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Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding

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Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding
Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 9, 1993 (1993-11-09)
Recordedat Los Angeles, California, Macon, Georgia, Muscle Shoals, Alabama Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, the Apollo Theater in New York City, the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles, California, the Monterey International Pop Festival, in Monterey, California and in Europe from 1960 (1960) to 1967 (1967).
GenreR&B/Soul
LabelRhino
ProducerBill Inglot, Steve Greenberg, Gary Stewart
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]

Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding is a 1993 four compact disc compilation album by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding. The first three discs focus on studio material recorded for Stax records. These recordings are all original mono single or LP mixes. Three pre-Stax recordings and a demo recorded at Muscle Shoals are also included. The fourth disc, labeled "The Ultimate Live Otis Redding Show" was compiled from various live sources in an attempt to gather "the best version" of every song Otis ever recorded live and is mixed in stereo. The 100-page booklet includes testimonials from musicians and individuals from Redding's life, essays, a photo album, track listings, discographies, personnel and recording information.

This compilation received 5 stars on the 2004 "Rolling Stone Album Guide" and is cited as being the most complete collection of Redding's work.

Track listing

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Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."She's All Right" (The Shooters featuring Otis)Otis Redding/James McEachin2:11
2."Gettin' Hip"Otis Redding2:13
3."Shout Bamalama" (Otis Redding & The Pinetoppers)Otis Redding1:58
4."Hey Hey Baby"Otis Redding2:46
5."These Arms Of Mine"Otis Redding2:33
6."That's What My Heart Needs"Otis Redding2:41
7."Mary's Little Lamb"Otis Redding2:39
8."Pain in My Heart"Naomi Neville2:24
9."Security"Otis Redding2:38
10."Come To Me"Phil Walden/Otis Redding2:48
11."Don't Leave Me This Way"Phil Walden/Otis Redding2:58
12."Little Ol' Me"Otis Redding/Steve Cropper3:15
13."Don't Be Afraid Of Love"Oscar Mack/Phil Walden3:26
14."Your One And Only Man"Otis Redding3:12
15."Chained And Bound"Otis Redding2:41
16."That's How Strong My Love Is"Roosevelt Jamison2:25
17."Mr. Pitiful"Otis Redding/Steve Cropper2:44
18."For Your Precious Love"Arthur Brooks/Richard Brooks/Jerry Butler2:54
19."I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)"Otis Redding/Jerry Butler2:57
20."I'm Depending On You"Otis Redding2:31
21."Ole Man Trouble"Otis Redding2:38
22."Change Is Gonna Come"Sam Cooke4:16
23."Down in the Valley"Solomon Burke/Bert Berns/Babe Chivian/Joseph Martin3:00
24."Shake"Sam Cooke2:39
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Respect"Otis Redding2:11
2."You Don't Miss Your Water"William Bell2:52
3."Satisfaction"Mick Jagger/Keith Richards2:47
4."I Can't Turn You Loose"Otis Redding2:46
5."Cupid"Sam Cooke3:10
6."Just One More Day"Otis Redding/Steve Cropper/McElvoy Robinson3:30
7."Good To Me"Otis Redding/Julius Green3:52
8."Cigarettes And Coffee"Eddie Thomas/Jerry Butler/J. Walker4:01
9."Chain Gang"Sam Cooke/Charles Cooke3:03
10."My Lover's Prayer"Otis Redding3:12
11."It's Growing"William Robinson/Warren Moore2:49
12."I'm Coming Home"Otis Redding3:11
13."Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)"Otis Redding/Steve Cropper2:44
14."I'm Sick Y'all"Otis Redding/Steve Cropper/David Porter2:57
15."Sweet Lorene"Otis Redding/Isaac Hayes/Alvertis Isbell2:30
16."Try A Little Tenderness"Jimmy Campbell/Reg Connelly/Harry Woods3:50
17."Day Tripper"John Lennon/Paul McCartney2:36
18."Tramp" (Otis & Carla)Lowell Fulson/Jimmy McCracklin3:03
19."Knock on Wood" (Otis & Carla)Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd2:52
20."Lovey Dovey" (Otis & Carla)Memphis Curtis/Ahmet Ertegün2:37
21."New Year's Resolution" (Otis & Carla)Willia Parker/Randle Catron/Mary Frierson3:19
22."You Left the Water Running"Dan Penn/Rick Hall/Oscar Franks2:43
23."Trick Or Treat"Isaac Hayes/David Porter3:15
24."Merry Christmas, Baby"Lou Baxter/Johnny Moore2:30
25."White Christmas"Irving Berlin3:09
26."Things Go Better With Coke (A Man and a Woman)"Unknown1:30
Disc 3
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Announcement (from Stay in School)"Otis Redding1:15
2."Glory Of Love"Billy Hill2:53
3."I Love You More Than Words Can Say"Eddie Floyd/Booker T. Jones2:55
4."Let Me Come On Home"Otis Redding/Booker T. Jones/Al Jackson Jr.2:56
5."Open The Door"Otis Redding2:26
6."Hucklebuck"Roy Alfred/Andy Gibson3:01
7."The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)"Otis Redding/Steve Cropper2:42
8."Hard to Handle"Allen Jones/Alvertis Isbell/Otis Redding2:21
9."Amen"traditional, arr. Otis Redding2:06
10."Gone Again"Otis Redding/Joe Rock2:25
11."I've Got Dreams To Remember"Zelma Redding/Otis Redding/Joe Rock3:16
12."I'm A Changed Man"Steve Cropper/Otis Redding2:23
13."Direct Me"Steve Cropper/Otis Redding2:20
14."Love Man"Otis Redding2:19
15."Free Me"Otis Redding/Gene Lawson3:08
16."Look at the Girl"Otis Redding2:40
17."Pounds And Hundreds (Lbs + 100s)"Otis Redding/Steve Cropper2:26
18."Tell The Truth"Lowman Pauling3:14
19."Johnny's Heartbreak"Otis Redding/Arthur Alexander2:36
20."The Match Game"Otis Redding/David Porter2:55
21."A Little Time"Otis Redding2:31
22."Slippin' and Slidin'"Richard Penniman/Edwin Bocage/James Smith/Albert Collins1:58
23."(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"Steve Cropper/Otis Redding2:41
Disc 4 "The Ultimate Live Otis Redding Show"
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Introduction" (by Emperor Rosko) 0:37
2."Shake"Sam Cooke2:34
3."Pain in My Heart"Naomi Neville2:19
4."These Arms Of Mine"Otis Redding2:32
5."Can't Turn You Loose"Otis Redding3:28
6."I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)"Otis Redding/Jerry Butler4:08
7."My Girl"William Robinson/Ronald White2:43
8."Your One And Only Man"Otis Redding3:23
9."Good To Me"Otis Redding/Julius Green3:57
10."Day Tripper"John Lennon/Paul McCartney3:12
11."Just One More Day"Otis Redding/Steve Cropper/McElvoy Robinson5:25
12."Mr. Pitiful"Otis Redding/Steve Cropper2:07
13."Satisfaction"Mick Jagger/Keith Richards2:57
14."I'm Depending On You"Otis Redding3:22
15."Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)"Otis Redding/Steve Cropper4:09
16."Chained And Bound"Otis Redding7:39
17."Ol' Man Trouble"Otis Redding2:38
18."Any Ole Way"Otis Redding/Steve Cropper2:39
19."Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"James Brown4:58
20."Security"Otis Redding2:32
21."A Hard Day's Night"John Lennon/Paul McCartney2:08
22."Respect"Otis Redding3:06
23."Try A Little Tenderness"Harry Woods/Jimmy Campbell/Reg Connelly5:15
    • tracks 3 & 4 recorded live at the Apollo Theater in New York, November 16, 1963
    • tracks 8, 9, 11, 12, 14 & 16–21 recorded live at the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles, April 8–10, 1966
    • tracks 1, 2, 5–7, 10, 13 & 15 recorded live in London or Paris, March 1967
    • tracks 22 & 23 recorded live at the Monterey Pop Festival, June 17, 1967

Personnel

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Studio Personnel

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Live Personnel

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Apollo Theater

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  • James Albert Bethea, Cornell Dupree & Thomas Palmer – guitar
  • George Stubbs – piano
  • Alonzo Collins & Jimmy Lewis – bass
  • Ray Lucas – drums
  • Elmon Wright & Lamar Wright – trumpet
  • George Matthews – trombone
  • Jimmy Powell – alto sax
  • King Curtis, Alva "Beau" McCain & Noble Watts – tenor sax
  • Paul Williams – baritone sax

Whisky A Go Go

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  • James Young – guitar
  • Ralph Stewart – bass
  • Elbert Woodson – drums
  • Sammie Coleman & John Farris – trumpets
  • Clarence Johnson Jr. – trombone
  • Donald Henry, Robert Holloway, Robert Pittman & (possibly) Albrisco Clark – saxes

Europe and Monterey

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  • Steve Cropper – guitar
  • Booker T. Jones – keyboards
  • Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass
  • Al Jackson Jr. – drums
  • Wayne Jackson – trumpet
  • Andrew Love & Joe Arnold – tenor sax

References

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