LABEL: Waxtime In Color
CAT NO: 950643
BARCODE: 8436559464666
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. CAN’T SIT DOWN
5. A WOMAN, A LOVER, A FRIEND
6. COMIN’ HOME BABY
7. SIT STILL (*)
(*) BONUS TRACKS
BOOKER T. & THE MG’S – Green Onions
[+ 2 Bonus Tracks]
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.
See below for tracklisting…