Booker T. & the MG’s The Complete Stax Singles Vol. 2 (1968-1974) – Default Title

The house band at Stax, Booker T. & The MGs were so good, so tight, that each memberguitarist Steve Cropper, bassist Donald Duck Dunn, drummer Al Jackson, Jr., and keyboardist/bandleader Booker T. Jonesis a legend in his own right. Playing behind such superstars as Otis Redding, Carla Thomas, and Wilson Pickett, the group forever defined the sound of Southern soul. And on their ownman, they just couldnt be topped, with a total of 12 Pop and 15 R&B hits during their unparalleled tenure at Stax. Thats why they are the greatest instrumental R&B band of all timeand, not incidentally, a potent symbol of racial integration and harmony from a time when such diverse outfits were rare. We already brought you 29 of the 49 single sides The MGs recorded for Stax on The Complete Stax Singles Vol. 1; now were back with the other 20, assembledfor the first time ever!after a painstaking search for the best sources available, and, like on all of our singles collections, carefully vetted (by engineer Aaron Kannowski) to ensure that the versions youre hearing are exactly what disc jockeys were spinning off their 7-inch singles on to the airwaves back in the day. In this case, that means the first 15 songs on this CD/2-LP set are in mono, the last 5 stereo, all discographically documented in meticulous fashion by liner note writer Ed Osborne, whose essay maps every move Booker T. & The MGs made during the late 60s through the early 70s and beyond. But most of all, The Complete Stax Singles Vol. 2 (1968-1974) is one incredible listen, featuring such classic songs as Time Is Tight, Soul-Limbo, Melting Pot, their versions of Domenic Frontieres Hang Em High, The Beatles Something, and Simon & Garfunkels Mrs. Robinson, a bunch of hard-to-find B-sides, and more, all played by basically the best band that ever lived! Go ahead and pick your poison: either buy this on CD or on a 2-LP set pressed on red vinyl and housed inside a gatefold jacket. Either way, you will be the proud owner of some of the greatest and grooviest R&B instrumentals ever recorded. RECORD ONE/SIDE ONE 1. SOUL-LIMBO 2. HEADS OR TAILS 3. HANG EM HIGH 4. OVER EASY 5. TIME IS TIGHT RECORD ONE/SIDE TWO 1. JOHNNY, I LOVE YOU 2. MRS. ROBINSON 3. SOUL CLAP 69 4. SLUM BABY 5. MEDITATION RECORD TWO/SIDE ONE 1. SOMETHING 2. SUNDAY SERMON 3. MELTING POT 4. KINDA EASY LIKE 5. JAMAICA THIS MORNING RECORD TWO/SIDE TWO 1. FUQUAWI 2. SUGARCANE 3. BLACKSIDE 4. NECKBONE 5. BREEZY

• Internal ID: JITRE
• Format: Vinyl
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item’s shipment.**
• Genre: R&B
• Released: 9/10/21
• Format Detail: CD