Buy the triple-disc set if it's in your budget, but at less than one-third of the cost, this collection shouldn't be dismissed for its compactness and range. But originals like the majestic, soaring "Time Is Tight" and the lyrical, playful "Soul-Limbo" are great pieces of pop-soul composition as well, and stand up just as well to repeated listening. The collection also makes a strong case for the band's members as composers - hits like "Hang 'Em High" come off beautifully, especially in the crisply remastered version presented here, which brings out every nuance in the organ and guitar-dominated rendition of Dominic Frontiere's theme from the Clint Eastwood movie of that name. Jones's piano skills as well as his organ playing, and all of it is marked by virtuoso playing. "Slim Jenkins' Place" shows off Booker T. & The MGs (CD) Released in 2007 13.30 Add to Cart Tracks of Disc 1 1. "Slum Baby," from three years later, features a much smoother and funkier sound. "Booker-Loo," one of the pieces unique to this set, features some very crunchy rhythm guitar and flamboyant organ work in its intro, before Steve Cropper takes center stage with an unusually flashy lead guitar solo spot. The collection does jump around a bit across history in the course of covering the years 1963-1971, bouncing between late-'60s singles and album tracks and odd early/middle-'60s tracks. It's not remotely as comprehensive as Fantasy Records' three-CD set (although this disc does have two tracks, "Booker-Loo" and "Slum Baby," that don't appear on the triple-CD set) but is more comprehensive and better representative of their work (and offers better sound) than either Fantasy's single-disc best-of or the old Atlantic Records' best-of compilation. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Patricia Bauer.This 16-song CD, clocking in at 46 minutes, is the second-best, and the handiest and most easily affordable, compilation available on Booker T. and the MG’s were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. They played together until 1971 and re-formed periodically thereafter, though without the impact they had in the 1960s. and the MGs created the Memphis Sound behind the hit. October 1, 1975, Memphis), guitarist Steve Cropper (b. November 12, 1944, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.), drummer Al Jackson, Jr. The original members were organist Booker T. The group’s racial composition-Jones and Jackson were Black, and Cropper and Dunn were white-mirrored the hopes of the integrationist era. Best remembered historically as the studio band for Stax-Volt Records during the 60s, Booker T. and the MG’s, American band that was among the finest instrumental ensembles in soul music in the 1960s. United by a passion for soul music, they became the core of a shifting alignment of musicians (including the Mar-Keys, the Bar-Kays, and the Memphis Horns) that acted as the house band for Stax Records, assisting in the creation of countless masterworks by such performers as Otis Redding and Sam and Dave. Already a veteran of the Memphis scene, he brought together Cropper (who practically resided at Stax Records), Jackson, and Dunn. When “Green Onions” became a million-selling hit in 1962, Jones was only 18. and the MG’s (for “Memphis Group”) brought the Memphis Sound to millions worldwide. With their signature tune, “ Green Onions” (1962), and other enticing melodies such as “Boot-Leg” (1965), “Hip Hug-Her” (1967), and “ Time Is Tight” (1969), Booker T.
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