Otis Redding - The Soul Album Otis Redding - VINYL LP
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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
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- GenreRhythm & BluesDescriptionVinyl 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. 634-5789ArtistOtis ReddingTitleThe Soul Album Otis ReddingFormatVINYLLabelAtlantic
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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
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
Otis Redding's The Soul Album vinyl features 11 tracks, split across two sides, including hits like InchCigarettes and Coffee,Inch InchChain Gang,Inch Inch634-5789,Inch and InchGood to Me,Inch showcasing his raw soul with backing by Booker T. & the MG's and the Memphis Horns on it's 1966 . 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) 1. Good to Me 2. Scratch My Back 3. Treat Her Right 4. Everybody Makes a Mistake 5. Any Ole Way 6. 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)
Crystal Clear Vinyl LP pressing. By 1965, Otis Redding was already a force to be reckoned with, well on his way to earning his King of Soul® title. Then, he released this collection, which is absolutely foundational to any soul vinyl collection. This album includes Otis' soul-searing lament InchI've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now),Inch a cover of The Rolling Stone's Inch(I Can't Get No) SatisfactionInch that is wholly original, the world's introduction to InchRespectInch before Aretha made it her own, and Otis' perfect versions of InchMy Girl,Inch InchWonderful World,Inch and InchA Change Is Gonna ComeInch, standards like InchRock Me BabyInch and spirituals like InchDown in the Valley.Inch 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. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 11. You Don't Miss Your Water
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