Otis Redding - In Person at Whiskey a Go-Go
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Artist: Otis ReddingEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 1992-06-23
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
- I Can't Turn You Loose
- Pain in My Heart
- Just One More Day
- Mr. Pitiful
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- I'm Depending On You
- Any Ole Way
- These Arms of Mine
- Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
- Respect
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Free Music Review: Exhilarating!
Hit: 5 Stars
This 1966 recording is one of the main items in Otis Redding's too-brief legacy. A bit ragged, sure, but all the more intense and powerful for it, and even though it's only 35 minutes long, it doesn't feel particularly short. There is just so much energy in these 35 minutes, and you're almost out of breath when it's over!
Grittier and sweatier than Sam Cooke, or shall we say grittier than what Sam Cooke was allowed to record five to ten years earlier, Redding's output was of an immensely high quality, and here he is in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the Whisky A Go Go, a nightclub in on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood.
The rough-voiced Otis Redding is backed here by his usual touring band, and he tears trough fiery, pulsating renditions of several of his best and best-known songs. He wrings every bit of emotion from slow, intense numbers like "Just One More Day" and "These Arms Of Mine", and he burns the house down on up-tempo raves like "Mr Pitiful" and gritty soul stompers like "Respect" and "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag".
He delivers "I'm Depending On You" and his own classic 1965 single "I Can't Turn You Loose" with incredible passion and urgency, and if the tough backing band with the rumbling rhythm section is less stylish than Booker T. and the MGs, who backed him in the studio and at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, they are no less energetic, and the seven-man horn section is a driving, pulsating steam engine.
"In Person at the Whisky a Go Go" is one of the great soul records of the 60s, and no soul fan should miss it. Or its equally wonderful companion volume, for that matter, "Good to Me: Live at the Whisky vol. 2".
Both are highly, highly recommended.
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