Soul Limbo
The seventh album, the first Stax LP after the split from Atlantic, home to a marimba-led title track and a hit version of the Hang 'Em High theme.
Booker T. & The MG's, 1968
- Released
- 1968
- Label
- Stax
Soul Limbo was released on Stax in 1968, and it was the first Stax LP issued after the label ended its ties with its former distributor Atlantic that year.
The title track features a marimba solo by Terry Manning and cowbell by Isaac Hayes. The album also holds the group's hit version of the title theme from the film Hang 'Em High, and covers including Eleanor Rigby, Born Under a Bad Sign and Foxy Lady. Jones is credited on Hammond organ, clavinet, piano and guitar.
Track listing
- Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy
- La-La (Means I Love You)
- Hang 'Em High
- Willow Weep for Me
- Over Easy
- Soul Limbo
- Eleanor Rigby
- Heads or Tails
- (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
- Born Under a Bad Sign
- Foxy Lady
Personnel
- Booker T. Jones Hammond organ, clavinet, piano, guitar
- Steve Cropper guitar
- Donald Dunn bass guitar
- Al Jackson Jr. drums, percussion
- Terry Manning marimba on Soul Limbo
- Isaac Hayes cowbell on Soul Limbo
More from Booker T. & The MG's
Green Onions (1962), Hip Hug-Her (1967), McLemore Avenue (1970), Melting Pot (1971)
Sources
- Soul Limbo, Wikipedia
- Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Wikipedia