The MG's
Studio album by
The MG's
Released1973
Recorded1973
StudioStax Recording Studio, Memphis
GenreR&B, instrumental rock
Length34:41
LabelStax
ProducerDonald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson, Jr.
The MG's chronology
Melting Pot
(1971)		 The MG's
(1973)		 Universal Language
(1977)
Professional ratings
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The MG's is a 1973 instrumental album recorded by the MG's for Stax Records, but by 1973, leader/keyboardist Booker T. Jones and guitarist Steve Cropper were both estranged from Stax and residing full-time in Los Angeles, so remaining members Donald "Duck" Dunn and Al Jackson, Jr. recruited Bobby Manuel and Carson Whitsett to replace Cropper and Jones respectively.[2]

Billed as "The MG's" since Jones was not involved with the project, the group released two singles, "Sugarcane/Blackside" and "Neckbone/Breezy" (the b-side was a non-album cut). The singles and the album were not commercially successful, but were critically well received.[2] The album included an instrumental cover of The Spinners's "One of a Kind (Love Affair)".

By 1975, Jones and Cropper agreed to reform the original lineup with Jackson and Dunn, but just days before their scheduled reunion, Jackson was murdered at his home in Memphis, Tennessee.[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson, Jr., Bobby Manuel, Carson Whitsett; except where indicated

Side One

  1. "Sugarcane" (3:06) (David Madden)
  2. "Neckbone" (3:25)
  3. "Spare Change" (3:51)
  4. "Leaving the Past" (7:18)

Side Two

  1. "Left Overs (Bucaramanga)" (2:59) (Luiz, Sainz, Serrano)
  2. "Blackside" (3:57)
  3. "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" (3:21) (Joseph B. Jefferson)
  4. "Frustration" (6:22)

Personnel

The M.G.s

Notes

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 Bowman, Rob (1997). Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records. New York: Schirmer Trade. p. 302-303. ISBN 0-8256-7284-8
  3. ↑ Bowman, Rob. (1997). p. 364
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