Booker T & The M.G.s: Soul Limbo (Vinyl LP)

It can be argued that it was Booker T. Jones who set the cast for modern soul music and is largely responsible for its rise and enduring popularity. On classic Stax hits like “Green Onions” and “Melting Pot” the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee pushed the music’s boundaries, refined it to its essence and then injected it into the nation’s bloodstream.

Soul Limbo begins over easy, but once it gets going, it’s instrumental murder: gritty, energized, with a controlled power that they can turn on and off at will – oh, and a touch of Caribbean magic, too. No wonder these guys were regarded as utterly hip by their contemporaries. Soul Limbo sets the bar very high.

1. Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy
2. La La Means I Love You
3. Hang 'Em High
4. Willow Weep For Me
5. Over Easy
6. Soul Limbo
7. Eleanor Rigby
8. Heads Or Tails
9. (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
10. Born Under A Bad Sign
11. Foxy Lady