And Now!
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And Now! | ||||
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Released | November 1966 | |||
Recorded | 1966 at 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) - 2:37
- “No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)” (Granville 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” (Bob Russell, Margarita Lecuona) - 4:25
- “Soul Jam” (Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Jones, Jackson) - 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 "Duck" Dunn – "thump", electric bass, claves on "My Sweet Potato"
- Al Jackson, Jr. – "boom", drums
- Technical
- Ronnie "Angel" Stoots – cover design
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