Otis Redding - Otis Blue

Atco/Warner

£16.18
~~£27~~

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: 0081227971601
Release Date: Jan 2022
Genre: Soul

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (often referred to simply as Otis Blue) is the third studio album by American soul singer and songwriter Otis Redding. It was first released on September 15, 1965, as an LP record through the Stax Records subsidiary label Volt.

Otis Blue is composed mainly of cover versions of contemporary R&B hits, covering themes from the blues and love ballads, among others. Three of the LP's eleven songs were written by Redding, and three others were written by fellow soul singer Sam Cooke, who had died several months before the album was made. Except for one track, Otis Blue was recorded in the span of 24 hours from July 9 to 10, 1965, at the Stax recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee. As with Redding's previous records, he was backed by the Stax house band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, a horn section featuring members of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns, and pianist Isaac Hayes, providing a rhythmic Southern soul accompaniment for the singer's exuberant and forceful performances.

Tracklist
Side 1
1. "Ole Man Trouble"
2. "Respect"
3. "Change Gonna Come"
4. "Down In The Valley"
5. "I've Been Lovin You Too Long"
Side 2
1. "Shake"
2. "My Girl"
3. "Wonderful World"
4. "Rock Me Baby"
5. "Satisfaction"
6. "You Don't Miss Your Water"