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The Stax Profiles titles are a series of artist compilations chosen by other recording artists. Sound familiar? The Booker T. & the MG's volume was selected, and comes with liner notes, by Elvis Costello. There are 15 cuts here, assembling a cream of the crop artist's choice. Costello was one of those cats who dug back into the Motown/Stax/Atlantic vaults for inspiration on Get Happy! and helped to kick off the soul boy '80s. His Booker T faves are a solid -- if motley -- pick of what grabbed him, beginning with 1968's (and these are not compiled chronologically, thankfully) "Time Is Tight," from the soundtrack to the film Up Tight. A minimal, near-pastoral organ intro introduces the classic Stax riff. It's a hell of a long song for the period, too, clocking in at just under five minutes. The surf and spy music choogle "Burnt Biscuits" (written by Chips Moman and Booker T. Jones) is next, with a poppin' little horn section from 1963 -- it was a B-side, folks. "Jellybread" is, for all intents and practical purposes, a redo version of "Green Onions" with a tougher guitar line. Of curse that's here, too, but it's a live version from the Funky Broadway: Stax Revue Live at the 5/4 Ballroom set. Other common cuts are Booker T versions of "Lady Madonna," "Something," and "Hang 'Em High," which rivals the original. But killer singles such as "Chinese Checkers" are in the mix, too. 1968's Soul Limbo album is well-represented here with no less than three cuts, including "Over Easy." The single "Hip Hug-Her," off the 1971 album of the same name, is here. In all, it's a groovefest with Costello picking out the leaner, meaner, screamers. All the evidence one needs is in the live "Green Onions," and the other track from that set, the burning "Boot-Leg." Maybe this isn't a definitive collection of hits, but it is a solid, salacious slab 'o grooves.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Al Jackson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Booker T. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Steve Cropper, ComposerLyricist - Donald "Duck" Dunn, ComposerLyricist - The MGs, Producer - Booker T. & The M.G.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Stax Records
Booker T. & The M.G.'s, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Stax Records
Booker T. & The M.G.'s, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp.
Booker T. & The M.G.'s, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp.
Booker T. & The M.G.'s, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Stax Records
Al Jackson, Jr., Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Cropper, Mixer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - RON CAPONE, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Booker T. & The M.G.'s, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Stax Records
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Booker T. & The M.G.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Stax Records
Al Jackson, Jr., Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Cropper, Mixer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - RON CAPONE, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Booker T. & The M.G.'s, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Al Jackson, Jr., Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Cropper, Mixer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Frontiere, ComposerLyricist - RON CAPONE, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Booker T. & The M.G.'s, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Stax Records
Composer Unknown, ComposerLyricist - Booker T. & The M.G.'s, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Stax Records
GEORGE HARRISON, ComposerLyricist - Booker T. & The M.G.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Stax Records
Booker T. & The M.G.'s, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Stax Records
Booker T. & The M.G.'s, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Stax Records
Composer Unknown, ComposerLyricist - Booker T. & The M.G.'s, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Stax Records
Album review
The Stax Profiles titles are a series of artist compilations chosen by other recording artists. Sound familiar? The Booker T. & the MG's volume was selected, and comes with liner notes, by Elvis Costello. There are 15 cuts here, assembling a cream of the crop artist's choice. Costello was one of those cats who dug back into the Motown/Stax/Atlantic vaults for inspiration on Get Happy! and helped to kick off the soul boy '80s. His Booker T faves are a solid -- if motley -- pick of what grabbed him, beginning with 1968's (and these are not compiled chronologically, thankfully) "Time Is Tight," from the soundtrack to the film Up Tight. A minimal, near-pastoral organ intro introduces the classic Stax riff. It's a hell of a long song for the period, too, clocking in at just under five minutes. The surf and spy music choogle "Burnt Biscuits" (written by Chips Moman and Booker T. Jones) is next, with a poppin' little horn section from 1963 -- it was a B-side, folks. "Jellybread" is, for all intents and practical purposes, a redo version of "Green Onions" with a tougher guitar line. Of curse that's here, too, but it's a live version from the Funky Broadway: Stax Revue Live at the 5/4 Ballroom set. Other common cuts are Booker T versions of "Lady Madonna," "Something," and "Hang 'Em High," which rivals the original. But killer singles such as "Chinese Checkers" are in the mix, too. 1968's Soul Limbo album is well-represented here with no less than three cuts, including "Over Easy." The single "Hip Hug-Her," off the 1971 album of the same name, is here. In all, it's a groovefest with Costello picking out the leaner, meaner, screamers. All the evidence one needs is in the live "Green Onions," and the other track from that set, the burning "Boot-Leg." Maybe this isn't a definitive collection of hits, but it is a solid, salacious slab 'o grooves.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:19
- Main artists: Booker T. & The M.G.'s
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Stax
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc.
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