Back to Back is a live album by the Mar-Keys and Booker T & the M.G.'s, released on Stax Records in 1967. It features both groups playing live on the Stax/Volt package tour of Europe. The album peaked at number 98 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States.
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| Live album by the Mar-Keys and Booker T. & the M.G.'s | ||||
| Released | July 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 1967 | |||
| Venue | Olympia Theatre, Paris, France | |||
| Genre | Southern soul, instrumental rock | |||
| Length | 36:54 | |||
| Label | Stax/Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Jim Stewart | |||
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Track listing
"Philly Dog", "Grab This Thing", and "Last Night" are performed by the Mar-Keys (i.e., Booker T. & the M.G.'s plus the horn section of Wayne Jackson, Joe Arnold and Andrew Love). All other songs are performed by Booker T. & the MG's alone.
- Side one
- "Green Onions" (Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Lewis Steinberg, Al Jackson Jr.) – 4:55
- "Red Beans and Rice" (Cropper, Jones, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Jackson) – 1:55
- "Tic-Tac-Toe" (Cropper, Jones, Dunn, Jackson) – 2:35
- "Hip Hug-Her" (Cropper, Jones, Dunn, Jackson) – 2:51
- "Philly Dog" (Rufus Thomas) – 3:14
- Side two
- "Grab This Thing" (Cropper) – 2:55
- "Last Night" (Charles "Packy" Axton, Gilbert Caple, Chips Moman, Floyd Newman, Jerry Lee "Smoochy" Smith) – 3:18
- "Gimme Some Lovin'" (Steve Winwood, Muff Winwood, Spencer Davis) – 2:56
- "Booker-Loo" (Cropper, Jones, Dunn, Jackson) – 3:18
- "Outrage" (Cropper, Steinberg, Jackson) – 2:40
Personnel
- Booker T. & the M.G.s
- Booker T. Jones – organ
- Steve Cropper – guitar
- Donald Dunn – bass guitar
- Al Jackson Jr. – drums
- The Mar-Keys – Booker T. & the M.G.'s augmented by
- Wayne Jackson – trumpet
- Joe Arnold – alto saxophone
- Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
References
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