Soul Dressing

Soul Dressing
Soul Dressing
Studio album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Released	March 1965
Recorded	1963–1964
Studios	Stax, Memphis
Genres	Soul-funk, soul jazz, R&B, instrumental rock
Length	31:05
Label	Stax/Atlantic
Producer	Jim Stewart
Booker T. & the M.G.'s chronology
Singles from Soul Dressing
	"Jellybread"; Released: 1963; "Home Grown"; Released: 1963; "Chinese Checkers"; Released: 1963; "Soul Dressing"; Released: 1964; "Can't Be Still"; Released: 1964;

Soul Dressing is the second album by the Southern soul band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released in 1965.¹ It was their final album with bassist Lewie Steinberg, who was replaced by Donald "Duck" Dunn.²³

The title track peaked at No. 95 on the Billboard Hot 100.⁴

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	⁵
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	¹
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	⁶
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	⁷

The Guardian deemed the album "a classic," writing that it was part of a run of albums that "delighted mods and still represent the epitome of subtle soulfulness."⁸

Covers

The track "Plum Nellie" was recorded by British rock band Small Faces in 1966, and released on their compilation album From the Beginning in 1967.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones, and Lewie Steinberg, unless noted

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Soul Dressing"		2:28
2.	"Tic-Tac-Toe"		2:34
3.	"Big Train"		2:32
4.	"Jellybread"		2:32
5.	"Aw' Mercy"		2:38
6.	"Outrage"	Cropper, Jackson, Steinberg, William Allan	2:35
Total length:			15:19

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Night Owl Walk"		3:14
2.	"Chinese Checkers"		2:29
3.	"Home Grown"		3:14
4.	"Mercy Mercy"	Don Covay, Ronald Alonzo Miller	2:36
5.	"Plum Nellie"		2:07
6.	"Can't Be Still"		1:59

Personnel

Booker T. & the M. G.'s

Booker T. Jones - piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electronic piano, trombone on "Chinese Checkers"
Steve Cropper - guitar
Lewis Steinberg - bass guitar
Al Jackson Jr. - drums

Additional personnel

Wayne Jackson - trumpet
Floyd Newman - baritone saxophone
Charles "Packy" Axton - tenor saxophone
Marvin Israel - cover design

References

Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 753.
"Booker T & the MG's at Allmusic biography". Retrieved June 30, 2020.
Kreps, Daniel (July 24, 2016). "Lewie Steinberg, Original Booker T. & the M.G.'s Bassist, Dead at 82". Rolling Stone.
"Booker T. & the MG's". Billboard.
Unterberger, Richie. Soul Dressing at AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 144.
The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 74.
"Booker T talks to Richard Williams about how he found his musical identity". the Guardian. April 9, 2009.

[CL-1] Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 753.

[2] "Booker T & the MG's at Allmusic biography". Retrieved June 30, 2020.

[3] Kreps, Daniel (July 24, 2016). "Lewie Steinberg, Original Booker T. & the M.G.'s Bassist, Dead at 82". Rolling Stone.

[4] "Booker T. & the MG's". Billboard.

[5] Unterberger, Richie. Soul Dressing at AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

[6] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 144.

[7] The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 74.

[8] "Booker T talks to Richard Williams about how he found his musical identity". the Guardian. April 9, 2009.

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