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The MG's
Studio album by The MG's
Released 1973
Recorded 1973
Genre Instrumental rock
Label Stax
Producer Donald "Duck" Dunn
Al Jackson, Jr.
Professional reviews
The MG's chronology
Melting Pot
(1971)		 The MG's
(1973)		 Union Extended
(1976)

The MG's is a 1973 album recorded by The MG's for Stax Records. Both frontman Booker T. Jones and guitarist Steve Cropper were estranged from Stax by 1973. Remaining members Donald "Duck" Dunn and Al Jackson, Jr. recruited Bobby Manuel to replace Cropper and Carson Whitsett to replace Jones. [1]

Billed as The MG's since Jones was not involved with the project, the group released two singles, "Sugar Cane" and "Neck Bone". The singles and the album were not commercially successful, but were critically well-received. [1] By 1975, Jones and Cropper agreed to reform the original lineup with Jackson and Dunn, but just days before their scheduled reunion, Jackson was murdered at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. [2]

Contents

Track listings

Side one

  1. "The M.G.'s"
  2. "Sugar Cane"
  3. "Neck Bone"
  4. "Spare Change" (Michael Hedges)
  5. "Leaving the Past"

Side two

  1. "Left Overs (Bucaramanga)" (Albert Collins)
  2. "Black Side"
  3. "One of a Kind" (Stevie Wonder)
  4. "Frustration" (Duke Ellington)

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ a b Bowman, Rob (1997). Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records. New York: Schirmer Trade. p. 302-303. ISBN 0825672848
  2. ^ Bowman, Rob. (1997). p. 364
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Members
Studio Albums
Green Onions (1962)  • Soul Dressing (1965)  • And Now! (1966)  • In The Christmas Spirit (1966)  • Hip Hug-Her (1967)  • Doin' Our Thing (1968)  • Soul Limbo (1968)  • Uptight (1969)  • The Booker T Set (1969)  • McLemore Avenue (1970)  • Melting Pot (1971)  • The MG's (released by The MG's) (1973)  • Universal Language (1977)  • That's The Way It Should Be (1994)
Live Albums
Singles
Jelly Bread  • Home Grown  • Chinese Checkers  • Mo' Onions  • Soul Dressing  • Can't Be Still  • Boot-Leg  • Be My Lady  • My Sweet Potato  • Jingle Bells  • Hip Hug-Her  • Groovin'  • Silver Bells  • Soul Limbo  • Hang 'Em High  • Time Is Tight  • Mrs. Robinson  • Slum Baby  • Something  • Melting Pot  • Sugarcane  • Neckbone  • Sticky Stuff  • Green Onions







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