Mar-Keys, The

INCLUDES 2-BONUS TRACKS

This essential LP edition contains The Mar-Keys’ influential debut album, Last Night!. It was originally released by the Atlantic label in 1961, and has been long unavailable on vinyl. It includes the aforementioned classic hit “Last Night,” as well as highlights like “Morning After,” Paul Anka’s “Diana,” the R&B stomper “Hold It,” and the ballad “Misty.” “Alright, Okay, You Win” is a snappy jazz tune that has a great rhythm, with some excellent horn parts in the middle. “Sticks and Stones” is a swinging little Go- Go number, and “Sack O’ Woe” is another gem of this set. The popular number “Ebb Tide” (the title comes from an American silent adventure film of 1922) features a build up that illustrates the ocean waves coming in and out to and from the shores, due to those ebb tides. The album also includes lesser-known tunes such as “One Degree North,” and the groovy “About Noon.”

In addition to the original masterpiece, this Vinyl Lovers collector’s edition also
presents 2 bonus tracks taped during that same period: “Foxy” and “What’s Happenin’.

PERSONNEL:

THE MAR-KEYS:
Steve Cropper (guitar)
Donald “Duck” Dunn (bass)
Booker T. Jones (organ)
Marvell Thomas (piano)
Howard Grimes (drums)
Charles “Packy” Axton
& Gilbert Caple (tenor saxophone)
Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone)
Wayne Jackson (trumpet)

Recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, 1961.

SIDE A:

01 MORNING AFTER
02 DIANA
03 ALRIGHT, O.K., YOU WIN
04 STICKS & STONES
05 MISTY
06 NIGHT BEFORE
07 FOXY (*)

SIDE 2

01 ABOUT NOON
02 ONE DEGREE NORTH
03 SACK-O-WOE
04 HOLD IT
05 EBB TIDE
06 LAST NIGHT
7 WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ (*)

(*) BONUS TRACKS