Stax Records reissues Booker T. & the MG's 'Green Onions'
CONCORD MUSIC GROUP RELEASES BOOKER T. & THE MGs’ GREEN ONIONS AS PART OF ITS STAX REMASTERS SERIES JULY 24, 2012, RELEASE DATE CELEBRATES 50th ANNIVERSARY OF LANDMARK R&B INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM Title track inducted into GRAMMY Hall of Fame in 1999 and Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2012 LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Concord Music Group will release Booker T. & the MGs’ Green Onions as part of its Stax Remasters series on July 24, 2012. Enhanced by 24-bit remastering by Joe Tarantino, two live bonus tracks and newly written liner notes by Grammy Award-winning Stax historian Rob Bowman, the reissue not only spotlights one of the most entertaining and influential soul and R&B recordings of the 1960s, but also reaffirms the album’s enduring nature a half-century after its original release. Underscoring the historical significance of this 1962 recording is the recent decision b...