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Rhino has done all music fans a favor by combining material from the two period-specific best-of compilations available (the early MG's Stax catalogue was sold to Atlantic, the later to Fantasy) on one 16-track set. The band's early singles, including "Groovin'," "Hip Hug-Her" and, of course, "Green Onions," are combined here with their late '60s hits such as "Hang 'em High" and "Time is Tight." Donald "Duck" Dunn and drummer Al Jackson's in-the-pocket locks, Steve Cropper's stinging guitar lines and Booker T. Jones' funkified organ create a sound that comes across as fresh and infectious today as it did in the early '60s.
Includes liner notes by Steve Greenberg.
Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot.
Live Recording
Producers: Booker T. & The MG's, Jim Stewart.
Compilation producer: Steve Greenberg.
Personnel: Steve Cropper (guitar, piano); Charles "Packy" Axton (tenor saxophone); Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Booker T. Jones (trombone, piano, electric piano, organ); Al Jackson, Jr. (drums); Donald "Duck" Dunn (claves).
Audio Remasterer: Bill Inglot.
Let's make this simple: If you don't own any albums by this seminal Memphis groove collective, without whom what we nowadays refer to as "soul music" would have been impossible, buy this disc. If you've ever enjoyed a song by any Stax recording artist--Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, or Rufus Thomas, for example--chances are excellent that the MG's were the backing band. Their inimitable guitar/bass/drum/organ groove was the cornerstone and essence of the Memphis sound.
Booker T. & The MG's: Booker T. Jones (trombone, piano, electric piano, organ); Steve Cropper (guitar, bass); Donald "Duck" Dunn, Lewis Steinberg (bass); Al Jackson, Jr. (drums).
Additional personnel: Charles "Packy" Axton (tenor saxophone); Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet).
Very Best Of Booker T. & The MG'S Music | List Price | $11.98 (You save $2.29) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, R&B, Rap, Soul/R&B, Urban Soundtrack, Oldies, Stax/Southern Soul, Greatest Hits Collections | | Label | Rhino | | Orig Year | 1994 | | All Time Sales Rank |  3987  | | CD Universe Part number | 1117804 | | Catalog number | 71738 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 21, 1994 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Personnel | Steve Cropper - guitar
Booker T. Jones - trombone, piano, electric piano, organ
Donald "Duck" Dunn - claves
Al Jackson Jr. - drums
Lewis Steinberg - bass
Also: Wayne Jackson, Booker T. & The MG's, Floyd Newman, Charles "Packy" Axton |
Booker T & The MG's Very Best Of Booker T. & The MG'S Songs | 1. | Green Onions | $0.99 | |
| 2. | Chinese Checkers | |
| 3. | Groovin' | $0.99 | |
| 4. | Soul Dressing | $0.99 | |
| 5. | Boot-Leg | $0.99 | |
| 6. | My Sweet Potato | $0.99 | |
| 7. | Slim Jenkins' Place | |
| 8. | Booker-Loo | $0.99 | |
| 9. | Hip Hug-Her | $0.99 | |
| 10. | Mo' Onions | $0.99 | |
| 11. | Soul Limbo | $0.99 | |
| 12. | Hang 'Em High | $0.99 | |
| 13. | Time Is Tight | $0.99 | |
| 14. | Mrs. Robinson | $0.99 | |
| 15. | Slum Baby | $0.99 | |
| 16. | Melting Pot | $0.99 | |
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Very Best Of Booker T. & The MG'S Music Very Best Of Booker T. & The MG'S Music Review Average Rating: (4.2 out of 5 stars)  A good instrumental group
Top tracks: "Green Onion", "Time Is Tight" and "Soul Limbo". Their version of "Hang Them High" was also good. "Mrs Robinson" and "Groovin'" wasn't as good as the vocal versions, by Simon & Garfunkel and the The (Young)Rascals. However still pleasant in their own right. Listening again to "Soul '69" (which wasn't included on that CD) I discovered I no longer cared that much for it, it sounded good in the 1960's but has now lost it's appeal.
Submitted by jjones731 (Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 4JN, UK) 
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just music no vocal
Submitted by biblical (u.s.a.)
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 Booker T. & The MG's Rock!
I was very pleased with the service and I loved the CD! It brought back a lot of fond memories. My all time MG's song is "Time Is Tight" from 1969. Great song.
Submitted by Illini64 (Wauconda, IL , USA)
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Excellent CD
Great collection of Booker T & MGs' songs. Excellent recording.
Very good value to upgrade your albums to CD quality.
Submitted by a reviewer (Bolingbrook, IL. U.S.A.)
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This is one of the greatest band, and I love all the great organ solos. You need to buy this album
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