The Mar-Keys ‎– Do The Pop-Eye

 

Atlantic Records 1962 ‎– 8062

notes:

The Mar-Keys, formed in 1958, were an American studio session
band for Stax Records, in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960s. As the first house
band for the label, their backing music formed the foundation
for the early 1960s Stax sound

credits:

Wayne Jackson (trumpet)
Charles Axton (tenor saxophone)
Don Nix (baritone saxophone)
Marvell Thomas (piano)
Booker T. Jones (organ)
Steve Cropper (guitar)
Donald "Duck" Dunn (electric bass)
Terry Johnson (drums)

Supervised By – Chips Moman
Memphis, TN, 1962

tracklist:

A1        Pop-Eye Stroll
Written-By – Jones*, Cropper*
2:40
A2        Wimp-Burger
Written-By – Caple*, Cropper*
2:30
A3        Straight From The Can
Written-By – Cropper*
2:00
A4        Cause I Love You
Written-By – Thomas*
2:36
A5        Squint-Eye
Written-By – The Mar-Keys
2:00
A6        Pop-Eye Rider
Arranged By – Chips Moman
2:22
B1        Gonna Work Out Fine
Written-By – Lee*, Seneca*
2:32
B2        Sit Still
Written-By – Newman*, Caple*
2:08
B3        Too Pooped To Pop-Eye
Written-By – Moman*, Trauth*
2:31
B4        Sweet-P Crawl
Written-By – Trauth*
2:04
B5        Muscles A-Comin' Home
Written-By – Trauth*
2:20
B6        Sailor Man Waltz
Written-By – Moman*, Newman*, Caple*, Axton*
2:42

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The Mar-Keys Damifiknow!

 

Stax records 1969  STS 2025

credits:

 The Mar-Keys:

 Steve Cropper, Raymond Jackson, Robert Johnson,

 Harold Beane,Teenie Hodges (guitar),

Andrew Love (tenor saxophone),

Wayne Jackson (trumpet),

 Sidney Kirk (piano), 

Booker T. Jones (keyboards), 

Donald "Duck" Dunn,

Roland Robinson (bass),

Al Jackson, Jr., Jerry Norris (drums).

tracks list:

A1     Mustang Sally
Written-By – S. Rice    
A2     Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
Written-By – R. Shannon*    
A3     Knock On Wood
Written-By – E. Floyd*, S. Cropper*
A4     Day Dream
Written-By – J. Sebastian*
A5     Double Or Nothing
Written-By – A. Jackson*, B. T. Jones*, D. Dunn*, S. Cropper*
B1     Coffee Cup
Written-By – A. Jackson*, S. Cropper*    
B2     Black
Written-By – A. Jackson*, A. Jones*
B3     One With Sugar
Written-By – A. Jackson*
B4     Jive Man
Written-By – A. Jackson*
B5     Soul Man
Written-By – D. Porter*, I. Hayes*
B6     Heads Or Tails
Written-By – A. Jackson*, B. T. Jones*, D. Dunn*, S. Cropper*

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The Mar-keys non-album singles

 

A Bo-Time   
    S.Cropper  

     
B The Dribble 2:20
Cropper, Axton, Collins, Grimes    

 

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A     Bush Bash 2:20
Written-By – Jones*, Newman*, Caple*

B     Beach Bash 2:12
Written-By – Jackson*, Branch*, Cropper*

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 A     Banana Juice 2:23
Written-By – Ed Lee

B     The Shovel  2:16
Written-By – Mar-Keys

 

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 Tracklisting:

A    Whot's Happenin'! 2:25
Mar-Keys, Pukish

B    You Got It    2:05
Newman, Jones

 

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The Mar-Keys / Booker T. And The MG's – Back To Back

 

Stax Records 1967 – S 720

notes:

Back to Back is a live album by the Mar-Keys and Booker T & the M.G.'s,
released on Stax Records in 1967. It features both groups playing live
 on the Stax/Volt package tour of Europe.

credits:

    Drums – Al Jackson, Jr.
    Electric Bass – Donald Dunn*
    Guitar – Steve Cropper
    Organ – Booker T. Jones
    Tenor Saxophone – Andrew Love, Joe Arnold
    Trumpet – Wayne Jackson
    Recording Supervisor – Tom Dowd
    Supervised By – Jim Stewart

recorded at :
"L'Olympia", Paris, France, March, 1967

12552    Green Onions
12553    Red Beans And Rice
12554    Tic-Tac-Toe
12555    Hip Hug-Her
12556    Gimme Some Lovin'
12557    Booker-Loo
12558    Outrage
add Wayne Jackson (tp) Joe Arnold, Andrew Love (ts)
same location, date
12559    Philly Dog
12560    Grab This Thing
12561    Last Night

tracklist:

A1     –Booker T. & The MG's*     Green Onions 4:12
Written-By – Al Jackson, Jr.*, Booker T. Jones, Lewis Steinberg, Steve Cropper
A2     –Booker T. & The MG's*     Red Beans And Rice 1:55
Written-By – Al Jackson, Jr.*, Booker T. Jones, Donald Dunn*, Steve Cropper
A3     –Booker T. & The MG's*     Tic-Tac-Toe 2:35
Written-By – Al Jackson, Jr.*, Booker T. Jones, Donald Dunn*, Steve Cropper
A4     –Booker T. & The MG's*     Hip Hug-Her 2:51
Written-By – Al Jackson, Jr.*, Booker T. Jones, Donald Dunn*, Steve Cropper
A5     –The Mar-Keys     Philly Dog 2:55
Written-By – Rufus Thomas
B1     –The Mar-Keys     Grab This Thing 2:25
Written-By – Isbell*, Steve Cropper
B2     –The Mar-Keys     Last Night 3:18
Written-By – The Mar-Keys
B3     –Booker T. & The MG's*     Gimme Some Lovin'
Written By – Fred Carter 2:56
B4     –Booker T. & The MG's*     Booker Loo 3:18
Written-By – Al Jackson, Jr.*, Booker T. Jones, Donald Dunn*, Steve Cropper
B5     –Booker T. & The MG's*     Outrage 2:40
Written-By – Al Jackson, Jr.*, Lewis Steinberg, Steve Cropper, Allen 2:40

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The Mar-Keys ‎– Memphis Experience

Staxrecords 1971 ‎– STS 2036

notes:

For the final album credited to the Mar-Keys, 1971's Memphis Experience
Stax simply assembled a number of instrumental cuts from various sources,
 without regard for group continuity. Three of the album's seven cuts were
 outtakes from sessions by the Bar-Kays, while the other cuts were performed
 by various uncredited Memphis musicians with no other ties to the Mar-Keys' past.


Arranged By – Allen Jones*, Henry Bush, Mickey Gregory
Engineer – Henry Bush, William Brown*
Mixed By – Henry Bush, Ron Capone
Producer – Henry Bush (tracks: A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, B4),

 William Brown* (tracks: A3, B4)


Tracklisting

A1    Cloud Nine   
A2    After The Affair   
A3    Reach Out I'll Be There   
B1    Angel Dust   
B2    Hummingbird   
B3    Let It Be   
B4    Creeper's Funkatrations
W.Hall, J.Alexander, M.Gregory

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The Mar-Keys The Great Memphis Sound

 

Stax records 1966 707

credits:

Steve Cropper - guitar
Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass
Charles "Packy" Axton - tenor sax
Don Nix - saxophone
James Terry Johnson - piano
Wayne Jackson - trombone, trumpet
Jerry Lee "Smoochie" Smith - keyboards
Booker T. Jones - keyboards
Isaac Hayes - organ
James Terry Johnson - drums
Al Jackson - drums

recorded:
Memphis, TN, November 5, 1965, January 15, 1966, February 7, 1966

Tracklist:

A1        Honey Pot
Written By – Cropper-Dunn-Jackson-Love-Jackson-Hayes-Newman
Written-By – Jackson*, Love*, Dunn*, Newman*, Hayes*, Cropper*, Jackson*
A2        Plantation Inn
Written-By – Jackson*, Hayes*, Cropper*
A3        Loving You Too LWritten-By – Forest*, Washington*, Simpkins*ong
Written By – Redding-Butler
Written-By – Butler*, Redding*
A4        Cleo's Back
Written-By – Woods*
A5        Grab This Thing
Written By – Cropper-Isbell
Written-By – Isbell*, Cropper*
B1        Philly Dog
Written-By – Thomas*
B2        Walking With The Duke
Written By – Jackson-Cropper
Written-By – Jackson*, Cropper*
B3        The Girl From Ipanema
Written By – Jobim-deMoraes-Gimbel
Written-By – Jobim*, Gimbel*, deMoraes*
B4        In The Mood
Written-By – Garland*
        "Dear James" Medley:   
B5(a)        Night Train
Written By – Forest-Washington-Simpkins
Written-By – Forest*, Washington*, Simpkins*
B5(b)        Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
Written-By – Brown*
B5(c)        I Got You
Written-By – Brown*
B5(d)        Good Loving
Written-By – Brown*
B5(e)        I'll Go Crazy
Written-By – Brown*

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The Mar-Keys ‎– Last Night!

 

Atlantic Records 1961  ‎– 8055

 credits:

Wayne Jackson (trumpet)
Charles Axton (tenor saxophone)
Don Nix (baritone saxophone)
Booker T. Jones (organ)
Steve Cropper (guitar)
Donald "Duck" Dunn (electric bass)
Terry Johnson (drums)

Memphis, TN, September, 1961

 

 

 tracks list:


A1 Morning After
Written-By – Earl Forest, Robert Talley
2:12    
A2 Diana
Written-By – Paul Anka
1:56    
A3 Alright, O.K. You Win
Written-By – Mamie Watts*, Sid Wyche*
2:54    
A4 Sticks & Stones
Written-By – T. Turner*
1:57    
A5 Misty
Written-By – Erroll Garner
2:31    
A6 Night Before
Written-By – Mar-Keys, The
2:10    
B1 About Noon
Written-By – Mar-Keys, The
2:31    
B2 One Degree North
Written-By – Mar-Keys, The
2:13    
B3 Sack O Woe
Written-By – Julian Adderley*
2:25    
B4 Hold It
Written-By – Billy Butler (3), Clifford Scott
2:03    
B5 Ebb Tide
Written-By – Carl Sigman, Robert Maxwell
3:40    
B6         Last Night
Written-By – Mar-Keys, The
2:35    

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