Soul Limbo

Soul Limbo
Studio album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Released September 1968
Recorded 1968 at Stax Recording Studio, Memphis
Genre R&B, instrumental rock
Length 39:21
Label Stax
Producer Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Booker T. & the M.G.'s chronology
Doin' Our Thing
(1968)Doin' Our Thing1968		 Soul Limbo
(1968)		 Up Tight
(1969)Up Tight1969
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone(positive) [2]

Soul Limbo is the seventh studio album by the American R&B band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released in 1968 on Stax Records. The album was the first Stax LP issued after the label severed its ties with former distributor Atlantic Records in 1968.

The title track is perhaps best known in the UK as the theme tune for BBC Television's cricket coverage and later for Test Match Special. It features a marimba solo by Terry Manning. Its composition is somewhat similar to a song by Byron Lee and the Dragonaires. The song was later covered by the English punk band Snuff.

The album also features the group's hit version of the title theme from the film Hang 'Em High.[3]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy" (Al Cobb, Ray Whitley)
  2. "La-La (Means I Love You)" (Thom Bell, William Hart)
  3. "Hang 'Em High" (Dominic Frontiere)
  4. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell)
  5. "Over Easy" (Booker T. & the M.G.'s)
  6. "Soul-Limbo" (Booker T. & the M.G.'s)

Side two

  1. "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
  2. "Heads or Tails" (Booker T. & the M.G.'s)
  3. "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" (Aretha Franklin, Teddy White)
  4. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (William Bell, Booker T. Jones)
  5. "Foxy Lady" (Jimi Hendrix)

Personnel

Booker T. & the M.G.s

with:

References

  1. ↑ Koda, Cub Thomas. Soul Limbo at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Giraudo, Peter (November 9, 1968). "Reviews". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Galloway, A. Scott (1994). Rock Instrumental Classics Volume 4: Soul (p. 14) [CD booklet]. Los Angeles: Rhino Records.
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