Booker T. & The MG's: McLemore Avenue `70 & Melting Pot `71

American instrumental rhythm & blues and soul combo, formed 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee. Best remembered as the in-house backing band of the Stax record label.
The band’s name is a combination of organist Booker T. Jones's first names and the acronym for “Memphis Group”, MG. Other members were Al Jackson Jr. (drums), Steve Cropper (guitar), and Lewis Steinberg (bass guitar) who was replaced by Donald "Duck" Dunn in 1963.

As well as playing on and producing a large amount of records, working with vocalists like Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Sam & Dave, they were successful as a band in their own right, with hits like “Green Onions” (1962) and “Hip Hug-Her” (1967).
The band was effectively disbanded in the early 1970s, when both Cropper and Jones had left the label. A planned reunion in 1975 did not happen, as Jackson was murdered in October that year. The three remaining members did reunite several times since the late 1980s, often with Jackson’s cousin Steve Potts (2) serving as a drummer.

Booker T & The MG's were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.

~ discogs

Tracklist LP1. McLemore Avenue (1970, 2010, Stax STS-2027 / MPS-8552):

01. Medley: Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End/Here Comes the Sun/Come Together (15:46)
02. Something (4:07)
03. Medley: Because/You Never Give Me Your Money (7:26)
04. Medley: Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard/Polythene Pam/She Came in Through the Bathroom Window/I Want You (She's So Heavy) (10:35)

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Tracklist LP2. McLemore Avenue (1970, 2020, Craft CR00289):

01. Medley: Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End/Here Comes the Sun/Come Together (15:50)
02. Something (4:11)
03. Medley: Because/You Never Give Me Your Money (7:27)
04. Medley: Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard/Polythene Pam/She Came in Through the Bathroom Window/I Want You (She's So Heavy) (10:43)

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Tracklist LP3. Melting Pot (1971, 2019, Craft CR00200):

01. Melting Pot (8:17)
02. Back Home (4:43)
03. Chicken Pox (3:31)
04. Fuquawi (3:42)
05. Kinda Easy Like (8:45)
06. Hi Ride (2:41)
07. L.A. Jazz Song (4:22)
08. Sunny Monday (4:36)

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