Soul Dressing
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Soul Dressing was the second album by soul band Booker T. & the M.G.'s
, released in March 1965.
, Al Jackson, Jr., Booker T. Jones
, and Lewie Steinberg
, except for "Outrage", by Cropper, Jackson, Steinberg, and William Allan, and the Don Covay
cover "Mercy Mercy" (Covay/Miller).
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Booker T. & the M.G.'s is an instrumental R&B band that was influential in shaping the sound of southern soul and Memphis soul. Original members of the group were Booker T. Jones , Steve Cropper , Lewie Steinberg , and Al Jackson, Jr....
, released in March 1965.
Track listings
All songs written by Steve CropperSteve Cropper
Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
, Al Jackson, Jr., Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. and the MGs. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime...
, and Lewie Steinberg
Lewie Steinberg
Lewie Steinberg is an American musician best known as the original bass guitar player for soul music group Booker T. & the M.G.'s....
, except for "Outrage", by Cropper, Jackson, Steinberg, and William Allan, and the Don Covay
Don Covay
Don Covay is an American R&B/rock and roll/soul music singer and songwriter most active in the 1950s and 1960s, who received a Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1994...
cover "Mercy Mercy" (Covay/Miller).
Side one
- "Soul Dressing"- 2:28
- "Tic-Tac-Toe" - 2:34
- "Big Train" - 2:32
- "Jellybread" - 2:32
- "Aw' Mercy" - 2:38
- "Outrage" - 2:35
Side two
- "Night Owl Walk" - 3:14
- "Chinese Checkers" - 2:29
- "Home Grown" - 3:14
- "Mercy Mercy" - 2:36
- "Plum Nellie" - 2:07
- "Can't Be Still" - 1:59
Credits
- Booker T. JonesBooker T. JonesBooker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. and the MGs. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime...
- organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, electric pianoElectric pianoAn electric piano is an electric musical instrument.Electric pianos produce sounds mechanically and the sounds are turned into electrical signals by pickups. Unlike a synthesizer, the electric piano is not an electronic instrument, but electro-mechanical. The earliest electric pianos were invented... - Steve CropperSteve CropperSteve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Lewis Steinberg - bass guitar
- Al Jackson, Jr. - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass guitar
- Wayne Jackson - trumpet
- Floyd Newman - baritone saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
- Charles "Packy" Axton - tenor saxophone