Album

Green Onions

Booker T. & The M.G.s

1962 · Funk / Soul

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Green Onions by Booker T. & The M.G.s

Green Onions is a Soul & Funk album by Booker T. & The M.G.s, originally released in 1962. On Gatefold: 87 pressings tracked, owned by 20 collectors.

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

  1. A1Green Onions2:45
  2. A2Rinky-Dink2:39
  3. A3I Got A Woman3:32
  4. A4Mo' Onions2:50
  5. A5Twist And Shout2:09
  6. A6Behave Yourself3:45

Side B

  1. B1Stranger On The Shore2:18
  2. B2Lonely Avenue3:25
  3. B3One Who Really Loves You2:22
  4. B4I Can't Sit Down2:46
  5. B5A Woman, A Lover, A Friend3:15
  6. B6Comin' Home Baby3:09

Sound DNA

  • Soul & Funk
  • Classic Soul
  • warm
  • laid-back
  • soulful

Credits

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20 collectors on Gatefold own this · 87 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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