ESSENTIAL. CLASSIC. VINYL. Insound Staff Pick - 2008! Nobody burrowed more deeply into a song than Otis Redding -- the most emotive, soulful singer the '60s ever produced. With the Stax/Volt horn section wailing in his wake, Redding's grainy voice and impassioned, sweat-soaked delivery kept him straddling both pop and soul charts until his untimely death in 1967. Here are 180-gram vinyl exact reproductions of three of Redding's essential LPs: The Soul Album (1966, mono) and the storming live sets   [ read more ]

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Dreams to Remember is 50 sweat-soaked tracks on two CDs. Included here are not just the obvious hits, but top-of-the-line album cuts, Reddings' very first (and little-heard) pre-Stax/Volt single, "Shout Bamalama," and his legendary 1967 live set at the Monterey International Pop Festival in its entirety. If you already own this stuff, keep in mind that it's great to have all these tracks in one place. And if you don't, what are you waiting for?

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VINYL FORMAT. Otis Redding's The Dock Of The Bay album-?spotlighting the deliciously wistful ?67 chart-topper of the same name?-stamped his Hall Of Fame ticket forever. Cut from the original analog masters and now available on rock-solid 180-gram vinyl, The Dock Of The Bay, cut just before his tragic plane crash in 1967, finds Otis Redding at the absolute peak of his art. And that's as good as it gets!

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VINYL FORMAT. Here is a High-Definition Vinyl exact reproduction of 1965's Otis Blue. Everything is taken from the absolute master tapes in the original mono. Nobody burrowed more deeply into a song than Otis Redding - hands down, the most emotive, soulful singer the '60s ever produced. Redding's impassioned, sweat-soaked delivery kept him straddling both pop and soul charts until his untimely death in 1967. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fabulous!

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"Otis Redding was a singer of such commanding stature that to this day he embodies the essence of soul music in its purist form," notes the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on their web page about the legendary artist's 1989 induction, where they also call Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul "a virtual soul-music primer." Recorded in 1965 and released in 1966, it was Redding's third LP, and hit #1 on Billboard's Black albums chart. Rhino's deluxe 2-CD collector's edition of this masterpiece from the    [ read more ]

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Otis Redding was at the peak of his stardom in March, 1967 when he crossed the Atlantic to perform for his growing European fan base. As part of the traveling Stax/Volt Revue that is credited with spreading the sound of Memphis across the world, Redding played two exemplary shows in London and Paris. These performances have been combined to form the 19-song Otis Redding - Live in London and Paris released on the reactivated Stax Records. Backing Redding was Stax's own in-house all-star band: Booker T   [ read more ]

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Live in Europe was the first full-length concert album released on Otis Redding, and the last LP of his work that he lived to see issued. Recorded along the Stax/Volt tour of Europe in March of 1967, it featured Redding backed by Booker T. & the MG's. Their playing, along with that of Wayne Jackson (trumpet) and Andrew Love and Joe Arnold (tenor saxes), is more elegant and elegantly articulated than the work of his usual touring band, and this album is a sort of idealized Otis Redding concert.

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Originally released in 1965 on Stax/Volt, this is Otis Redding's second album and noted in the August 2001 issue of MOJO as one of the best soul albums ever recorded... it contains several of Otis' classic tracks: 'That's How Strong My Love Is', 'Chained and Bound', 'A Woman, A Lover, A Friend', 'For Your Precious Love' and 'Mr. Pitiful'...

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For decades it was presumed by fans that the posthumous Otis Redding (acoustic guitar/vocals) studio platters The Dock of the Bay (1968), The Immortal Otis Redding (1968), Love Man (1969), and Tell the Truth (1970) had uncovered all the hidden and unreleased treasures from Redding's heartbreakingly brief yet appreciatively prolific career. Thankfully, archivist Roger Armstrong -- who is perhaps best known for his outstanding contributions to the U.K.-based Ace Records reissue imprint   [ read more ]

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Otis Redding never recorded a lighter, more purely entertaining record than King & Queen, a collection of duets with Stax labelmate Carla Thomas. In all likelihood inspired by a series of popular duets recorded by Marvin Gaye -- indeed, "It Takes Two," Gaye's sublime collaboration with Kim Weston, is covered here -- the record serves no greater purpose than to allow Redding the chance to run through some of the era's biggest soul hits, including "Knock on Wood," {&"Tell It L   [ read more ]

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At only ten songs, this set is too short to even come close to doing Otis Redding justice, but what's here is enough to convince anyone that the man could sing, that he embodied the very definition of what came to be known as "deep soul." Check out Redding's immortal version of "Try a Little Tenderness." Then try to get back to your life. Go ahead. Changes everything, doesn't it? ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

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