Soul Limbo is the eighth album by Booker T. & the MGs, released in 1968 on Stax Records

Stax Records

Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the name Stax Records was adopted in 1961. The label was a major factor in the creation of the Southern soul and Memphis soul music styles, also releasing gospel, funk, jazz, and...

. The album was the first Stax

Stax

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 LP issued after the label severed its ties with former distributor Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

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 in 1968.

The title track is perhaps best known in the UK

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 as the theme tune for BBC Television's

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 cricket

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 coverage and later for Test Match Special

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. The title track is a cover of the song by Byron Lee and the Dragonaires. It was later covered by the English punk band Snuff

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.

The album also features the group's definitive version of "Hang 'Em High".

Side one

1. "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy" (Al Cobb, Ray Whitley)
2. "La-La (Means I Love You)
   La-La (Means I Love You)
   "La-La " is a 1968 song originally performed by The Delfonics. It was written by Thom Bell and William Hart and produced by Bell and Stan Watson....
   
   " (Thom Bell
   Thom Bell
   Thomas Randolph "Thom" Bell is an American songwriter and producer, best known as one of the creators of the Philadelphia style of soul music in the 1970s. He moved to Philadelphia as a child.-Biography:...
   
   , William Hart)
3. "Hang 'Em High" (Dominic Frontiere
   Dominic Frontiere
   Dominic Frontiere is an American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist. He is known for composing the theme and much of the music for the first season of the television series The Outer Limits.-Early years:...
   
   )
4. "Willow Weep for Me
   Willow Weep for Me
   "Willow Weep for Me" is a popular song composed in 1932 by Ann Ronell, who also wrote the lyrics. It is mostly known as a jazz standard, but it was a Top 40 hit for the British duo Chad & Jeremy in 1964.-Notable recordings:...
   
   " (Ann Ronell
   Ann Ronell
   Ann Rosenblatt, known as Ann Ronell was an American composer and lyricist best known for the jazz standard "Willow Weep for Me" .- Biography :...
   
   )
5. "Over Easy" (Booker T. & the MG's)

Side two

1. "Soul-Limbo" (Booker T. & the MG's)
2. "Eleanor Rigby
   Eleanor Rigby
   "Eleanor Rigby" is a song by The Beatles, simultaneously released on the 1966 album Revolver and on a 45 rpm single. The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney...
   
   " (John Lennon
   John Lennon
   John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
   
   , Paul McCartney
   Paul McCartney
   Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
   
   )
3. "Heads or Tails" (Booker T. & the MG's)
4. "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
   (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
   " Since You've Been Gone" is a classic song by R&B singer Aretha Franklin. Released from her Lady Soul album in 1968, the song was successful, debuting at #32 on the Hot 100, peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart and spent three weeks at #1 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart...
   
   " (Aretha Franklin
   Aretha Franklin
   Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
   
   , Teddy White)
5. "Born Under a Bad Sign
   Born Under a Bad Sign (song)
   "Born Under a Bad Sign" is a song written by Booker T. Jones and William Bell originally recorded by Albert King as the title track for the album Born Under a Bad Sign released in 1967...
   
   " (William Bell
   William Bell (singer)
   William Bell is an American soul singer and songwriter, and one of the architects of the Stax-Volt sound. As a performer, he is probably best known for 1961's "You Don't Miss Your Water" ; 1968's "Private Number" ; and 1976's "Tryin' To Love Two", Bell's only US top 40 hit, which also hit #1 on the...
   
   , Booker T. Jones)
6. "Foxy Lady" (Jimi Hendrix
   Jimi Hendrix
   James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
   
   )