Total download size: 775MB Total play length: 35:20Cover art included, liner notes not includedPropelled by Booker T. Jones' smoky organ and the funky guitar bursts of Steve Cropper, 'Green Onions' - the first chart-topper by Booker T.
& The MG's—slithered across the 1962 airwaves, followed immediately by an album every bit as savory. Hot on the heels of that first MG's smash, here's a second helping, 'Mo' Onions,' as well as the exquisite pop delights of 'Stranger On The Shore' and the unsurpassed after-hours smolder of 'Behave Yourself.'
Artist: Milt BucknerTitle Of Album: Green Onions (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions)Year Of Release: 1975 / 2000Label: Disques Black & BlueCountry: USGenre: Jazz / BluesQuality: FLAC (.image +.cue, log, scans)Bitrate: LosslessTime: 54:58 minFull Size: 383 MBTracklist:1. Green Onions 7:262. Pour Toutes Mes Souers (Take 2) 5:593. Since I Fell For You 7:054. Sleep 6:485. Milt's Boogie Woogie 4:586. It's The Talk Of The Town 6:387.
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Sweet Georgia Brown 5:288. After You've Gone 4:449. Pour Toutes Mes Souers (Take 1) 5:52. From 1966-77, organist Milt Buckner recorded often for European labels. This particular set (originally cut for the Black & Blue label) was one of the very few to be made available domestically.
It came out on Inner City's Classic Jazz subsidiary, and it is a bit of an oddity. Buckner, through overdubbing, performs on organ, piano and vibes (which he rarely played), and even takes an eccentric vocal on 'Green Onions.' To confuse matters, pianist Andre Persiany is also heard on some numbers, along with blues guitarist Roy Gaines, bassist Roland Lobligeois and drummer Panama Francis. The music itself is much less complicated, swing standards plus Buckner's 'Pour Toutes Mes Soeurs' and 'Milt's Boogie.' Fun good-time music that will be difficult to find. Scott Yanow.
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Lenny Kravitz - American Woman9. Cheap Trick - If You Want My Love10. Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time11. The Lovin’ Spoonful - Summer In The City12. The Byrds - Turn! Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire14. And the MG’s - Green Onions15.
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. As the house band at Stax Records in Memphis, TN, Booker T. & the MG's may have been the single greatest factor in the lasting value of that label's soul music, not to mention Southern soul as a whole. Their tight, impeccable grooves could be heard on classic hits by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Carla Thomas, Albert King, and Sam & Dave, and for that reason alone, they would deserve their subsequent induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. But in addition to their formidable skills as a house band, on their own they were one of the top instrumental outfits of the rock era, cutting classics like 'Green Onions,' 'Time Is Tight,' and 'Hang 'em High.'
. The anchors of the Booker T. Sound were Steve Cropper, whose slicing, economic riffs influenced many other guitar players, and Booker T. Jones himself, who provided much of the groove with his floating organ lines. In 1960, Jones started working as a session man for Stax, where he met Cropper. Cropper had been in the Mar-Keys, famous for the 1961 instrumental hit 'Last Night,' which laid out the prototype for much of the MG's (and indeed Memphis soul's) sound with its organ-sax-guitar combo.
With the addition of drummer Al Jackson and bassist Lewis Steinberg, they became Booker T. Within a couple years, Steinberg was replaced permanently by Donald 'Duck' Dunn, who, like Cropper, had also played with the Mar-Keys. The band's first and biggest hit, 'Green Onions' (a number three single in 1962), came about by accident. Jamming in the studio while fruitlessly waiting for Billy Lee Riley to show up for a session, they came up with a classic minor-key, bluesy soul instrumental, distinguished by its nervous organ bounce and ferocious bursts of guitar. For the next five years, they'd have trouble recapturing its commercial success, though the standard of their records remained fairly high, and Stax's dependence upon them as the house band ensured a decent living. In the late '60s, the MG's really hit their stride with 'Hip Hug-Her,' 'Groovin',' 'Soul-Limbo,' 'Hang 'em High,' and 'Time Is Tight,' all of which were Top 40 charters between 1967 and 1969. Since the presence of black and white musicians made them a biracial band, he MG's set a somewhat under-appreciated example of both how integrated, self-contained bands could succeed, and how both black and white musicians could play funky soul music.
As is the case with most instrumental rock bands, their singles contained their best material, and the band's music is now best appreciated via anthologies. But their albums were far from inconsequential, and occasionally veered into ambitious territory (they did an entire instrumental version of the Beatles' Abbey Road, which they titled McLemore Avenue in honor of the location of Stax's studios). Though they'd become established stars by the end of the decade, the group began finding it difficult to work together, not so much because of personnel problems, but because of logistical difficulties.
Cropper was often playing sessions in Los Angeles, and Jones was often absent from Memphis while he finished his music studies at Indiana University. The band decided to break up in 1971, but were working on a reunion album in 1975 when Al Jackson was tragically shot and killed in his Memphis home by a burglar. The remaining members have been active as recording artists and session musicians since, with Cropper and Dunn joining the Blues Brothers for a stint in the late '70s.
The MG's got back into the spotlight in early 1992, when they were the house band for an extravagant Bob Dylan tribute at Madison Square Garden. More significantly, in 1993 they served as the backup band for a Neil Young tour, one which brought both them (and Young) high critical marks. The following year, they released a comeback album, arranged in much the style of their vintage '60s sides, which proved that their instrumental skills were still intact. Like most such efforts, though, it ultimately failed to re-create the spark and spontaneity it so obviously wanted to achieve. Remained active through the following decades, often lending his instrumental skills to other artists and occasionally issuing his own albums, such as the 2009 solo effort Potato Hole.
By Richie Unterberger. There's not a note or a nuance out of place anywhere on this record, which was 35 of the most exciting minutes of instrumental music in any category that one could purchase in 1962 (and it's no slouch four decades out, either). 'I Got a Woman' is the single best indicator of how superb this record is and this band was - listening to this track, it's easy to forget that the song ever had lyrics or ever needed them, Booker T. Jones' organ and Steve Cropper's guitar serving as more-than-adequate substitutes for any singer. Their version of 'Twist and Shout' is every bit as satisfying. Even 'Mo' Onions,' an effort to repeat the success of 'Green Onions,' doesn't repeat anything from the earlier track except the tempo, and Jones and Cropper both come up with fresh sounds within the same framework. 'Behave Yourself' is a beautifully wrought piece of organ-based blues that gives Jones a chance to show off some surprisingly nimble-fingered playing, while 'Stranger on the Shore' is transformed into a piece of prime soul music in the group's hands.
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'Lonely Avenue' is another showcase for Jones' keyboard dexterity, and then there's the group's cover of Smokey Robinson's 'One Who Really Loves You,' with a ravishing lead performance by Jones on organ and Cropper's guitar handling the choruses. Just when it seems like the album has turned in all of the surprises in repertory that it could reasonably deliver, it ends with 'Comin' Home Baby,' a killer jazz piece on which Steve Cropper gets to shine, his guitar suddenly animated around Jones' playing, his quietly trilled notes at the crescendo some of the most elegant guitar heard on an R&B record up to that time. By Bruce Eder. Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008EAC extraction logfile from 20.
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CloseBooker T. & The M.G.s - Green Onions (1962/2012)FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz Time - 43:51 minutes 1,62 GBStudio Master, Official Digital Download Artwork: Digital BookletConcord Music Group continues its Stax Remastered series with the release of Booker T. & the MGs’ 1962 masterpiece, Green Onions. The record has been remastered by legendary engineer Joe Tarantino and remains one of the most exciting instrumental recordings of all time.
Green Onions features the classic line-up of Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr. And Lewis Steinberg.
“Green Onions” is included on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.In May 2012, the title track was inducted into the Library of Congress’ prestigious National Recording Registry. The song also reached #1 on the Billboard R&B charts, a rare accomplishment for an instrumental track. The Rock n’ Roll Hall of Famers deliver other classics including “Comin’ Home Baby,” “Twist and Shout” and “I Got A Woman.” The collection will also include two live bonus tracks.
This bona fide soul classic is a must-own!There's not a note or a nuance out of place anywhere on this record, which was 35 of the most exciting minutes of instrumental music in any category that one could purchase in 1962 (and it's no slouch four decades out, either). 'I Got a Woman' is the single best indicator of how superb this record is and this band was – listening to this track, it's easy to forget that the song ever had lyrics or ever needed them, Booker T. Jones' organ and Steve Cropper's guitar serving as more-than-adequate substitutes for any singer. Their version of 'Twist and Shout' is every bit as satisfying. Even 'Mo' Onions,' an effort to repeat the success of 'Green Onions,' doesn't repeat anything from the earlier track except the tempo, and Jones and Cropper both come up with fresh sounds within the same framework.' Behave Yourself' is a beautifully wrought piece of organ-based blues that gives Jones a chance to show off some surprisingly nimble-fingered playing, while 'Stranger on the Shore' is transformed into a piece of prime soul music in the group's hands. 'Lonely Avenue' is another showcase for Jones' keyboard dexterity, and then there's the group's cover of Smokey Robinson's 'One Who Really Loves You,' with a ravishing lead performance by Jones on organ and Cropper's guitar handling the choruses.
Just when it seems like the album has turned in all of the surprises in repertory that it could reasonably deliver, it ends with 'Comin' Home Baby,' a killer jazz piece on which Steve Cropper gets to shine, his guitar suddenly animated around Jones' playing, his quietly trilled notes at the crescendo some of the most elegant guitar heard on an R&B record up to that time. The Concord Music Group reissued Green Onions in 2012, with live versions of 'Green Onions' and 'Can't Sit Down,' both drawn from a live show in L.A. In 1965, and originally released on the album Funky Broadway: Stax Revue Live at the 5/4 Ballroom, added as bonus tracks.Tracklist:01 - Green Onions02 - Rinky-Dink03 - I Got A Woman04 - Mo' Onions05 - Twist And Shout06 - Behave Yourself07 - Stranger On The Shore08 - Lonely Avenue09 - One Who Really Loves You10 - Can't Sit Down11 - A Woman, A Lover, A Friend12 - Comin' Home Baby13 - Green Onions (Live From 5/4 Ballroom, Los Angeles/1965)14 - Can't Sit Down (Live From 5/4 Ballroom, Los Angeles/1965). Analyzed: Booker T.
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