BOOKER T & The MG's Green Onions 1968 UK ATLANTIC NEAR MINT
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BOOKER T & The MG's Green Onions 1968 UK ATLANTIC NEAR MINT
BOOKER T. & The MG'sGreen Onions
1968 UK ATLANTIC (588 033 STEREO)
VERY NICE COPY WHICH HAS SEEN LITTE USE ANS PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY
PRESSED WITH UK ATLANTIC RED/PLUM LABELS (after the LONDON pressing the first on the Atlantic label)
MATRIX: 588199 (033 etched above 199) A▽1 11 1 / 588199 (033 etched above 199) B 1 11 2
THE ALBUM IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED, DEEPLY GLOSSY SLEEVE "Printed and made by E.J. Day, London"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE
There's not a note or a nuance out of place anywhere on this record, which is 35 minutes of the most exciting instrumental music you could imagine.
"I Got a Woman" is the single best indicator of how superb this record is and this band was -- listening to this track, it's easy to forget that the song ever had lyrics or ever needed them, Booker T. Jones' organ and Steve Cropper's guitar serving as more-than-adequate substitutes for any singer.
Their version of "Twist and Shout" is every bit as satisfying. Even "Mo' Onions," an effort to repeat the success of "Green Onions," doesn't repeat anything from the earlier track except the tempo, and Jones and Cropper both come up with fresh sounds within the same framework.
"Behave Yourself" is a beautifully wrought piece of organ-based blues that gives Jones a chance to show off some surprisingly nimble-fingered playing, while "Stranger on the Shore" is transformed into a piece of prime soul music in the group's hands. "Lonely Avenue" is another showcase for Jones' keyboard dexterity, and then there's the group's cover of Smokey Robinson's "One Who Really Loves You," with a ravishing lead performance by Jones on organ and Cropper's guitar handling the choruses. Just when it seems like the album has turned in all of the surprises in repertory that it could reasonably deliver, it ends with "Comin' Home Baby," a killer jazz piece on which Steve Cropper gets to shine, his guitar suddenly animated around Jones' playing, his quietly trilled notes at the crescendo some of the most elegant guitar heard on an R&B record up to that time.
Side 1:
Green Onions (2:45)
Rinky-Dink (2:39)
I Got A Woman (3:32)
Mo' Onions (2:50)
Twist And Shout (2:09)
Behave Yourself (3:45)
Side 2:
Stranger On The Shore (2:18)
Lonely Avenue (3:25)
One Who Really Loves You (2:22)
I Can't Sit Down (2:46)
A Woman, A Lover, A Friend (3:15)
Comin' Home Baby (3:09)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with less than a handful of light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces shine like new with some light marks but these are all superficial and have no effect on the sound
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with little to fault.
No scratches, loud clicks or pops and clean on the quieter sections.
The (very) occasional one-off tick noted but absolutely nothing really.
Great copy
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
As crisp, clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made with a nice deep gloss to the front laminated, unworn edges and spine and all spine text clear and bold
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
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