Funky Broadway: Stax Revue Live at the 5/4 Ballroom

by N/A

Overview

Nearly an hour of previously unreleased Stax soul recorded at a Los Angeles venue in August 1965, including cuts by Booker T. & the MGs, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, William Bell, and the Mar-Keys; a couple of relatively little-known Stax vocal groups, the Mad Lads and the Astors, round out the program. This isn't just of interest to soul completists. Good live mid-'60s soul records, in decent fidelity, are fairly rare items. This is genuinely galvanizing stuff, with a rawer, more party-oriented feel than the classic Stax studio sides of the same era. Especially good are Booker T. & the MGs, who really burn throgh classics like "Green Onions" and "Soul Twist," and Rufus Thomas, who clowns his way through a nine-minute version of "Do the Dog." ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	09/30/1991
Label:	Stax
UPC:	0029667064026
Rank:	106536

Tracks

1. Green Onions  -  Booker T. & the MG's  - Steve Cropper  - Al Jr. Jackson  - Booker T. Jones  - Lewie Steinberg
2. You Can't Sit Down  -  Booker T. & the MG's  - Phil Upchurch
3. Summertime  -  Booker T. & the MG's  - George Gershwin  - DuBose Heyward
4. Soul Twist  -  Booker T. & the MG's  -  King Curtis
5. Don't Have to Shop Around  -  Mad Lads
6. Candy  -  Astors  - Steve Cropper  - Isaac Hayes
7. Last Night  - Charles "Packy" Axton  -  Mar-Keys  - Chips Moman  - Floyd Newman
8. Any Other Way  - William Bell
9. You Don't Miss Your Water  - William Bell
10. Every Ounce of Strength  - Steve Cropper  - Isaac Hayes  - David Porter  - Carla Thomas
11. Boot-Leg  - Charles "Packy" Axton  -  Booker T. & the MG's  - Donald "Duck" Dunn  - Isaac Hayes  - Wayne Jackson
12. Do the Dog  - Rufus Thomas
13. Walking the Dog  - Rufus Thomas

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rufus Thomas   Primary Artist
The Astors   Primary Artist
William Bell   Primary Artist
Carla Thomas   Primary Artist
The Mar-Keys   Primary Artist
The Mad Lads   Primary Artist
Booker T. & the MG's   Primary Artist
Magnificent Montague   Primary Artist
Andrew Love   Saxophone
Al Jackson, Jr.   Drums
Steve Cropper   Guitar
Booker T. Jones   Keyboards
Charles "Packy" Axton   Saxophone
Donald "Duck" Dunn   Bass
Wayne Jackson   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Lewie Steinberg   Composer
Phil Carroll   Art Direction
Smoochy Smith   Composer
Gilles Margerin   Design
Willie Young   Composer
Allen Jones   Composer
Wayne Jackson   Composer
Phil Upchurch   Composer
Rufus Thomas   Composer,Performer
Magnificent Montague   Performer
Al Jackson, Jr.   Composer
William Bell   Composer,Performer
Steve Cropper   Composer
The Astors   Performer
The Mar-Keys   Performer
Bill Belmont   Series Coordinator
The Mad Lads   Performer
Booker T. & the MG's   Performer
Booker T. Jones   Composer
Chips Moman   Composer
David Porter   Composer
King Curtis   Composer
Isaac Hayes   Composer
Charles "Packy" Axton   Composer
Carla Thomas   Performer
Donald "Duck" Dunn   Composer
Floyd Newman   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
DuBose Heyward   Composer