McLemore Avenue
Studio album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Released	April 1970
Recorded	1969
Studio	Stax,Memphis, andWally Heider,Los Angeles
Genre	Southern soul,instrumental rock,progressive soul
Length	38:12
Label	Stax STS-2027
Producer	Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Booker T. & the M.G.'s chronology
The Booker T. Set (1969) McLemore Avenue (1970) Melting Pot (1971)

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McLemore Avenue is the tenth studio album by the American southern soul groupBooker T. & the M.G.s, consisting entirely of mostly instrumental versions of songs fromthe Beatles' albumAbbey Road (released only months earlier, in September 1969). The title and cover are an homage to the Beatles album, 926 East McLemore Avenue being the address of theStax Studios inMemphis, asAbbey Road was forLondon’sEMI Studios, which were soon renamed Abbey Road Studios. As a nod toAbbey Road's medley, most of the M.G.s' selections are arranged into their own medleys. ("Something" was released as a single and reached number 76 in the US). The album itself peaked at No. 107 in the US.^[1]

Booker T. Jones said, "I was in California when I heardAbbey Road, and I thought it was incredibly courageous of The Beatles to drop their format and move out musically like they did. To push the limit like that and reinvent themselves when they had no need to do that. They were the top band in the world but they still reinvented themselves. The music was just incredible so I felt I needed to pay tribute to it."^[2]

All songs written byLennon–McCartney except "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something", byGeorge Harrison

Side one

1. Medley: "Golden Slumbers", "Carry That Weight", "The End" (with vocals), "Here Comes the Sun", "Come Together" (with incidental vocals) – 15:48
2. "Something" – 4:09

Side two

1. Medley: "Because", "You Never Give Me Your Money" – 7:26
2. Medley: "Sun King", "Mean Mr. Mustard", "Polythene Pam", "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" – 10:40

2011 Stax Remasters bonus tracks

5. "You Can't Do That" – 2:47
6. "Day Tripper" – 2:52
7. "Michelle" – 2:52 (Originally released onThe Booker T. Set)
8. "Eleanor Rigby" – 3:41 (Originally released onSoul Limbo)
9. "Lady Madonna" – 3:35 (Originally released onThe Booker T. Set)
10. "You Can't Do That" (alternate take) – 3:08

It was also released digitally in a lossless and high quality version at 88.2kHz and 24 bit.^[3]

Booker T. & the M.G.s

• Booker T. Jones – organ, piano, keyboards, guitar
• Steve Cropper – guitar
• Donald Dunn – bass guitar
• Al Jackson Jr. – drums

Production credits

• Produced and arranged by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
• Engineers – Ron Capone, Gordon Rudd, Rik Pekkonen,Terry Manning
• Remix engineers – Steve Cropper,John Fry
• Photography –Joel Brodsky
• Art direction – The Graffiteria/David Krieger
• Art supervision – Herb Kole

• Booker T. & the M.G.'s albums
• 1970 albums
• The Beatles tribute albums
• Stax Records albums
• Albums with cover art by Joel Brodsky
• Albums produced by Al Jackson Jr.
• Albums produced by Donald "Duck" Dunn
• Albums produced by Steve Cropper
• Albums produced by Booker T. Jones
• Albums recorded at Wally Heider Studios

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