Monday, February 25, 2008

OTIS IS BACK. HAPPY MONDAYS

Rhino will reissue Otis Redding's 1966 album Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul in a remastered, expanded edition on April 22.

Redding's third album, Otis Blue is legendary for giving us "Respect", later made popular by Aretha Franklin's totally rippin' version. The album contains only three original songs, with the rest devoted to covers of the likes of Sam Cooke, the Temptations, Solomon Burke, and the Rolling Stones. It was recorded in a whirlwind 24-hour session by Redding and the Stax house band, which included Isaac Hayes and Booker T. & the MG's, among others.

Rhino's reissue is a double disc set containing the mono version of the album on the first disc and the stereo version on the second. Bonus tracks include B-sides, live tracks, and previously unreleased alternate mixes.

Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Collector's Edition):

Disc 1:

01 Ole Man Trouble
02 Respect
03 Change Gonna Come
04 Down in the Valley
05 I've Been Loving You Too Long
06 Shake
07 My Girl
08 Wonderful World
09 Rock Me Baby
10 Satisfaction
11 You Don't Miss Your Water
12 I've Been Loving You Too Long (Mono Mix of Stereo Album Version) [previously unreleased bonus track]
13 I'm Depending on You [bonus track]
14 Respect (Mono Mix of Stereo Album Version) [previously unreleased bonus track]
15 Ole Man Trouble (Mono Mix of Stereo Album Version) [previously unreleased bonus track]
16 Any Ole Way [bonus track]
17 Shake (Live 1967, Stereo Mix of Single Version) [bonus track]
18 Ole Man Trouble (Live at the Whisky a Go Go) [bonus track]
19 Respect (Live at the Whisky a Go Go) [bonus track]
20 I've Been Loving You Too Long (Live at the Whisky a Go Go) [bonus track]
21 Satisfaction (Live at the Whisky a Go Go) [bonus track]
22 I'm Depending on You (Live at the Whisky a Go Go) [bonus track]
23 Any Ole Way (Live at the Whisky a Go Go) [bonus track]

Disc 2:

01 Ole Man Trouble
02 Respect
03 Change Gonna Come
04 Down in the Valley
05 I've Been Loving You Too Long
06 Shake
07 My Girl
08 Wonderful World
09 Rock Me Baby
10 Satisfaction
11 You Don't Miss Your Water
12 Respect (1967 Version) [bonus track]
13 I've Been Loving You Too Long (Live in Europe) [bonus track]
14 My Girl (Live in Europe) [bonus track]
15 Shake (Live in Europe) [bonus track]
16 Satisfaction (Live in Europe) [bonus track]
17 Respect (Live in Europe) [bonus track]

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