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Otis Redding - Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. She's All Right 2:06
  2. Gettin' Hip 2:08
  3. Shout Bamalama 1:53
  4. Hey Hey Baby 2:42
  5. These Arms Of Mine 2:29
  6. That's What My Heart Needs 2:37
  7. Mary's Little Lamb 2:35
  8. Pain In My Heart 2:20
  9. Security 2:33
  10. Come To Me 2:44
  11. Don't Leave Me This Way 2:54
  12. Little Ol' Me 3:10
  13. Don't Be Afraid Of Love 3:22
  14. Your One And Only Man 3:08
  15. Chained And Bound 2:37
  16. That's How Strong My Love Is 2:20
  17. Mr. Pitiful 2:40
  18. For Your Precious Love 2:50
  19. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) 2:52
  20. I'm Depending On You 2:27
  21. Ole Man Trouble 2:34
  22. Change Gonna Come 4:12
  23. Down In The Valley 2:55
  24. Shake 2:36
Volume 2
  1. Respect 2:07
  2. You Don't Miss Your Water 2:48
  3. Satisfaction 2:42
  4. I Can't Turn You Loose 2:41
  5. Cupid 3:06
  6. Just One More Day 3:26
  7. Good To Me 3:48
  8. Cigarettes And Coffee 3:56
  9. Chain Gang 2:58
  10. My Lover's Prayer 3:07
  11. It's Growing 2:45
  12. I'm Coming Home 3:06
  13. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) 2:39
  14. I'm Sick Y'all 2:53
  15. Sweet Lorene 2:26
  16. Try A Little Tenderness 3:46
  17. Day Tripper 2:31
  18. Tramp 2:58
  19. Knock On Wood 2:48
  20. Lovey Dovey 2:36
  21. New Year's Resolution 3:15
  22. You Left The Water Running 2:39
  23. Trick Or Treat 3:10
  24. Merry Christmas, Baby 2:26
  25. White Christmas 3:04
  26. Things Go Better With Coke (A Man And A Woman) 1:27
Volume 3
  1. Announcement (From Stay In School) 1:10
  2. Glory Of Love 2:49
  3. I Love You More Than Words Can Say 2:51
  4. Let Me Come On Home 2:52
  5. Open The Door 2:22
  6. Hucklebuck 2:57
  7. The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) 2:37
  8. Hard To Handle 2:17
  9. Amen 3:03
  10. Gone Again 2:24
  11. I've Got Dreams To Remember 3:11
  12. I'm A Changed Man 2:19
  13. Direct Me 2:20
  14. Love Man 2:15
  15. Free Me 3:04
  16. Look At The Girl 2:35
  17. Pounds And Hundreds (Lbs + 100s) 2:21
  18. Tell The Truth 3:10
  19. Johnny's Heartbreak 2:31
  20. The Match Game 2:51
  21. A Little Time 2:27
  22. Slippn' And Slidin' 1:53
  23. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay 2:36

Notes

Anyone who wants to understand the different phases of Otis Redding's career, and the reason for his having made a major impact across the 1960s and beyond, can have no better place to start than Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding. There are 73 studio cuts here and the producers have reached back beyond the Atlantic and Stax vaults: They've included numbers like "She's All Right," cut by the Shooters featuring Otis Redding in the summer of 1960 for the Transworld label; "Gettin' Hip," which was done for the Alshire label in 1960; and "Shout Bamalama" by Otis Redding & the Pinetoppers, recorded for Confederate, all prior to Redding's signing with Stax. The selection of studio cuts suggests that the makers thought long and hard about each and every track on this disc -- the first three CDs are a mix of single A- and B-sides, coupled with important album tracks, all culminating with "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." Little or nothing that's essential is missing along the way (though one could argue very persuasively that anything on the albums that Redding released in his lifetime was essential in some respect). The fourth disc is the real killer, however; 23 live songs drawn from the complete range of his concert tapes in the Atlantic (and Stax) vaults, from the Apollo Theater in New York in November of 1963 to his final tour of Europe and the Monterey International Pop Festival in the spring of 1967, including individual tracks that were unheard until the 1980s. An extensive booklet is also included.