Back to Back (The Mar-Keys and Booker T. & the M.G.'s album)

Back To Back
Live album by the Mar-Keys and Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Released	July, 1967
Recorded	1967
Genre	Southern soul, instrumental rock
Length	36:54
Label	Stax/Atlantic
The Mar-Keys chronology
The Great Memphis Sound (1966)The Great Memphis Sound1966 Back To Back (1967) Damifiknow! (1969)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, Herb Newman, Smoochy Smith) – 3:18
3. "Gimme Some Loving" (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 MG's:

• Booker T. Jones – organ
• Steve Cropper – guitar
• Al Jackson, Jr. – drums
• Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar

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

• Wayne Jackson – trumpet
• Joe Arnold – alto saxophone
• Andrew Love – tenor saxophone