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 listingedit
All tracks composed by Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson, Jr., Bobby Manuel, Carson Whitsett; except where indicated
album, 1973, instrumental, album, recorded, stax, records, 1973, leader, keyboardist, booker, jones, guitarist, steve, cropper, were, both, estranged, from, stax, residing, full, time, angeles, remaining, members, donald, duck, dunn, jackson, recruited, bobby,. 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 The MG sStudio album by The MG sReleased1973Recorded1973StudioStax Recording Studio MemphisGenreR amp B instrumental rockLength34 41LabelStaxProducerDonald Duck Dunn Al Jackson Jr The MG s chronologyMelting Pot 1971 The MG s 1973 Universal Language 1977 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 1 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 editAll tracks composed by Donald Duck Dunn Al Jackson Jr Bobby Manuel Carson Whitsett except where indicatedSide One Sugarcane 3 06 David Madden Neckbone 3 25 Spare Change 3 51 Leaving the Past 7 18 Side Two Left Overs Bucaramanga 2 59 Luiz Sainz Serrano Blackside 3 57 One of a Kind Love Affair 3 21 Joseph B Jefferson Frustration 6 22 Personnel editThe M G sBobby Manuel electric guitar classical guitar acoustic guitar Carson Whitsett piano Hammond organ clavinet Fender Rhodes celesta Donald Dunn bass guitar Al Jackson Jr drums percussionNotes edit Allmusic review a b Bowman Rob 1997 Soulsville U S A The Story of Stax Records New York Schirmer Trade p 302 303 ISBN 0 8256 7284 8 Bowman Rob 1997 p 364 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The MG 27s album amp oldid 1190835167, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
