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Back to Back
Live album by the Mar-Keys and Booker T. & the M.G.'s
ReleasedJuly 1967
Recorded1967
VenueOlympia Theatre, Paris, France
GenreSouthern soul, instrumental rock
Length36:54
LabelStax/Atlantic
ProducerJim Stewart
The Mar-Keys chronology
The Great Memphis Sound
(1966) 		Back to Back
(1967) 		Damifiknow!
(1969)
Booker T. & the M.G.'s chronology
Hip Hug-Her
(1967) 		Back to Back
(1967) 		Doin' Our Thing
(1968)
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Back to Back is a live album by the Mar-Keys and Booker T & the M.G.'s, released on Stax Records in 1967. It features both groups playing live on the Stax/Volt package tour of Europe. The album peaked at number 98 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States.

Track listing

"Philly Dog", "Grab This Thing", and "Last Night" are performed by the Mar-Keys (i.e., Booker T. & the M.G.'s plus the horn section of Wayne Jackson, Joe Arnold and Andrew Love). All other songs are performed by Booker T. & the MG's alone.

Side one
  1. "Green Onions" (Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Lewis Steinberg, Al Jackson Jr.) – 4:55
  2. "Red Beans and Rice" (Cropper, Jones, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Jackson) – 1:55
  3. "Tic-Tac-Toe" (Cropper, Jones, Dunn, Jackson) – 2:35
  4. "Hip Hug-Her" (Cropper, Jones, Dunn, Jackson) – 2:51
  5. "Philly Dog" (Rufus Thomas) – 3:14
Side two
  1. "Grab This Thing" (Cropper) – 2:55
  2. "Last Night" (Charles "Packy" Axton, Gilbert Caple, Chips Moman, Floyd Newman, Jerry Lee "Smoochy" Smith) – 3:18
  3. "Gimme Some Lovin'" (Steve Winwood, Muff Winwood, Spencer Davis) – 2:56
  4. "Booker-Loo" (Cropper, Jones, Dunn, Jackson) – 3:18
  5. "Outrage" (Cropper, Steinberg, Jackson) – 2:40

Personnel

Booker T. & the M.G.s
The Mar-Keys – Booker T. & the M.G.'s augmented by

References

  1. Allmusic review
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Booker T. Jones
Steve Cropper
Steve Potts
Al Jackson Jr.
Lewie Steinberg
Donald "Duck" Dunn
Bobby Manuel
Carson Whitsett
Willie Hall
Steve Jordan
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