Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
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Artist: Otis ReddingEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Collector's Edition, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2008-04-22
Music Label: Rhino Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Ole Man Trouble [Mono Version]
- Respect [Mono Version]
- Change Gonna Come [Mono Version]
- Down in the Valley [Mono Version]
- I've Been Loving You Too Long [Mono Version]
- Shake [Mono Version]
- My Girl [Mono Version]
- Wonderful World [Mono Version]
- Rock Me Baby [Mono Version]
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [Mono Version]
- You Don't Miss Your Water [Mono Version]
- I've Been Loving You Too Long [Mono Mix of Stereo Album Version][#][*]
- I'm Depending on You [B-Side][*]
- Respect [Mono Mix of Stereo Album Version][#][*]
- Ole Man Trouble [Mono Mix of Stereo Album Version][#][*]
- Any Ole Way [B-Side][*]
- Shake [Stereo Mix of Single Version][Live][*]
- Ole Man Trouble [Live][*]
- Respect [Live][*]
- I've Been Loving You Too Long [Live][*]
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [Live][*]
- I'm Depending on You [Live][*]
- Any Ole Way [Live][*]
- Ole Man Trouble [Stereo]
- Respect [Stereo]
- Change Gonna Come [Stereo]
- Down in the Valley [Stereo]
- I've Been Loving You Too Long [Stereo]
- Shake [Stereo]
- My Girl [Stereo]
- Wonderful World [Stereo]
- Rock Me Baby [Stereo]
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [Stereo]
- You Don't Miss Your Water [Stereo]
- Respect [1967 Version][*]
- I've Been Loving You Too Long [Live][*]
- My Girl [Live][*]
- Shake [Live][*]
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [Live][*]
- Respect [Live][*]
Free Music Notes for Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Free Music Review: A MUST-OWN ALL-TIME CLASSIC
Hit: 5 Stars
During his lifetime, Otis Redding set the benchmark for soul music. He virtually defined the genre, and to this day, his music remains as fresh and vital as it was in the mid-sixties. "Otis Blue" was Redding's third album release, and the first to provide an unfettered view of his seemingly limitless ability. There is not an ounce of filler on this release, which is why "Otis Blue" so deserves the attention and privilege of a special "collector's edition' release. Here is a track-by-track synopsis of why you need to own "Otis Blue"
1) "Ole Man Trouble" is a Redding original that stands among the best recordings he has ever made. Steve Cropper's guitar provides the bricks and mortar for this intense slow burner with blues and country overtones.
2) What remains to be said about "Respect"? Yes, Aretha's interpretation put a powerful spin on the Otis Redding composition, but this version reminds us that the song was originally written from a man's perspective.
3) Sam Cooke wrote "A Change Is Gonna Come," and his version remains definitive, but Otis' interpretation is easily the most expressive recording of this intensely personal song about equality and civil rights.
4) Besides writing his own compositions, Redding had excellent taste when it came to covering other people's material. "Down in the Valley" is a Solomon Burke tune that Redding interprets with a deep-fried Memphis intensity.
5) "I've Been Loving You Too Long" is the ultimate example of a soulful pleader. Written with Jerry Butler, Redding bends notes and makes the hairs on your arm stand up from his painful vulnerability, only to build up to a level that captures all the pain of a man on the verge of breaking down.
6) Otis Redding was obviously a Sam Cooke fan, and easily his best interpreter. With "Shake," he surpasses Cooke's own version by allowing the band to groove with a rocking intensity that suits the song's topic.
7) Nobody will ever beat the slick city-groove cool of the Temptations original, but Otis takes "My Girl" to the country, adding a grits-and-soul type honesty.
8) "Wonderful World" is yet another Sam Cooke interpretation that gets the same organic treatment as "My Girl."
9) Virtually every quality that is attributable to the "Stax-Volt' sound is on full display on "Rock Me Baby," from the unique interpretation of the song's rhythm to the grooving guitar supporting the hot horn charts, not to mention Otis Redding's down-to-earth vocals.
10) With "Satisfaction," Otis Redding single-handedly turned the tables on the British invasion's penchant for interpreting American blues and soul classics. Keith Richards himself says that Redding's performance of his song is the way he intended it to sound in the first place.
11) "You Don't Miss Your Water" is another sterling example of Otis Redding's taste in cover material. William Bell wrote this song about love and hindsight, and Otis brings an intensity similar to that he displayed on "I've Been Loving You Too Long."
That covers the album in its original glory. The beauty of the Collector's Edition is that is also includes some stellar bonus material, including a generous sampling of Redding's live recordings in California (at the Whiskey a Go-Go) and excerpts from the classic "Live in Europe" album. Most welcome are the original non-LP B-sides from Redding's 45-RPM singles, including "I'm Depending on You" and "Any Ole Way." If you love soul, then you need to own "Otis Blue." If you don't love soul, then you never heard "Otis Blue." A+ Tom Ryan
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul Poster
Otis Redding was a singer of such commanding stature that to this dayhe embodies the essence of soul music in its purist form. from the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame s website page on Redding s 1989 induction
Though Otis Redding s career was cut tragically short by a plane crash,
his legacy and recordings are inestimably large. Intense, raw and emotional, his sound defines golden era Southern soul. Redding s third album, OTIS BLUE: OTIS REDDING SINGS SOUL, is considered his first LP masterpiece, and it ranks
#74 on Rolling Stone s list of the 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, noting that it was recorded in a single 24-hour period in 1965, calls it, a virtual soul-music primer. The original album features a trio
of songs by Sam Cooke, Redding s idol, who had passed away shortly before OTIS BLUE was made. It also features his version of Respect a song he wrote, but that s an Aretha signature his great cover of (I Can t Get No) Satisfaction and other classic tracks. In its deluxe COLLECTOR S EDITION, this landmark
work is presented in both mono and stereo versions, along with rare and
previously unreleased bonus gems.
2-CD deluxe, expanded COLLECTOR S EDITION of Redding s 1966 masterpiece.Original album highlights include three classic Sam Cooke covers Shake, A Change Is Gonna Come, and Wonderful
World Redding s dramatic take on the Stones (I Can t Get No) Satisfaction, and his beautiful rendition of the Smokey Robinson classic My Girl. Plus, the Cooke-penned originals Ole Man Trouble and Respect. Disc One presents the original mono album. Bonus material includes six alternates and singles including previously
unreleased mono mixes of stereo album versions of I ve Been
Loving You For Too Long, Ole Man Trouble, and Respect. Also features six classic songs recorded Live at The Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles in April1966including Satisfaction
and Respect. Disc Two presents the original stereo album. An alternate 1967 version of Respect is featured as a bonus track. Deluxe DigiPak features a special collector s edition O-card plus a 16-page book with rare photos and new liner notes.
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