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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Green Onions
2. Behave Yourself
3. Jellybread
4. Home Grown
5. Burnt Biscuits
6. Chinese Checkers
7. Mo' Onions
8. Tic-Tac-Toe
9. Fannie Mae
10. Soul Dressing
11. Can't Be Still
12. Boot-Leg
13. Outrage
14. Be My Lady
15. My Sweet Potato
16. Hip Hug-Her
17. Summertime
18. Slim Jenkins' Place
19. Groovin'
20. Soul Sanction
21. Pigmy
22. Booker's Notion
23. I Can Dig It
24. Expressway (To Your Heart)
25. You Don't Love Me
26. Never My Love
27. Blue on Green
28. Ode to Billy Joe
DISC 2:
1. Soul Limbo
2. Heads or Tails
3. Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy
4. Hang 'Em High
5. Willow Weep For Me
6. Over Easy
7. Time Is Tight
8. Johnny, I Love You
9. Lady Madonna
10. Mrs. Robinson
11. Soul Clap '69
12. I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)
13. You're All I Need to Get By
14. It's Your Thing
15. Something
16. Sunday Sermon
17. McLemore Avenue - (radio promo)
18. Sun King / Mean Mr. Mustard / Polythene Pam / She Came In Through The Bathroom Window / I Want You (She's So Heavy)
19. Chicken Pox
20. Melting Pot
DISC 3:
1. Gotta Serve Somebody
2. Lay Lady Lay
3. Mg Party
4. Terrible Thing
5. Hole in the Wall
6. Dock of the Bay, (Sittin' On) The
7. Booker's Theme
8. Albert's Rap
9. Born Under a Bad Sign - (with Albert King)
10. I'm With You / I Don't Mind / Oh, Baby Don't You Weep
11. Meditation
12. Green Onions
13. Sarasota Sunset
14. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) - (with Boz Scaggs)
15. Hang 'Em High
16. Time Is Tight
17. Dock of the Bay, (Sittin' On) The - (with Neil Young)
Album Notes
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.
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.
Industry Reviews
...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.
Mojo (01/01/1999)
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