Otis Redding

The original 1966 LP Otis Blue was a raw, riveting breakthrough for Redding, helping cement his towering reputation as a soul icon. This exhaustive collector's edition features stereo and mono mixes of the whole LP alongside alternate and live versions of the tunes. True completists are rewarded with a second disc of bonus tracks, including killer material from a 1967 European tour, recorded months before the singer's death.

This two—cd set doubles the pleasure of Otis Redding's third album with B sides, outtakes,
period live tracks and the entire record in mono and stereo versions. But Otis Blue was
already perfect in its original 11—song edition when released in September 1965 — an
achievement that is even more remarkable because all but one of the tracks were
recorded inside 24 hours, in two lightning sessions at the Stax studio in Memphis,... More >