The Best Of Otis Redding
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Last update: 12-01-2025
Product details
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 12.32 x 12.36 x 0.31 inches; 8.32 ounces
- Manufacturer : Atlantic Catalog Group
- Item model number : 90UX07-6QO4-00
- Original Release Date : 2020
- Date First Available : August 4, 2020
- Label : Atlantic Catalog Group
- ASIN : B08F719CS2
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank:#1,884 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
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- Customer Reviews:4.84.8 out of 5 stars(2,738)
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- denotsSongs seem shorter than the final ones?Very nice, but the old final sounded better
- Batiste369 "The Music Connoisseur"Some of the best....Music you'll ever here that is. This album is a great compilation of Otis life. I grew up in the early 2000's hearing Otis and Carla Thomas with their song "Tramp". I never heard anything like it. The way Carla ripped into Otis and called him a tramp..... It was different lol. But I liked it. Over the years I played "Tramp" in virtually all my soul music marathons. I love that song till this day. But that's all I knew of Otis until I purchased this CD from Amazon.com.
I didn't know what to expect from this purchase. Previously to this I purchased Jackie Wilson's greatest hits. I loved it! When I finally listened to Otis I was spellbound. Otis has a soul and way of singing a song that makes it hit u. There is something about Otis voice and mannerisms that just add meaning to whatever song he sings. One listen to "I've Been Loving U Too Long" or one of my favs "That's How Strong My Love Is" and u feel it. That feeling's called soul.
Otis was one of the greatest soul singers of all time. He would've made a giant footprint in the music world had he lived to achieve it. In 1967 Otis was involved in a plane crash that took his life. He was a great artist and even by the time of his death he had influenced the direction of soul music. Had he lived, he would've undoubtedly had monster hits to go along with the posthumous #1 "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay". It's funny that his biggest hit came after his death. I guess in a way Otis was singing after death...…
And that is a testament of his excellence as an artist and soul music pioneer. 5/5 stars. Highly recommended - Charles ScottAwesome Artist, CD is great!Not a bad tune on it.
- panama mike55ois Redding soul manbringing great music
- Paul Tognetti"That girl took that song away from me!!!!"It was the summer of 1967. Otis Redding was in the midst of the performance of his life at Monterey International Pop Festival. What he was referring to of course was the way Aretha Franklin had turned his song "Respect" into one of the biggest hits of the year. His version topped out at #35 on the pop charts a couple of years earlier. But I digress. Otis Redding was just beginning to hit his stride as summer turned to autumn in 1967. This veteran performer had been around for a while. The fact is that up until this point he had made the Billboard Hot 100 a total of 19 times although his records usually ran out of gas somewhere in the middle of the chart. His tunes fared much better on the Soul/R&B charts where 8 of them had made it into the Top Ten. It is really difficult to understand why the man had not had greater commercial success up until this point. After taking a few months off Otis Redding returned to the studio in early December 1967. There he recorded a song he had co-written with Steve Cropper. Everyone thought it was a mistake. His wife hated it. Three days later Otis Redding was dead at 26, a victim of a tragic plane crash in Wisconsin.
When the story appeared in the newspaper I remember thinking to myself "Who is that?" And although I had been collecting records for about three years I had never heard of him. Despite his enormous talent Otis Redding had just not quite connected with general audiences. Less than two months later in January of 1968, Volt records released that tune his wife and friends hated so much. "(Sitting On) The Dock of the Bay" went all the way to #1 on the Pop charts and remained there for a month. Everyone was now beginning to realize just how talented this man had been. There are a few different Otis Redding collections around but I find this to be the best of the lot. You'll hear his version of tunes that went on to become hits by other artists like 1965's "I Can't Turn You Loose" and his dynamic version of the great blues standard "Try A Little Tenderness". In the meantime, you'll also enjoy the exhilirating work of the Stax/Volt house band who were undeniably at their peak during this time. For me other favorites on this compilation are the 1968 hit "The Happy Song (Dum-Dum") and Otis' high energy duet with Carla Thomas "Tramp". An informative 12 page booklet with interesting biographical information and chart data for each track is also included. Believe me you cannot go wrong with this one. Highly recommended. - Lawrence W. HansenTry a little respect for his original recordingsOtis was an amazing performer. I feel his most iconic song is his version of Try A Little Tenderness. After a few listens, I knew something was wrong. So I dug out my old "best of" Otis cd and now I know. The dramatic, climactic, and ever so soulful coda is faded out far too early on this new vinyl collection. Everything else sounds good. But to abort this song while he is still singing his heart out was a big mistake. I regret realizing this after the return window had closed. My mistake.
- luke waltonThis is better than any music put out today!Hear all the great songs! Before they were sampled or covered!
- SR Williagreat songs from a great artistLoved getting this with the free auto rip to my Amazon Cloud player (free from Amazon) and makes me feel I got double the value. It is sometimes not easy to get the free auto rip but have been waiting for long time to get something from Gadys Knight & the Pips with free auto rip to no avail yet. I will keep holding out until they offer it. Amazon is not to blame but whoever is offering the product. They do not want to give that free music out. I love a great deal though & hopefully they will come around if people wait it out to get the extra value. Wish someone could find the first song of his I ever heard that never made it past the demo 45 I got from our local radio station. I'm Amazed. It was an awesome song with him singing so soft and gentle and the sweet refrain still lingers in my mind. I have searched as far as I knew how but cannot find it anywhere. I wore out my 45 and someone broke it but I used to flatten it out & play that scratchy thing over and over just to hear my personal favorite of his that evidently, no one but me knows about. If anyone out there knows how to find it please let me know via response to my review!