Otis Redding - Otis Blue- Otis Redding Sings Soul - VINYL LP

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul, or simply Otis Blue, released September 15, 1965 on Stax Records, is the third studio album by soul singer Otis Redding. The album mainly consists of cover songs by popular R&B and soul artists, and, bar one track, was recorded in a 24-hour period over July 9/10 1965 at the Stax Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. Otis Blue was critically acclaimed upon and became one of Redding's most successful albums; it reached number 6 on the UK Albums Chart, and was his first to reach the top spot of the Billboard R&B chart. Furthermore, it produced three popular singles, all charting at least in the top 50 on both the Billboard R&B and the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It is considered by many critics to be Redding's first fully realized album. Three of the eleven songs were written by Redding InchOle Man TroubleInch, InchRespectInch, and InchI've Been Loving You Too LongInch. Three songs were written by Sam Cooke, a soul musician who had died a few months earlier. As was the case in the previous albums, Redding was backed by house band Booker T. & The M.G.'s, a horn section of members of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns, and pianist Isaac Hayes. Otis Blue is included in a number of Inchbest albumInch lists, including Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Time magazine's list of the All-Time 100 Greatest Albums, and Robert Dimery's Inch1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You DieInch. Rhino Records released a two-disc Collectors Edition of Otis Blue in 2008. Album Tracks 1. Ole Man Trouble 2. Respect 3. Change Is Gonna Come 4. Down in the Valley 5. I've Been Loving You Too Long 6. Shake 7. My Girl 8. Wonderful World 9. Rock Me Baby 10. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 11. You Don't Miss Your Water

Vinyl LP pressing. The Soul Album is the fourth studio album by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding, released in 1966. Otis Ray Redding was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. His singing style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s. During his lifetime, his recordings were produced by Stax Records, based in Memphis, Tennessee. Initially popular mainly with African-Americans, Redding later reached a wider American pop music audience. Along with his group, he first played small gigs in the American South. He later performed at the popular Los Angeles night club Whisky a Go Go and toured Europe, performing in London, Paris and other major cities. He also performed at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Album Tracks 1. Just One More Day 2. It's Growing 3. Cigarettes and Coffee 4. Chain Gang 5. Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out) 6. Good to Me 7. Scratch My Back 8. Treat Her Right 9. Everybody Makes a Mistake 10. Any Ole Way 11. 634-5789

Recorded almost entirely in a single day, Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul delivers some of the strongest soul renditions ever put to tape. This includes the Redding original InchI've Been Loving You Too LongInch, a cover of the Rolling Stones' InchSatisfactionInch, and an early recording of InchRespectInch, which was later made popular by Aretha Franklin. Considered by critics to be the definitive soul album of it's period, Otis Blue has been ranked one of Rolling Stone Magazine's 'Greatest Albums of All Time' as well as Time Magazine's 'All-Time 100 Greatest Albums'. In celebration of Black Music Month, this album has been cut from the original tapes by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering and is pressed locally on 180 gram premium-quality vinyl at Fidelity Record Pressing's brand new plant in Oxnard, California as part of Rhino's new Rhino Reserve line. Album Tracks 1. Ole Man Trouble 2. Respect 3. Change Gonna Come 4. Down in the Valley 5. I've Been 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 12.