'62 Booker T. & The M.G.'s LP "Green Onions" Shrink NM
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Up For Auction: Super Soul / Instrumental Rock / Southern Soul / Memphis Soul / R&B LP In Spectacular Condition!!!
1962 Stax Records, 12 inch, 33 1/3 RPM Stereo Mono LP, Cat. #701 , First Pressing, Lt. Blue Label with Black Print. Featuring: Booker T. & The M.G.'s. Titled: "Green Onions". Song Titles Include: 1. Green Onions - 2:45, 2. Rinky Dink - 2:39, 3. I Got a Woman - 3:32, 4. Mo' Onions - 2:50, 5. Twist and Shout - 2:09, 6. Behave Yourself - 3:45, 7. Stranger on the Shore - 2:18, 8. Lonely Avenue - 3:25, 9. One Who Really Loves You - 2:22, 10. You Can't Sit Down - 2:46, 11. A Woman, a Lover, a Friend - 3:15 and 12. Comin' Home Baby - 3:09.
If you're not familiar with this artist/Title, here's some additional information: "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 Vinyl is Near Mint (9-9.5 of 10) in condition. With Plain Paper Inner Sleeve. The shrinkwrap is intact and in excellent condition. The cover is very nice. There are no problems to report. A simply stunning copy of this 47 year old LP!!.
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