Booker T. and the M.G.S

Booker T. Jones was so taken with the Beatles' Abbey Road, he claims he had to respond, just to say "thanks." He convened the MG's -- drummer Al Jackson Jr., bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, and guitarist Steve Cropper, and recorded McLemore Avenue, a cover version of the entire Abbey Road album in three long medleys (that approximated the structure of the Beatles' album -- particularly its second side) with a cover of George Harrison's "Something" set aside as a single. The MG's even aped the Beatles' cover photo, with one of them strolling down McLemore Avenue, the home of Stax Records."

PERSONNEL:

• BOOKER T. JONES, organ, piano
• STEVE CROPPER, guitar
• DONALD "DUCK" DUNN, bass
• AL JACKSON Jr., drums

SIDE A:

• 01. Medley:
• - Golden Slumbers
• - Carry That Weight
• - The End/Here Comes The Sun
• - Come Together
• 02. Something

SIDE B:

• 01. Medley:
• - Because
• - You Never Give Me Your Money
• 02. Medley:
• - Sun King
• - Mean Mr Mutard
• - Polythene Pam
• - She Came In Throught The Bathroom Window
• - I Want You (She's So Heavy)