BOOKER T. & THE MG’S – Green Onions (w/ 2 Bonus Tracks) – LP – 180g Green Vinyl

LP Limited Edition 180g Green Vinyl

As the house band for Memphis-based Stax Records, Booker T and the MGs appeared on hundreds of recordings and can lay claim to be the greatest backing band in the history of soul. In 1962 they released their debut LP after the surprise success of the single Green Onions, a tune knocked up during a casual session in the studio. Note that the MGs bass player on these tracks was Lewis Steinberg it was a couple of years before he was replaced by Duck Dunn, whose distinctive bass lines became an integral part of the Stax sound.

PERSONNEL:

BOOKER T. & THE M.G.s:

Booker T. Jones organ
Steve Cropper electric guitar
Lewis Steinberg bass
Al Jackson, Jr. drums

Recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, June-August 1962.

Except Squint-Eye and Sit Still, performed by The Mar-Keys:
Steve Cropper, Charlie Freeman (g), Donald Duck Dunn (b),
Charles Packy Axton (ts), Don Nix (bs), Wayne Jackson (tp),
Booker T. Jones (org), Al Jackson, Jr. (d).
Recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, 1962.

Tracklisting:

SIDE 1
1. GREEN ONIONS
2. RINKY-DINK
3. I GOT A WOMAN
4. MO ONIONS
5. TWIST AND SHOUT
6. BEHAVE YOURSELF
7. SQUINT-EYE (*)

SIDE 2
1. STRANGER ON THE SHORE
2. LONELY AVENUE
3. ONE WHO REALLY LOVES YOU
4. CANT SIT DOWN
5. A WOMAN, A LOVER, A FRIEND
6. COMIN HOME BABY
7. SIT STILL (*)

(*) BONUS TRACKS