... most of the tracks on the cd are cover tunes, but with otis reddings trademark style and supreme talent they all sound like they could have been one of his! there are songs by a range of artists from sam Cooke numbers to the rolling stones! The three originals show Otis in top songwriting ... Read review
Otis Blue has always been that rarest of beasts: a 60s soul album that could actually have ... more
been made as an album, rather than as a slapdash assortment of singles and fillers. The point being that there is no filler among these 11 classic Redding tracks...
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Otis Bluehas always been that rarest of beasts: a 60s soul album that could actually have ... more
been made as an album, rather than as a slapdash assortment of singles and fillers. The point being that there is no filler among these 11 classic Redding tracks that range from the crisp stomp of "Respect" and the Stones' "Satisfaction" to the touching pop of the Temps "My Girl" and Sam Cookes "Wonderful World"--not forgetting, of course, the heart-rending anguish of "Ole Man Trouble" and "I've Been Loving You Too Long".Otis Bluecaptures Redding at the very peak of his raw, unpolished powers, with the peerlessly punchy backing of Booker T. and the MGs.--Barney Hoskyns
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for me otis blue comfortabaly sits within the top ten albums of all time. most of the tracks on the cd are cover tunes, but with otis reddings trademark style and supreme talent they all sound like they could have been one of his! there are songs by a range of artists from sam Cooke numbers to the rolling stones! The three originals show Otis in top songwriting form with "Respect" "Ole Man Trouble," and the exceptional ballad ... ...horn players from the Mar-Keys and Isaac Hayes on keyboards (who often played with the group whenever Booker T. was away at school). Without question, this is an essential Otis Redding CD, a classic Stax release, and a milestone of the soul genre in the 1960's. "
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for me otis blue comfortabaly sits within the top ten albums of all time. most of the tracks on the cd are cover tunes, but with otis reddings trademark style and supreme talent they all sound like they could have been one of his! there are songs by a range of artists from sam Cooke numbers to the rolling stones! The three originals show Otis in top songwriting form with "Respect" "Ole Man Trouble," and the exceptional ballad "I've Been Loving You Too Long." The Big O is of course backed up by the always impressive Stax house band Booker T. & The MG's, augmented by horn players from the Mar-Keys and Isaac Hayes on keyboards (who often played with the group whenever Booker T. was away at school). Without question, this is an essential Otis Redding CD, a classic Stax release, and a milestone of the soul genre in the 1960's. "
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Product details
Title
Otis Blue (Otis Redding Sings Soul)
Performer
Otis Redding
Genre
R&B
Sub Genre
Stax / Southern Soul
Release Date
11/1992
Recomended Retail Price
10.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1966
Label / Distributor
Atlantic / Cinram Logistics
Engineer
Tom Dowd
Producer
Jim Stewart
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Mono
Format
Performer
EAN
75678031823
Catalogue Number
7567803182
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel: Otis Redding (vocals); Steve Cropper (guitar); Andrew Love (tenor saxophone); Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone); Wayne Jackson, Gene "Bowlegs" Miller (trumpet); Isaac Hayes, Booker T. Jones (keyboards); Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass); Al Jackson Jr. (drums); Earl Sims (background vocals). Recorded at Stax Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee in July of 1965 except track 5 recorded in April of 1965. Originally released on Volt (412). Includes original release liner notes by Bob Rolontz. Many people's choice as their favorite Otis Redding album, much of OTIS BLUE finds the quintessential soul singer in atypically sensitive mode. Up until its release he'd been regarded as something of an R&B shouter in the Wilson Pickett mould, and he doesn't disappoint fans of this earlier incarnation with typically energetic versions of "Respect," "Shake" and "Satisfaction." But it's the album opener, "Ole Man Trouble" that's a sign of Redding's emerging more mature, reflective side that was to culminate in the posthumous "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay," while the heartbreaking "I've Been Loving You Too Long" remains one of his, and perhaps soul music's, greatest performances. He is, of course, accompanied throughout by the classic MG's lineup which, as always, is the perfect foil for his distinctive style. OTIS BLUE finds Otis Redding and '60s soul at their respective artistic peaks.
Album Reviews
Q (5/00, p.135) - Included in Q Magazine's "Best Soul Albums Of All Time" NME (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #35 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.' Rolling Stone (8/17/00, p.114) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Redding's true dictionary of soul, a stunning journey through the past and future vocabulary of R&B....documenting a masterful artist rising to...the immense challenge of his times." Q (2/93, p. 92) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...the isolated constituent parts of OTIS BLUE come together with a beautiful precision which borders on a kind of Southern soul sorcery...arguably the hottest and strongest half-hour in soul..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Ole Man Trouble
2.
Respect
3.
Change Gonna Come
4.
Down In The Valley
5.
Loving You Too Long
6.
Shake
7.
My Girl
8.
Wonderful World
9.
Rock Me Baby
10.
Satisfaction
11.
You Don't Miss Your Water
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