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Uptight by The MG's (Cassette, Aug-1991, Stax USA) 
Uptight by The MG's (Cassette, Aug-1991, Stax USA)

 
Uptight by The MG's (Cassette, Aug-1991, Stax USA)

Artist: The MG's
Release Date: Aug 1991
Format: Cassette
Record Label: Stax (USA)
Genre: R&B, R&B Instrumental
UPC: 025218856249
Product ID: EPID3530434
Description: Booker T. & The MG's: Booker T. Jones (vocals, keyboards); Steve Cropper (guitar); Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass); Al Jackson, Jr. (drums). Additional personnel: Judy Clay (vocals). Recorded June 1968. Originally released on Stax (2006). Digi...
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Track Listing
1. Johnny, I Love You
2. Cleveland Now
3. Children, Don't Get Weary (With Judy Clay)
4. Tank's Lament
5. Blues in the Gutter
6. We've Got Johnny Wells
7. Down at Ralph's Joint
8. Deadwood Dick
9. Run Tank Run
10. Time Is Tight

Details
Contributing Artists:Judy Clay
Producer:Booker T. Jones
Distributor:Fantasy (distributor)
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:AAD

Album Notes
Booker T. & The MG's: Booker T. Jones (vocals, keyboards); Steve Cropper (guitar); Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass); Al Jackson, Jr. (drums).
Additional personnel: Judy Clay (vocals).
Recorded June 1968. Originally released on Stax (2006).
Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1991, Fantasy Studios).
This soundtrack album to Jules Dassin's film of the same name proved a successful endeavor for Booker T. and the MG's; the music here was as adventurous and diverse as anything they'd done. For starters, it required the band to focus more on their already exceptional "ambient" elements, stretching out in slower, spacier grooves than their studio albums (or record-buying audience) would allow.
UPTIGHT shows the MG's mixing slow, moody blues ("Blues in the Gutter"), expansive ballads ("Tank's Lament"), edgy form-shifting jams ("Run Tank Run"), and even a waltz-time carnival theme ("Deadwood Dick"). Another first here is the presence of vocals, two from vocalist Judy Clay, and two from Booker T. himself (whose textured, soulful voice is a pleasant surprise). None of this is to say that the band doesn't perform with its usual crackling chemistry and airtight precision. The lock step of Donald Dunn's bass and Al Jackson's drumming holds the rhythm down while Steve Cropper's articulate guitar and Booker T.'s flowing, floating organ keep the Memphis soul torch burning bright. The added bonus of "Time is Tight," one of the band's finest cuts, rounds out this intriguing effort.

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