some hugely entertaining stuff. So you get "Soul Limbo" and "Green Onions" rubbing shoulders with lesser known, but still excellent tracks like "Bootleg", "Soul Dressing" and "Hip Hug Her".
Each member of the band can claim fame in their own right, Booker T, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson and "Duck" Dunn set the standard for Soul instrumentals and were probably rivalled only by the Funk brothers at Motown, and the bands James Brown put together for their influence.
For those interested in Soul, well worth your attention and you might find something you haven't heard before too.
Each member of the band can claim fame in their own right, Booker T, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson and "Duck" Dunn set the standard for Soul instrumentals and were probably rivalled only by the Funk brothers at Motown, and the bands James Brown put together for their influence.
For those interested in Soul, well worth your attention and you might find something you haven't heard before too.
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As anyone looking here probably knows, Booker T and the MG's were the house band for Stax studios, and where an integral part of the sound of many of their hit records, especially... Read more
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Great cd, a tiny bit dated, but `Green Onions` is as outstanding as it was many years ago. `Mo Onions` is really good also, would recommend to all you jazz and hippy fans!
Published 21 months ago by Mrs. E. L. Bashford
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