Booker T. & The MGs ─ The Very Best Of Booker T. & The MGs

Edition Details

Label: Stax / Universal Music Group International
Catalog #: 0888072302938
Format: CD, Compilation, Repress
Country: UK & Europe
Released: 2007
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Rhythm & Blues, Soul
Manufactured By: EDC, Germany
Manufacturing #: 51905047
Remastered By: Kirk Felton
Barcode: 888072302938

Tracklist

  1. Green Onions — 2:53
  2. Chinese Checkers — 2:28
  3. Mo' Onions — 2:54
  4. Soul Dressing — 2:58
  5. Boot-Leg — 2:07
  6. My Sweet Potato — 2:46
  7. Booker-Loo — 2:25
  8. Hip Hug-Her — 2:26
  9. Groovin' — 2:45
  10. Slim Jenkins' Place — 2:31
  11. Soul-Limbo — 2:23
  12. Heads Or Tails — 2:34
  13. Hang 'Em High — 3:57
  14. Over Easy — 4:05
  15. Time Is Tight — 4:59
  16. Mrs. Robinson — 3:42
  17. Soul Clap '69 — 2:40
  18. Something — 4:12
  19. Sunday Sermon — 4:07
  20. Melting Pot — 8:13

Credits

Compilation Producers: Cheryl Pawelski, Rob Bowman
Liner Notes: Rob Bowman
Remastered By: Kirk Felton
Art Direction: Larissa Collins
Design: Arthur Nakata, David Gorman, Hackmart
Photography: The Stax Archive

Description

Booker T. & The MGs ─ The Very Best Of Booker T. & The MGs brings together 20 classic Stax recordings from one of the most important and instantly recognizable instrumental groups in soul and R&B.

The collection opens with the legendary “Green Onions” and follows the group's career through favorites including “Hip Hug-Her,” “Soul-Limbo,” “Hang 'Em High,” “Time Is Tight,” “Groovin',” “Mrs. Robinson,” “Something” and the extended “Melting Pot.” It's an excellent single-disc overview of the distinctive Hammond organ, guitar, bass and drums sound that became synonymous with the classic Stax era.

This 2007 collection was remastered by Kirk Felton and features liner notes by noted Stax historian Rob Bowman, along with photography from The Stax Archive.

With 20 tracks spanning over an hour of instrumental soul, R&B and funk, this is an especially strong collection for Booker T. & The MGs fans as well as anyone building a library of classic Stax and Memphis soul.