| Product Summary | | Label: Fantasy/stax | | UPC: 00025218442428 | | Release Date: 9/22/1998 | | Buy.com Sku: 60070414 | | Item#: MLMK5N | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Green Onions ~ Booker T. & The MG's |  | | 2. Behave Yourself ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 3. Jellybread ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 4. Home Grown ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 5. Burnt Biscuits ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 6. Chinese Checkers ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 7. Mo' Onions ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 8. Tic-Tac-Toe ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 9. Fannie Mae ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 10. Soul Dressing ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 11. Can't Be Still ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 12. Boot-Leg ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 13. Outrage ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 14. Be My Lady ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 15. My Sweet Potato ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 16. Hip Hug-Her ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 17. Summertime ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 18. Slim Jenkins' Place ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 19. Groovin' ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 20. Soul Sanction ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 21. Pigmy ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 22. Booker's Notion ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 23. I Can Dig It ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 24. Expressway (To Your Heart) ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 25. You Don't Love Me ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 26. Never My Love ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 27. Blue On Green ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 28. Ode To Billy Joe ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Soul Limbo ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 2. Heads Or Tails ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 3. Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 4. Hang 'Em High ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 5. Willow Weep For Me ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 6. Over Easy ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 7. Time Is Tight ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 8. Johnny, I Love You ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 9. Lady Madonna ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 10. Mrs. Robinson ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 11. Soul Clap '69 ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 12. I've Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 13. You're All I Need To Get By ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 14. It's Your Thing ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 15. Something ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 16. Sunday Sermon ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 17. McLemore Avenue - (radio promo) ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 18. Sun King / Mean Mr. Mustard / Polythene Pam / She Came In Through The Bathroom Window / I Want You (She's So Heavy) ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 19. Chicken Pox ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 20. Melting Pot ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | Disc 3
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Gotta Serve Somebody ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 2. Lay Lady Lay ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 3. MG Party ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 4. Terrible Thing ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 5. Hole In The Wall ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 6. Dock Of The Bay, (Sittin' On) The ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 7. Booker's Theme ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 8. Albert's Rap ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 9. Born Under a Bad Sign - (with Albert King) ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 10. I'm With You / I Don't Mind / Oh, Baby Don't You Weep ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 11. Meditation ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 12. Green Onions ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 13. Sarasota Sunset ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 14. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) - (with Boz Scaggs) ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 15. Hang 'Em High ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 16. Time Is Tight ~ Booker T. & The MG's | | | 17. Dock of the Bay, (Sittin' On) The - (with Neil Young) ~ Booker T. & The MG's | |
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Booker T. & The MG's: Booker T. Jones (vocals, trombone, organ, piano); Steve Cropper (guitar, percussion); Lewie Steinberg, Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass); Al Jackson, Jr. (drums). | | Additional personnel: Neil Young (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Albert King (vocals, guitar); Boz Scaggs (vocals); G.E. Smith (guitar); Charles "Packy" Axton (tenor saxophone); Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone); Gene Parker, Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Isaac Hayes (piano, keybaords, cowbell); Leon Haywood (organ); William Allan (keyboards); Terry Manning (marimba); Earl Grant (bass); Anton Fig, Jim Keltner, Steve Potts (drums); Magnificent Montague (congas). | | Producer: Booker T. & The MG's. | | Compilation producers: Rob Bowman, Bill Belmont. | | Recorded between 1962 and 1993. Includes liner notes by Bill Belmont and Rob Bowman. | | Personnel: Neil Young (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Albert King (vocals, guitar); Booker T. Jones (vocals, trombone, piano, organ); Boz Scaggs (vocals); Steve Cropper (guitar, percussion); G.E. Smith (electric guitar); Charles "Packy" Axton (tenor saxophone); Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone); Gene Parker, Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Isaac Hayes (piano, keyboards, cowbells); Leon Haywood (organ); Terry Manning (marimba); Jim Keltner, Al Jackson, Jr., Anton Fig, Steve Potts (drums). | | Audio Mixer: Tim Mulligan. | | Audio Remasterer: Kirk Felton. | | Liner Note Author: Rob Bowman. | | Recording information: Concert Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (06/??/1962-07/03/1994); New York, NY (06/??/1962-07/03/1994); Pine Knob, MI (06/??/1962-07/03/1994); Stax Studios, Memphis, TN (06/??/1962-07/03/1994). | | Photographer: Joel Brodsky. | | Arranger: Booker T. & the MG's. | | A three-CD, 65-song box set that includes all their hits from 1962 through 1971, in addition to numerous LP tracks and failed singles; the third disc is devoted entirely to previously unreleased live material (most from 1992-94) and rarities. Greatest-hits compilations will serve the needs of all but intense Booker T. and Stax fans. However, if you really dig their instrumental sound, this is a fine package. It might skip an odd worthy track from their catalog, but basically has just about everything deserving of attention, concentrating more on their original compositions than their covers. Some of the more obscure selections, like their jazzy 1967 LP cut "Pigmy" and their inventive 1969 cover of "Lady Madonna," are overlooked standouts. A number of sides here, like "Burnt Biscuits," "Fannie Mae," "Sunday Sermon," "MG Party," and the moody, dignified "Meditation," were never on album before. Other oddities fans will want to know about is a live medley of James Brown material from 1968, Albert King doing "Born Under a Bad Sign" with them live (also from 1968), a hit 1965 single ("Hole in the Wall") released under the name "the Packers," and "Booker's Theme," which was only available on the 1969 Stax various-artists sampler Soul Explosion. The 1992-94 live cuts (all previously unreleased), with various drummers in place of the late Al Jackson, show the band in decent though not amazing form, including a ten-minute jam on "Time Is Tight" and a version of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with Neil Young on vocals. The booklet contains extensive liner notes by Stax Records authority Rob Bowman. ~ Richie Unterberger | | Even though the average pop fan only knows Booker T and the MGs for their biggest Top 40 hit under their own name, the supremely funky instrumental "Green Onions," they were THE backing band of the '60s. Nearly every one of the classic Stax/Volt singles of this era--by Sam and Dave, Otis Redding and a seemingly endless list of others--features organist Booker T. Jones, bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, superlative guitarist Steve Cropper and powerhouse drummer Al Jackson Jr. | | TIME IS TIGHT collects most of the MGs' singles, plus unreleased goodies and live tracks; this three-disc set is the bedrock of Memphis soul. Booker T and the MGs were able to make "Ode To Billy Joe" and "Never My Love" sound funky, for cryin' out loud! Plus, the set includes a lengthy slice of MCLEMORE AVENUE, the group's brilliant, underappreciated song-by-song cover of the Beatles' ABBEY ROAD. Pure genius. |
Engineer: Joe Tarantino; Kirk Felton |
Musical Guests | | Boz Scaggs | | Neil Young | | Isaac Hayes | | Albert King |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/20/1998 | | Original Release Date : 1998 | | Catalog ID : 4424 | | Label : Stax (USA) | | Number of Discs : 3 | | Runtime : 229m : 6s | | Studio/Live : Mixed | | Mono/Stereo : Mixed | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00025218442428 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Mojo (Publisher)
(1/99, p.102)
- "...a must for any serious soul fan....these recordings sound incredibly fresh and provide the ultimate portrait of one of the grooviest instrumental bands ever." |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Production |  4 | | Performance |  5 | | Composition | 5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 5 |
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5 of 5 Timeless Friday, July 12, 2002
thestaxman from Jackson, MS
The greatest drummer who ever lived, Al Jackson, Jr., the coolest, most persuasive bass player in the world, Donald "Duck" Dunn, the absolute superior guitar playing of the one and only Steve Cropper, and the special genius of organ/piano man and all round musical prodigy, Booker T. Jones made up a virtual "dream team" of music. Besides laying down perfectly tight, unbelievably soulful backdrops for some of the greatest artists of the 20th century, they recorded some of the best music ever made, and in instrumental form to boot. This is a great box set. You get the hits from "Green Onions" to "Hip Hug-Her" to "Hang 'Em High" to the amazing "Melting Pot". You get great rarities like "Hole In the Wall" ( Originally released in '65 under The Packers ), and the beautiful, superb "Meditation". And you hear the band's versatility on their remarkable range of covers. I wouldn't do much editing; however, I would replace a good bit of the pre-Dunn era material with later outings. And one could argue that the entire Melting Pot album, along with the entire McLemore Avenue album merit greatest hits status. Also, soul fans will no doubt cringe at the sound of Neil Young whining his way through the Cropper penned "Dock Of the Bay". Why this was picked to finish the collection, still baffles me. All and all, though, a fine showcase for the greatest band of all time. Was this review helpful?  
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