Nov 12, 2018 the albums front cover is a parody of the front cover of abbey road. We have resumed very limited warehouse and shipping operations. Beatles parody tribute imitation inspiration by tusovski. Jones orgel, piano, steve cropper gitar, lewie steinberg bass og al jackson jr.
Jones began working at stax records in memphis as a saxophonist in 1960. Abbey road 1969 anthology 3 1996 demo notable covers. This album is an albeit shuffled fullalbum cover of the beatles abbey road, down to the album cover. Booker t and the mg s recorded and released an instrumental cover of the album mclemore avenue within a year, featuring themselves crossing the road outside their own stax studios. If anything has symbolic value, its the fact that the cover depicts the beatles walking away from abbey road studios. Booker t and the mgs time is tight box set universal this week, universal music are finally giving a uk release to the booker t. In 1970, they released mclemore avenue, an allinstrumental album covering the beatles abbey road. Lady madonna, and more including an unreleased alternate take. Named after the location of emi studios in london, the cover features the group walking across the streets zebra crossing, an image that became one of the most famous and imitated in popular music. This wasn t just a group trying to cash in on a good thing. Booker t and the mg s recorded and released an instrumental cover of the album mclemore avenue within a year, featuring themselves crossing the road. The albums front cover is a parody of the front cover of abbey road.
Brilliant stuff by booker t jones, al jackson, donald duck dunn and steve cropper. The record consisted entirely of mostly instrumental covers of songs from the beatles album abbey road released only months earlier. Booker t and the mgs mclemore avenue album cover web optimised 820. The worlds greatest and tightest backing band, booker t and the mg s began as the inhouse band for stax records. Formed in 1962 in memphis, tennessee, booker t and the mgs mg officially stood for memphis group, and is usually punctuated correctly on lp covers as m. Because this song is by the beatles and appears on the album abbey road 1969, on the compilation album anthology 3 1996, on the event soundtrack love 2006. More significantly, in 1993 they served as the backup band for a neil young tour, one which brought both them and young high critical marks. For some it is considered the beatles very best work not least booker t jones, who, with the mgs, paid homage to abbey road album on their 1970 album, mclemore avenue.
Here booker t s 1970 offering consists of 3 long medleys from abbey road and one shorter, complete version of something and the tracks are fittingly in the year of the fab fours demise beatlesish. In spring of 1970, mere months after the beatles released abbey road, the stax labels elite house band booker t. Golden slumberscarry that weightthe end the stax house band were so enamoured with abbey road that they decided to cover pretty much the whole thing. Michael ochs archivesgetty images we released mclemore avenue, our tribute to abbey road, the same month the beatles. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery for the beatles, as most famous album cover inspires dozens of imitations. Booker t and mgs classic tribute to the beatles part of the latest batch of stax remasters is mclemore avenue, the booker t and the mgs album inspired by the beatles abbey road with the cover showing thegroup walking across the memphis location in a manner echoing the beatles on the cover of abbey road. They also copied the originals iconic album cover and even named the platter, mclemore avenue, after the street that was home to their recording studio, just like the beatles did for their classic. The record consisted entirely of mostly instrumental covers of songs from the beatles album abbey road released only months earlier, in. I want you, and the rest of the original lp, youll hear their groovy takes on eleanor rigby. Performing on over 600 of that labels releases, they virtually defined classic soul music as we know it today. Jones revealed where the source of inspiration for mclemore avenue originated. He said she dressed up in polythene, which she did.
The beatles abbey road album played by the grooviest cats on the planet,and at a wonderful price as well. It wouldnt be entirely accurate to call mclemore avenue a tribute record, but perhaps it is the ultimate tribute in that it. The worlds greatest and tightest backing band, booker t and the mgs began as the inhouse band for stax records. See more ideas about booker t, booker t jones and steve cropper.
Along with their hit spin on something and medleys comprising here comes the sun. She didn t wear jack boots and kilts, i just sort of elaborated. The mgs got back into the spotlight in early 1992, when they were the house band for an extravagant bob dylan tribute at madison square garden. This twodisc, 30track release documents the key years of one of the most important instrumental groups in the history of pop, booker t. Golden slumberscarry that weightthe endhere comes the suncome together, 2 something, 3 medley. The sleeve of paul is live was adapted by cgi artist erwin keustermans. Jones bought the album shortly afterward and decided to issue a soulful and instrumental interpretation of the music. Til booker t and the mgs covered the beatles abbey road. I was shattered paul weller, booker t and more on the day. Booker t and the mgs mclemoreavenue album cover web optimised 820. Michael ochs archivesgetty we released mclemore avenue, our tribute to abbey road, the same month the beatles split.
Beatles tribute album track by track by herbyesterday. Jul 29, 2018 provided to youtube by universal music group medley. Green onions historical background facing history and. Booker t and the mgs mclemore avenue on lp released in january 1970, mclemore avenue is a tribute to abbey road, the landmark recording released by the beatles the prior summer. Jones organ, piano, steve cropper guitar, lewie steinberg bass, and al jackson, jr. The beatles released abbey road october 1, 1969 in the united states. In 1970 they managed an entire album dedicated to covers of songs from the beatles abbey road. Frank sinatra, meanwhile, made something a feature of his concerts for years, recording it twice and calling it the greatest love song of the. Listen to this while high get high and cruise down mclemore avenue booker t. Abbey road in the late 60s, the mgs really hit their stride with hip hugher, groovin, soullimbo, hang em high, and time is tight, all of which were top 40 charters between 1967 and 1969. Stax pay tribute to the fab four with this album of covers from the abbey road album complete with spoof cover shot outside the stax studio. In 1993 paul mccartney even adapted the original artwork for his album paul is live. Since the presence of black and white musicians made them a biracial band, the mgs set a somewhat under.
Golden slumbers carry that weight the end here comes the sun come together booker t. I love booker t and abbey road is probably my favorite beatles album whom i also love. Jones was so taken with the beatles abbey road, he claims he had to respond, just to say thanks. Stax house band, who famously reinterpreted the beatles abbey road. He immediately had jackson and dunn lay down the rhythm tracks with cropper adding his guitar parts a couple of weeks later. Booker t and the mgs mclemore avenue vinyl lp shop. Medley golden slumbers, carry that weight, the end, here comes the sun, come together 2.
The curious title came, according to guitarist steve cropper, from the bands desire to name the song after something that was as funky as possible. Paul actually ditched his shoes because it was a hot summers day. A lot of you probably guessed as much, but mclemore avenue was the memphis street on which staxs studios resided, just as abbey road was the street on which the emi studio where the beatles recorded was. Jones himself, who provided much of the groove with his floating organ lines. I heard a few of these songs but didn t realize that they did the whole album. Booker t and the mgs take the beatles to stax when the beatles released abbey road, on 26 september 1969, it was not met with. This song is by the beatles and appears on the album abbey road 1969 and on the compilation album anthology 3 1996. Abbey road is the eleventh studio album by the english rock band the beatles, released on 26 september 1969 by apple records. If youve ever thought that abbey road was a softrock lowpoint in the beatles career, consider how many soul and. In 1960, jones started working as a session man for stax, where he met cropper. See more ideas about abbey road, beatles abbey road, the beatles.
The artwork has been muchmimicked and parodied in the years since abbey roads release, by musicians including booker t and the mgs, kanye west, and red hot chili peppers. Interestingly enough, at about the same time george benson recorded the other side of abbey road, booker t. Jones remains my favorite hammond player and an inspiration to my hacking, middle aged attempts to learn to play. Apr 09, 2020 they even sent us a limo booker t at the organ in 1964. Stax records is so revered today that its hard to believe it began in such modest surroundings. Noted lefty paul having a cigarette in his right hand was seen as evidence it wasn t. My pure fascination and admiration of the works that the beatles had done. They became the core of a shifting alignment of musicians that acted as the house band for stax records. Best remembered historically as the studio band for staxvolt records during the 60s, booker t. Steve cropper and duck dunn if the names are familiar, they were core members of the blues brothers, and the late al jackson jr.
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