Green Onions
Booker T. & The M.G.s
1962
Green Onions is a Soul & Funk album by Booker T. & The M.G.s, originally released in 1962. On Gatefold: 86 pressings tracked, owned by 15 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Classic Soul
- warm
- laid-back
- soulful
About
It’d be difficult to chose just one Booker T. album to own, given the absurd splendor of the band’s output (even excluding their work as Stax Records' house band). But this boisterous instrumental gesture to early-’60s R&B, funk, blues, jazz, soul, surf, and gospel might be the one. The now-traditional title tune, led by Booker T.’s unmistakable organ runs, has seeped into public consciousness in myriad ways since its 1962 release. And the quartet’s freakishly skilled playing simply pops—witness the smoky groove on “Lonely Avenue,” the knee-knocking bounce behind “Twist and Shout,” and Steve Cropper’s guitar stingers in “Mo Onions.”
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Green Onions2:45
- A2Rinky-Dink2:39
- A3I Got A Woman3:32
- A4Mo' Onions2:50
- A5Twist And Shout2:09
- A6Behave Yourself3:45
Side B
- B1Stranger On The Shore2:18
- B2Lonely Avenue3:25
- B3One Who Really Loves You2:22
- B4I Can't Sit Down2:46
- B5A Woman, A Lover, A Friend3:15
- B6Comin' Home Baby3:09
Credits
Performers
- Donald "Duck" DunnBASS
- Lewis SteinbergBASS DOUBLE BASS BASS GUITAR
- Al Jackson Jr.DRUMS DRUM
- Steve CropperGUITAR RHYTHM GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Booker T. JonesORGAN ELECTRIC ORGAN
- Charles AxtonSAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Don NixBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Charlie FreemanGUITAR
- Wayne JacksonTRUMPET
- Ray Charles
- Mary Wells
- Dave "Baby" Cortez
- Jackie Wilson
- The Top Notes
- Mel Tormé
- The Dovells
15 collectors on Gatefold own this · 86 pressings tracked on Gatefold