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- Date Released: June 21, 1994
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Soul/R&B, Soul
- Label: Fantasy / Stax
Most of the best from the group John Fogerty once called the greatest rock band of all time.
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We Say...
It's hard to call any package that doesn't feature "Green Onions" the "best" of Booker T, but, that obvious flaw aside, the rest of this collection is rock-solid. Unlike Motown's fabled Funk Brothers session team, who embroidered and in some cases provided all the musical juice on many of that label's best tracks, the M.G.'s were a straightforward rhythm section, a bass/drums/guitar/organ combo that drove the Stax sessions but never papered over them. On their own, the group focuses on what they know best: bringing it home like a metronome. Featured tracks include "Time Is Tight," "Soul Limbo," "Hang 'em High," "Melting Pot" and "Hig Hug Her."
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They Say...
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. & the MG's. 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 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. "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. "Slum Baby," from three years later, features a much smoother and funkier sound. "Slim Jenkins' Place" shows off Booker T. Jones's piano skills as well as his organ playing, and all of it is marked by virtuoso playing. 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. 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. 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.
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Hang 'em High |
3:57 |
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| 02. | |
Elenor Rigby |
3:40 |
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| 03. | |
Soul Limbo |
2:23 |
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| 04. | |
Over Easy |
4:05 |
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| 05. | |
Mrs. Robinson |
3:43 |
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| 06. | |
Something |
4:11 |
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| 07. | |
Time Is Tight |
5:00 |
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| 08. | |
Johnny I Love You |
3:04 |
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| 09. | |
Heads And Tails |
2:33 |
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| 10. | |
Meditation |
4:01 |
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| 11. | |
Hip Hug Her |
2:24 |
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| 12. | |
The Horse |
2:46 |
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| 13. | |
Slum Baby |
2:38 |
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| 14. | |
Born Under A Bad Sign |
3:05 |
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| 15. | |
Light My Fire |
4:18 |
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| 16. | |
It's Your Thing |
3:02 |
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| 17. | |
Melting Pot |
8:14 |
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17 Total Tracks, 63:04 Total Length
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Credits
- Booker T. & the MG's - Producer // Booker T. & the MG's - Main Performer // Steve Cropper - Bass // Steve Cropper - Guitar // Steve Cropper - Piano // Charles "Packy" Axton - Sax (Tenor) // Bill Belmont - Research // Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass // Donald "Duck" Dunn - Claves // Bill Inglot - Remastering // Wayne Jackson - Trumpet // Booker T. Jones - Organ // Booker T. Jones - Piano // Booker T. Jones - Trombone // Booker T. Jones - Piano (Electric) // Booker T. Jones - Producer // The MG's - Producer // Michael Mazzarella - Research // Floyd Newman - Sax (Baritone) // Lewis Steinberg - Bass // Jimmy Stewart - Producer // Jim Stewart - Producer // Al Jackson, Jr. - Drums // Geoff Gans - Art Direction // Patrick Milligan - Research // Julie Vlasak - Design
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