Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
- Ole Man Trouble
- Respect
- Change Gonna Come
- Down in the Valley
- I've Been Loving You Too Long
- Shake
- My Girl
- Wonderful World
- Rock Me Baby
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- You Don't Miss Your Water
- Format
- Vinyl LP
- Genre
- Soul
- Tracks
- 11
Crystal Clear Vinyl LP pressing. By 1965, Otis Redding was already a force to be reckoned with, well on his way to earning his King of Soul® title. Then, he released this collection, which is absolutely foundational to any soul vinyl collection. This album includes Otis' soul-searing lament ""I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now),"" a cover of The Rolling Stone's ""(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"" that is wholly original, the world's introduction to ""Respect"" before Aretha made it her own, and Otis' perfect versions of ""My Girl,"" ""Wonderful World,"" and ""A Change Is Gonna Come"", standards like ""Rock Me Baby"" and spirituals like ""Down in the Valley.""
- Ole Man Trouble
- Respect
- A Change Is Gonna Come
- Down in the Valley
- I've Been Loving You Too Long
- Shake
- My Girl
- Wonderful World
- Rock Me Baby
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- You Don't Miss Your Water
- Format
- Vinyl LP
- Genre
- Soul
- Catalog No.
- AAPA 035-45
- Discs
- 2
- Tracks
- 11
- Pressing
- 180gGatefold
Tracklist:Side 1 1 1. Ole Man Trouble 2 2. Respect 3 3. Change Gonna Come 4 5 Side 2 6 1. Down In The Valley 7 2. I've Been Loving You Too Long 8 9 Side 3 10 1. Shake 11 2. My Girl 12 3. Wonderful World 13 14 Side 4 15 1. Rock Me Baby 16 2. Satisfaction 17 3. You Don't Miss Your Water
- Ole Man Trouble
- Respect
- Change Is Gonna Come
- Down in the Valley
- I've Been Loving You Too Long
- Shake
- My Girl
- Wonderful World
- Rock Me Baby
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- You Don't Miss Your Water
- Format
- Vinyl LP
- Genre
- Soul
- Catalog No.
- LP-SUND-5064
- Tracks
- 11
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul, or simply Otis Blue, released September 15, 1965 on Stax Records, is the third studio album by soul singer Otis Redding. The album mainly consists of cover songs by popular R&B and soul artists, and, bar one track, was recorded in a 24-hour period over July 9/10 1965 at the Stax Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. Otis Blue was critically acclaimed upon release and became one of Redding's most successful albums; it reached number 6 on the UK Albums Chart, and was his first to reach the top spot of the Billboard R&B chart. Furthermore, it produced three popular singles, all charting at least in the top 50 on both the Billboard R&B and the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It is considered by many critics to be Redding's first fully realized album. Three of the eleven songs were written by Redding: ""Ole Man Trouble"", ""Respect"", and ""I've Been Loving You Too Long"". Three songs were written by Sam Cooke, a soul musician who had died a few months earlier. As was the case in the previous albums, Redding was backed by house band Booker T. & The M.G.'s, a horn section of members of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns, and pianist Isaac Hayes. Otis Blue is included in a number of ""best album"" lists, including Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Time magazine's list of the All-Time 100 Greatest Albums, and Robert Dimery's ""1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"". Rhino Records released a two-disc Collectors Edition of Otis Blue in 2008.
