Best of Booker T. & the MG's [Collectables]

1. Green Onions

2. Hip Hug-Her

3. Jellybread

4. Chinese Checkers

5. Soul Dressing

6. Groovin'

7. Boot-Leg

8. Behave Yourself

9. Home Grown

10. Mo' Onions

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Wonderful CD
Classic rythmn and bl,ues
Classic
My favorite for all times...
Rhythm Section 101

The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
Booker T. & the MG's
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000033C3
Release Date: 1994-06-21

Tracks:

Green Onions
Chinese Checkers
Groovin'
Soul Dressing
Boot-Leg
My Sweet Potato
Slim Jenkin's Place
Booker-Loo
Hip Hug-Her
Mo' Onions
Soul-Limbo
Hang 'Em High
Time Is Tight
Mrs. Robinson
Slum Baby
Melting Pot

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful CD.......2007-05-06

Booker T & the MG's is one of my favorite groups. I've always thought their music is like combining the church organ with Clapton. I only wish they were doing more live work so that fans like myself could see them more. But since they aren't, this is a nice substitute.

Classic rythmn and bl,ues.......2007-02-12

I was reminded of this music and went on the internet and bought it on your site. Awesome music. Good condition and received promptly.

Classic.......2007-01-11

Green Onions and Chinese Checkers are enough reason to buy the CD. Both are classic songs that'll get you to say, "Hey, I like that song, but never knew what it was" - without the lyrics, you just don't know... As one of the great Memphis Sun Studios era backup bands, you've heard them play before, now listen to their sounds. The songs aren't completely original (even Green Onions owes homage to John Lee Hooker's Onions which came out roughly the same time) and the sound isn't wholey unfamiliar (you've heard them before as backup, you just don't know it) but the music is wholey fantastic. Pass another side of those Onions...

My favorite for all times..........2006-08-24

The sound of Hammond embraces you at the first moment and the tune elevates you from your seat in seconds.. Definitely superb...

As a classic of decades, Green Onions is my No.1 road hit...

Rhythm Section 101.......2005-09-13

Oh, how I wish 30 years ago when I was a young keyboardist I had been listening to these guys instead of prog rock. Like a basketball team that plays as a single unit instead of a jumble of one-on-one games, each member of Booker T & the MG's added one-quarter of the whole sound, with no one trying to be the star (even though each was capable of being just that). Anyone who wants to be a serious student of any rhythm section instrument, whether you're playing jazz, R&B, rock or whatever, should listen to these guys religiously and learn that it's not what you put in that matters, it's what you leave out. Listen to them by themselves, and then listen to them backing Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett and especially Otis Redding, it doesn't get any better than that.

Memphis soul is some of the most exciting music ever recorded, one of America's most important contributions to 20th century music, and Booker T & the MG's single-handedly defined the sound.

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The Very Best of Booker T. and the MG's
Booker T. & The MG's
Manufacturer: Stax
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000QUCPWU
Release Date: 2007-06-19

Tracks:

Green Onions
Chinese Checkers
Mo' Onions
Soul Dressing
Boot-Leg
My Sweet Potato
Booker-Loo
Hip Hug-Her
Groovin'
Slim Jenkins' Place
Soul-Limbo
Heads or Tails
Hang 'Em High
Over Easy
Time Is Tight
Mrs. Robinson
Soul Clap '69
Something
Sunday Sermon
Melting Pot

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This collection is from Atlantic and covers 1962-67...
Groovy Man
A good early "Greatest Hits" collection
Having friends over for bid whist? Dominoes?

The Best of Booker T. & the MG's
Booker T. & The MG's
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ASIN: B000002IIE
Release Date: 1989-10-03

Tracks:

Green Onions
Mo' Onions
Jellybread
Tic-Tac-Toe
Soul Dressing
Terrible Thing
Can't Be Still
Boot-Leg
Summertime
Be My Lady
Red Beans And Rice
My Sweet Potato
Booker-Loo
Hip Hug-Her
Slim Jenkins' Place
Groovin'

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These four gentlemen may have been the most important players in all of soul music. They were an interracial group before it was popular or even accepted. They formed the core of the house backing-band at Stax Records, wrote classic soul songs, and discovered and produced artists at Stax. And as this CD makes very clear, they recorded great songs in their own right. All instrumentals, the MGs wrote their own classics-"Green Onions," "Time Is Tight"--and interpreted others--"Groovin'," "Hang 'Em High." The contemporary sound and feel of these 20- and 30-year old tracks proves what visionaries they were. --Robert Gordon

Customer Reviews:

This collection is from Atlantic and covers 1962-67..........2004-11-29

This collection is from Atlantic and covers 1962-67. Their is another collection from Fantasy that covers everything after this but I need to get the anthology from Rhino that combines both. In the meantime this makes great background music while you are cooking dinner, reading, working, getting laid, etc. There is sort of a sameness to most of their songs but it's a good sameness. "Green Onions" (along with Peter Gunn's Theme) are probably the coolest instrumentals ever.

Groovy Man.......2000-06-08

Booker T and The MG's had a really cool sound in the 60's. I think they were way ahead of their time. The classic "Green Onions" is a good case in point. It starts off this album. "Green Onions" may be the only song by this group that most people are familiar with, but this album is full of gems. The jive "Can't Be Still", complete with hand clapping is great and the acid sound of "Boot-leg" was also ahead of it's time. "Tic-Tac-Toe" is a good pop tune and "Be My Lady" is groovy man. And then there is "Summertime", recorded before Janis Joplin's version and it is fantastic. I think I like it the best of any of the other tracks. It is bluesy and sultry, just like Janis' version. And it sticks in my mind days after hearing it. All of these songs are instrumentals. They didn't record vocals. This is a CD you will be proud to have in your collection.

A good early "Greatest Hits" collection.......2000-04-02

This CD is basically a reissue of the old MG's "best of" LP on Atlantic. It covers the period from 1962 to 1966. There's not a bad song here, but the liner notes stink and the crude cover drawing on the cover is an abomination. "The Very Best of" collection on Rhino includes the best of these songs and a bunch of equally great ones from the MG's great 1966-1970 period. That collection has a nice cover, good liner notes, and photos--it's the best place for beginners to see what the MG's are all about.

Having friends over for bid whist? Dominoes?.......2000-02-15

This is it! This CD would add to any gathering of friends to a sometimes cutthroat game of Bid Whist, dominoes, or gin rummy or whatever game you and your peeps like to play...by the time the CD gets to "Hip-Hug-Her", (one of my faves--I'm surprised no one's tried to sanple it for hip-hop. Not that I want to see it done, however.) the party and the game will be on! Add some good ol' home cooking and you and yours will have a good time, trust me.

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"Time is Tight" stinks!
A good "greatest hits" collection from their later years
Good, but definately not Booker's best
bjarne.thomsen@image.dk

The Best of Booker T. & the MG's
Booker T. & the MG's
Manufacturer: Fantasy
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000XGU
Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

Hang 'Em High
Eleanor Rigby
Soul Limbo
Over Easy
Mrs. Robinson
Something
Time Is Tight
Johnny I Love You
Heads Or Tails
Meditation
Hip Hug Her
The Horse
Slum Baby
Born Under A Bad Sign
Light My Fire
It's Your Thing
Melting Pot

Customer Reviews:

"Time is Tight" stinks!.......2004-11-07

I bought this for "Time is Tight" but it seems to be an extended play version. It would have been better to just play it like it aired and extend that, but NOOOOO, they didn't! On top of that, they are off key and out of sync at times during the tune!

They didn't exactly pick the best songs for this disc either.

A good "greatest hits" collection from their later years.......2000-04-06

This CD compiles the best of the MG's output from the period after Stax and Atlantic ended their distribution agreement--basically 1966-1970. The MG's during this period played music that was more refined and little more "jazzy" than their earlier sides. The reviewer above is very wrong--this CD does have "Melting Pot" and "Time is Tight" and few of those other songs. If you've already got a collection of MG's material that covers the early (1962-1966) years, this CD is a good place to get a taste of their later sounds. If you're just starting your MG's collection, start with the "Very Best of" collection on Rhino. It covers both the early and late periods and has good liner notes and photos.

Good, but definately not Booker's best.......1999-05-12

If you are looking to buy some Booker T. and the M.G.'s. which if you haven't, you should, this is not the place to start. This poor compliation does not even include Melting Pot, nor Soul Limbo, Hip Hug-Her, Chinese Checkers (not a smash but a classic anyhow) or even Green Onions or Time is Tight for God's sake! Their signature songs! If you are really interested in the band, the greatest instrumental group of the sixties, then you should look into buying Rhino's thoughtfully compiled Time is Tight boxed set, or their albums Green Onions, Hip Hug-Her and Melting Pot, the best three they have to offer. The Rhino Best of.... is also far superior to this. My guess is that the label compiled what songs they could get for a cheap price that had recognizable names. That is the only excuse for such an incomplete collection. Definately not poor quality music, but really there's no reason for this album to exist.

bjarne.thomsen@image.dk.......1999-03-14

I want to buy the CD - The best of Booker T & MG4s (stax)where I can here the number "Time is tight". I want you can mail me, and give me rest of the information for the sales.