And Now!
1966 studio album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
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Released | November 1966 (1966-11) | |||
Recorded | 1966 | |||
Studio | Stax Recording Studio, Memphis | |||
Genre | R&B, instrumental rock | |||
Length | 36:26 | |||
Label | Stax/Atlantic | |||
Producer | Jim Stewart | |||
Booker T. & the M.G.'s chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
And Now! is the third studio album by the Southern soul band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released in November 1966. It is notable as the first M.G.'s album featuring bassist Duck Dunn on every track. “My Sweet Potato” was the only track released as a single, with “Booker-Loo” (not included on the album) as its B-side. “Summertime” was released in 1967 as the B-side to the song “Hip Hug-Her”.
Track listing
Side one
- “My Sweet Potato” (Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson Jr.) – 2:47
- “Jericho” (Traditional; arranged by Booker T & the MGs) – 2:37
- “No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)” (Granville "Sascha" Burland) – 3:01
- “One Mint Julep” (Rudy Toombs) – 3:05
- “In the Midnight Hour” (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett) – 2:58
- “Summertime” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) – 4:41
Side two
- “Working in the Coal Mine” (Lee Dorsey, Allen Toussaint) – 2:42
- “Don't Mess up a Good Thing” (Oliver Sain) – 2:44
- “Think” (Lowman Pauling) – 2:58
- “Taboo” (Margarita Lecuona) – 4:25
- “Soul Jam” (Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Jones, Jackson Jr.) – 3:05
- “Sentimental Journey” (Les Brown, Bud Green, Ben Homer) – 3:13
Personnel
- Booker T. & the M.G.s
- Booker T. Jones – "plunk", piano, organ, guitar
- Steve Cropper – "strum", guitar, electric bass on "My Sweet Potato"
- Donald Dunn – "thump", bass guitar, claves on "My Sweet Potato"
- Al Jackson Jr. – "boom", drums
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- Ronnie "Angel" Stoots – cover design
References
- ^ And Now! at AllMusic
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- Booker T. Jones
- Steve Cropper
- Steve Potts
- Al Jackson Jr.
- Lewie Steinberg
- Donald "Duck" Dunn
- Bobby Manuel
- Carson Whitsett
- Willie Hall
- Steve Jordan
- Green Onions (1962)
- Soul Dressing (1965)
- And Now! (1966)
- In the Christmas Spirit (1966)
- Hip Hug-Her (1967)
- Doin' Our Thing (1968)
- Soul Limbo (1968)
- Up Tight (1969)
- The Booker T Set (1969)
- McLemore Avenue (1970)
- Melting Pot (1971)
- The MG's (released by The MG's) (1973)
- Universal Language (1977)
- That's the Way It Should Be (1994)
- Back to Back (1968)
- "Green Onions"
- "Jingle Bells"
- "Groovin'"
- "Silver Bells"
- "Hang 'Em High"
- "Time Is Tight"
- "Mrs. Robinson"
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