BOOKER T. & THE MG'S - Green Onions (w/ 2 Bonus Tracks) - LP - 180g Green Vinyl

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.