Otis Redding Otis Blue/ Otis Redding  Sings Soul  MFSL GOLD CD UDCD 575 mit J-Card

Erscheinungsdatum:  1993
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Import aus: USA
Format: Audio CD

     Tracks



1. Ole Man Trouble (2:38)
2. Respect (2:07)
3. A Change Is Gonna Come (4:14)
4. Down In The Valley (2:58)
5. I've Been Loving You Too Long (3:02)
6. Shake (2:39)
7. My Girl (2:55)
8. Wonderful World (3:11)
9. Rock Me Baby (3:24)
10. Satisfaction (2:45)
11. You Don't Miss Your Water (2:48)


 

Produktbeschreibungen

 
Otis Blue bildete immer eine Ausnahme unter den klassischen 60er-Jahre-Alben, die tatsächlich wie ein Album hätten aufgenommen werden können, anstatt eine schlurige Sammlung von Singles und Füllern. Auf diesem Album findet sich kein Füller unter den klassischen Redding-Songs. Die Titel reichen von dem knackigen, stampfenden "Respect" über "Satisfaction" von den Stones bis hin zum ergreifenden Pop in "My Girl" von den Temptations und Sam Cookes "Wonderful World" -- die herzzerreißende Qual von "Ole Man Trouble" und "I've Been Loving You Too Long" nicht zu vergessen. Otis Blue fängt Redding auf dem Höhepunkt seines rohen, ungeschliffenen Talents ein mit der unvergleichlich schwunghaften Begleitung von Booker T. and the MGs. --Barney Hoskyns

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Memphis schickte nicht nur King Elvis in den Rock'n'Roll-Himmel. Auch das Stax-Label begann Mitte der 60er Jahre seinen Soul-Siegeszug in der Stadt in Tennessee - dank Otis Redding. Sein kürzlich in ein klangedles Gold- Gewand gekleidetes Werk Otis Blue gilt auch heute noch als Klassiker der scharzen Musik: Der Sohn eines Baptistenpredigers beweist in Reißern wie Respect und dem Sahnesong Wonderful World seine stimmliche Extraklasse. Zwei Jahre nach der Veröffentlichung dieses Albums kam der damals 26jährige ums Leben.
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Review by Bruce Eder
Otis Redding's third album, and his first fully realized album, presents his talent unfettered, his direction clear, and his confidence emboldened, with fully half the songs representing a reach that extended his musical grasp. More than a quarter of this album is given over to Redding's versions of songs by Sam Cooke, his idol, who had died the previous December, and all three are worth owning and hearing. Two of them, "A Change Is Gonna Come" and "Shake," are every bit as essential as any soul recordings ever made, and while they (and much of this album) have reappeared on several anthologies, it's useful to hear the songs from those sessions juxtaposed with each other, and with "Wonderful World," which is seldom compiled elsewhere.

Also featured are Redding's spellbinding renditions of "Satisfaction" (a song epitomizing the fully formed Stax/Volt sound and which Mick Jagger and Keith Richards originally wrote in tribute to and imitation of Redding's style), "My Girl," and "You Don't Miss Your Water." "Respect" and "I've Been Loving You Too Long," two originals that were to loom large in his career, are here as well; the former became vastly popular in the hands of Aretha Franklin and the latter was an instant soul classic. Among the seldom-cited jewels here is a rendition of B.B. King's "Rock Me Baby" that has the singer sharing the spotlight with Steve Cropper, his playing alternately elegant and fiery, with Wayne Jackson and Gene "Bowlegs" Miller's trumpets and Andrew Love's and Floyd Newman's saxes providing the backing. Redding's powerful, remarkable singing throughout makes Otis Blue gritty, rich, and achingly alive, and an essential listening experience.