Booker T. & The MG's - Melting Pot
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Booker T. Jones – keyboards [click here to see more vinyl featuring Booker T. Jones]
Steve Cropper – guitar
Donald Dunn – bass guitar
Al Jackson Jr. – drums
The Pepper Singers – background vocals
Written by AI Jackson Jr. (all tracks), Booker T. Jones (all tracks), Steve Cropper (all tracks), Donald Dunn (A1-4, B2-4), Lewie Steinberg (B1)
1 LP, Standard sleeve
Original analog Master Tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record Color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12’’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press: Memphis Record Pressing
Label : Craft Recordings
Original Label : Stax
Recorded in 1970 at Stax Studios, Memphis and the Record Plant
Engineered by Gordon Rudd, Jay Messina, Rik Pekkonen, Ron Capone, Shelly Yalkus
Remixed by Steve Cropper
Produced by Booker T & The MG's
Remastered by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl
Art Direction by Stan Hochstadt, The Graffiteria
Design by Herb Kole, Larry Shaw
Photography by George Rodriguez, Jim Cummings
Originally released in January 1971
Reissued in November 2019
Tracks :
Side A:
- Melting Pot
- Back Home
- Chicken Pox
- Fuquawi
Side B:
- Kinda Easy Like
- Hi Ride
- L.A. Jazz Song
- Sunny Monday
Reviews :
“Melting Pot could be the most well-realized of all the albums by Booker T. & the M.G.'s, a smooth and soulful, yet expansive 35 minutes of all originals, the latter in sharp contrast to their exploration of the Beatles' Abbey Road album material on their preceding album. And the irony was that it was their swan song. Booker T. Jones, in particular, was increasingly unhappy working at Stax/Volt Records, owing his feelings to management and structural changes at the company, and also felt the need to change the group's formula somewhat. Steve Cropper was playing lots of session work that was keeping him from recording in Memphis as well, and the result was an album recorded mostly in New York City, far away from Stax/Volt and largely built on the group's (especially Jones') best impulses. That said, Melting Pot managed to be a sort of back-to-the-roots effort in the sense that they were back to doing originals, but was also a strikingly more expansive record, with Jones in particular playing with an almost demonic intensity and range, backed ably by Donald "Duck" Dunn's rocksteady bass in particular. There were a few other touches, such as the wordless chorus on "Kinda Easy Like" and extended running times, showing the group stretching out on much larger musical canvases.” AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.81 / 5