Time is Tight

by Booker T. & The M.G.'s

Time is Tight cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 22 September 1998
  • Label: Rhino
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 3:49:06
  • Community rating: 4.2/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A box set of the Stax house band's recordings, titled for their 1969 hit 'Time Is Tight'. Booker T. Jones's organ and Steve Cropper's guitar frame the sound that backed Otis Redding and Sam and Dave.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, groove-laden, ballad, vocal, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Green Onions (2:53)
  2. Behave Yourself (3:52)
  3. Jellybread (2:27)
  4. Home Grown (3:11)
  5. Burnt Biscuits (2:00)
  6. Chinese Checkers (2:25)
  7. Mo' Onions (2:50)
  8. Tic-Tac-Toe (2:30)
  9. Fannie Mae (2:07)
  10. Soul Dressing (2:24)
  11. Can't Be Still (1:57)
  12. Boot-Leg (2:03)
  13. Outrage (2:31)
  14. Be My Lady (2:29)
  15. My Sweet Potato (2:40)
  16. Hip Hug-Her (2:22)
  17. Summertime (4:35)
  18. Slim Jenkins' Place (2:25)
  19. Groovin' (2:40)
  20. Soul Sanction (2:30)
  21. Pigmy (3:55)
  22. Booker's Notion (2:25)
  23. I Can Dig It (2:44)
  24. Expressway (To Your Heart) (3:00)
  25. You Don't Love Me (2:52)
  26. Never My Love (2:45)
  27. Blue On Green (2:29)
  28. Ode To Billie Joe (3:59)
  29. Soul Limbo (2:23)
  30. Heads Or Tails (2:30)
  31. Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy (2:59)
  32. Hang 'Em High (3:53)
  33. Willow Weep For Me (3:42)
  34. Over Easy (4:05)
  35. Time Is Tight (4:54)
  36. Johnny, I Love You (2:58)
  37. Lady Madonna (3:32)
  38. Mrs. Robinson (3:41)
  39. Soul Clap '69 (2:40)
  40. I've Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) (2:49)
  41. You're All I Need To Get By (3:54)
  42. It's Your Thing (3:02)
  43. Something (4:07)
  44. Sunday Sermon (3:53)
  45. McLemore Avenue (1:00)
  46. Medley: Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard/Polythene Pam/She Came In Through The Bathroom Window/I Want You (She's So Heavy) (10:39)
  47. Chicken Pox (3:26)
  48. Melting Pot (8:15)
  49. Gotta Serve Somebody (5:04)
  50. Lay Lady Lay (4:00)
  51. MG Party (2:22)
  52. Terrible Thing (2:31)
  53. Hole In The Wall (2:48)
  54. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (5:07)
  55. Booker's Theme (3:06)
  56. Albert's Rap (1:15)
  57. Born Under A Bad Sign (3:30)
  58. Medley: I'm With You/I Don't Mind/Oh, Baby Don't You Weep (4:02)
  59. Meditation (3:59)
  60. Green Onions (4:37)
  61. Sarasota Sunset (6:18)
  62. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) (3:58)
  63. Hang 'Em High (5:30)
  64. Time Is Tight (10:47)
  65. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (4:50)

Credits

  • Booker T. Jones - trombone, vocals, lead vocals
  • Isaac Hayes - keyboards, piano, cowbell
  • Albert King - guitar, vocals
  • Neil Young - guitar, harmonica, vocals

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