Living Blues (9-10/02, p.80) - "...Essential..."
Mojo (Publisher) (5/03, p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Historically pertinent....[These albums] provide the blueprint for the Memphis soul sound as cooked up at the Stax Studios..."
2 LPs on 1 CD: LAST NIGHT (1961)/DO THE POP-EYE WITH THE MAR-KEYS (1962).
The Mar-Keys: Steve Cropper (guitar); Charles "Packy" Axton, Gilbert Caple (tenor saxophone); Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Marvell Thomas (piano); Booker T. Jones (organ); Jerry "Smoochy" Smith (keyboards); Donald "Duck" Dunn, Lewie Steinberg (bass); Curtis Green, Howard Grimes (drums).
Recorded in 1961 & 1962. Originally released on Atlantic (8055) & Atlantic (8062). Includes liner notes by Rob Bowman.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.