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There's not a note or a nuance out of place anywhere on this record, which featured 35 of the most exciting minutes of instrumental music in any category that one could purchase in 1962 (and it's no slouch multiple decades out, either). "I Got a Woman" is the single best indicator of how superb this record is and this band was -- listening to this track, it's easy to forget that the song ever had lyrics or ever needed them, Booker T. Jones' organ and Steve Cropper's guitar serving as more-than-adequate substitutes for any singer. Their version of "Twist and Shout" is every bit as satisfying. Even "Mo' Onions," an effort to repeat the success of "Green Onions," doesn't repeat anything from the earlier track except the tempo, and Jones and Cropper both come up with fresh sounds within the same framework. "Behave Yourself" is a beautifully wrought piece of organ-based blues that gives Jones a chance to show off some surprisingly nimble-fingered playing, while "Stranger on the Shore" is transformed into a piece of prime soul music in the group's hands. Just when it seems like the album has turned in all of the surprises in repertory that it could reasonably deliver, it ends with "Comin' Home Baby," a killer jazz piece on which Steve Cropper gets to shine, his guitar suddenly animated around Jones' playing, his quietly trilled notes at the crescendo some of the most elegant guitar heard on an R&B record up to that time.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Booker T. Jones, Piano, Writer - al jackson jr., Writer - Steve Cropper, Writer - Booker T. & The MG's, MainArtist - Lewie Steinberg, Writer
© 1962 Atlantic Records ℗ 1962 Atlantic Records
al jackson jr., Drums - Steve Cropper, Guitar - Lewis Steinberg, Bass Guitar - Booker T. & The MG's, MainArtist - Booker T. and The MG's, Organ - Paul Winley, Writer - David Clowney, Writer
© 1962 Atlantic Records ℗ 1962 Atlantic Records
Ray Charles, Writer - Steve Cropper, Guitar - Lewis Steinberg, Bass Guitar - Al Jackson Jr, Drums - Booker T. & The MG's, MainArtist - Booker T. and The MG's, Organ - Renald Richard, Writer
© 1962 Atlantic Records ℗ 1962 Atlantic Records
Booker T. Jones, Piano, Writer - al jackson jr., Writer - Steve Cropper, Writer - Lewis Steinberg, Writer - Booker T. & The MG's, MainArtist
© 1962 Atlantic Records ℗ 1962 Atlantic Records
al jackson jr., Drums - Steve Cropper, Guitar - Lewis Steinberg, Bass Guitar - Phil Medley, Writer - Booker T. & The MG's, MainArtist - Booker T. and The MG's, Organ - BERT RUSSELL, Writer
© 1962 Atlantic Records ℗ 1962 Atlantic Records
Booker T. Jones, Piano, Writer - al jackson jr., Writer - Steve Cropper, Writer - Lewis Steinberg, Writer - Booker T. & The MG's, MainArtist
© 1962 Atlantic Records ℗ 1962 Atlantic Records
Acker Bilk, Writer - al jackson jr., Drums - Steve Cropper, Guitar - Lewis Steinberg, Bass Guitar - Booker T. & The MG's, MainArtist - Booker T. and The MG's, Organ - Robert Mellin, Writer
© 1962 Atlantic Records ℗ 1962 Atlantic Records
al jackson jr., Drums - Steve Cropper, Guitar - Doc Pomus, Writer - Lewis Steinberg, Bass Guitar - Booker T. & The MG's, MainArtist - Booker T. and The MG's, Organ
© 1962 Atlantic Records ℗ 1962 Atlantic Records
al jackson jr., Drums - Steve Cropper, Guitar - Lewis Steinberg, Bass Guitar - Booker T. & The MG's, MainArtist - Booker T. and The MG's, Organ - WILLIAM ROBINSON, Writer
© 1962 Atlantic Records ℗ 1962 Atlantic Records
Cornell Muldrow, Writer - al jackson jr., Drums - Steve Cropper, Guitar - Lewis Steinberg, Bass Guitar - Booker T. & The MG's, MainArtist - Booker T. and The MG's, Organ - Kal Mann, Writer - Dee Clark, Writer
© 1962 Atlantic Records ℗ 1962 Atlantic Records
al jackson jr., Drums - Steve Cropper, Guitar - Lewis Steinberg, Bass Guitar - Booker T. & The MG's, MainArtist - Booker T. and The MG's, Organ - Sidney Wyche, Writer
© 1962 Atlantic Records ℗ 1962 Atlantic Records
al jackson jr., Drums - Steve Cropper, Guitar - Lewis Steinberg, Bass Guitar - Booker T. & The MG's, MainArtist - Booker T. and The MG's, Organ - Ben Tucker, Writer
© 1962 Atlantic Records ℗ 1962 Atlantic Records
Album review
There's not a note or a nuance out of place anywhere on this record, which featured 35 of the most exciting minutes of instrumental music in any category that one could purchase in 1962 (and it's no slouch multiple decades out, either). "I Got a Woman" is the single best indicator of how superb this record is and this band was -- listening to this track, it's easy to forget that the song ever had lyrics or ever needed them, Booker T. Jones' organ and Steve Cropper's guitar serving as more-than-adequate substitutes for any singer. Their version of "Twist and Shout" is every bit as satisfying. Even "Mo' Onions," an effort to repeat the success of "Green Onions," doesn't repeat anything from the earlier track except the tempo, and Jones and Cropper both come up with fresh sounds within the same framework. "Behave Yourself" is a beautifully wrought piece of organ-based blues that gives Jones a chance to show off some surprisingly nimble-fingered playing, while "Stranger on the Shore" is transformed into a piece of prime soul music in the group's hands. Just when it seems like the album has turned in all of the surprises in repertory that it could reasonably deliver, it ends with "Comin' Home Baby," a killer jazz piece on which Steve Cropper gets to shine, his guitar suddenly animated around Jones' playing, his quietly trilled notes at the crescendo some of the most elegant guitar heard on an R&B record up to that time.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:14
- Main artists: Booker T. & The M.G.'s
- Label: Rhino Atlantic
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1962 Atlantic Records ℗ 1962 Atlantic Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
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