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Booker T & The MG's - Soul Men CD
Booker T & The MG's Discography of CDs
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Although all of these 25 cover versions were recorded in the '60s, none of them were released at the time. Unfortunately, info as to the exact dates of the individual tracks has been lost, though Stax scholar Rob Bowman's liner notes figure that most of them were cut between 1965-1968, with some possibly dating from 1962-1964. Putting all of them onto a single disc decades later might seem like a vault-cleaning exercise of secondary material. But this turns out to be a surprisingly good and vibrant collection of instrumental soul interpretations of rock, soul, and pop hits of the '60s, even if it's not up to the level of Booker T. & the MG's more famous hits and original numbers. Even though these were often laid down quickly before or after sessions on which the band was backing other artists, most of these don't sound like throwaways. They're characteristically disciplined and imaginative, and the scope is remarkably wide, taking in Beatles songs, blues ("Wang Dang Doodle" and "Baby Scratch My Back"), Motown, straight pop ("Downtown"), and even some songs on which Booker T. & the MG's actually played on the original recordings (Sam & Dave's "Soul Man" and "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby," and Eddie Floyd's "On a Saturday Night"). Not all of the reworkings are top-notch; the Beatles' "You Can't Do That" is taken at a jazzy shuffle that doesn't suit the tune. But most of them are very good, and not straight copies of the original arrangements, with the band effectively cooking up different tempos and simmering guitar/organ interplay. ~ Richie Unterberger
Includes liner notes by Rob Bowman.
Personnel: Steve Cropper (guitar); Booker T. Jones (keyboards); Al Jackson, Jr. (drums).
Liner Note Author: Rob Bowman.
Arranger: Ramsey Lewis.
Booker T. & The MG's: Booker T. Jones (keyboards); Steve Cropper (guitar); Lewie Steinberg, Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass); Al Jackson Jr. (drums).3
Compilation producers: Roger Armstrong, Colin MacKenzie, Alan Taylor, Peter Gibbon.
Living Blues (11/03, p.101) - "...Finely crafted little gems that perfectly meld the leader's minimalist organ with Steve Cropper's pungent guitar lines, rock-solid bass from Lewis Steinberg or Duck Dunn and the nonpareil drumming of Al Jackson..."
Booker T & The MG's - Soul Men Songs
| 1 | Baby, Scratch My Back
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 3:11 | $0.99 | |
| 2 | Harlem Shuffle
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 3:13 | $0.99 | |
| 3 | Hi-Heel Sneakers
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 3:05 | $0.99 | |
| 4 | Downtown
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:45 | $0.99 | |
| 5 | I Was Made To Love Her
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:41 | $0.99 | |
| 6 | Georgia On My Mind
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 3:15 | $0.99 | |
| 7 | Wade In The Water
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:31 | $0.99 | |
| 8 | Fannie Mae
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:03 | $0.99 | |
| 9 | Day Tripper
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:53 | $0.99 | |
| 10 | You Left The Water Running
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:19 | $0.99 | |
| 11 | Every Beat Of My Heart
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 3:00 | $0.99 | |
| 12 | Ain't That Peculiar
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:41 | $0.99 | |
| 13 | You Can't Do That
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:47 | $0.99 | |
| 14 | Wang Dang Doodle
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:51 | $0.99 | |
| 15 | On A Saturday Night
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:49 | $0.99 | |
| 16 | Letter
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:43 | $0.99 | |
| 17 | Oo Wee Baby, I Love You
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 3:02 | $0.99 | |
| 18 | Spoonful
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:57 | $0.99 | |
| 19 | I Hear A Symphony
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:13 | $0.99 | |
| 20 | You're So Fine
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:13 | $0.99 | |
| 21 | Raunchy
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:50 | $0.99 | |
| 22 | You Are My Sunshine
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 3:08 | $0.99 | |
| 23 | Soul Man
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 2:46 | $0.99 | |
| 24 | Gimme Some Lovin'
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 3:00 | $0.99 | |
| 25 | When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
Booker T, Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 3:39 | $0.99 | |
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