Otis Redding Discography
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Otis Redding Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. ...
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Studio albums


Posthumous studio albums

Otis Redding's death prompted a number of releases, including live albums and compilations. Four albums of mostly new material were released, but they are more like compilations than official studio releases. The first of these releases, '' The Dock of the Bay'', assembled by guitarist and producer
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, is made up of previously released singles and b-sides as well as some album tracks and a few previously unissued recordings. The other three of these albums contain a greater amount of previously unreleased material. The posthumous collections are generally considered to be of good quality, which is unusual, as many posthumous releases by other artists receive unfavorable reviews. A fifth release, ''Remember Me'', came out on 20 March 1992, featuring 22 unreleased tracks taken from Redding's 1963–1967 recordings, with numerous unreleased and stereo recordings. Two alternate takes of "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" and alternate takes of other famous tracks, such as "Respect", "Come to Me", and "
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Live albums

Officially released live recordings by Otis Redding primarily come from three sources: a series of shows performed at the Whisky a Go Go in April 1966, the Stax/Volt Revue tour of Europe in March and April 1967, and his five-song set at the Monterey International Pop Festival on June 17, 1967. Earlier live performances of "Pain in My Heart" and "These Arms of Mine" from November 16, 1963, were officially released on the Atco compilation album ''Apollo Saturday Night'' in 1964. These two performances are also included in the 1993 box set ''Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding''.


Compilation albums


Charted compilations


Other compilations

* ''Soul as Sung by Otis Redding and Little Joe Curtis'' (1968, Alshire Presents) * ''Ten Years Gone'' (1977, Atlantic; Japan-only 3-LP compilation) * ''The Ultimate Otis Redding'' (1986, Warner Bros.) * ''The Otis Redding Story'' (1987, Atlantic) * '' Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding'' (1993, Rhino) * ''The Very Best of Otis Redding, Vol. 2'' (1995, Rhino) * ''I've Been Loving You Too Long and Other Hits'' (1997, Rhino/Flashback). RIAA: Gold * ''Love Songs'' (1998, Rhino). BPI: Silver * ''Stax Profiles'' (2006, Stax) * ''The Definitive Soul Collection'' (2006, Rhino). BPI: Gold * ''The Best: See & Hear, Otis Redding'' (2009, Shout! Factory) * ''Soul Legend - The Best of Otis Redding'' (2011, Music Club Deluxe/MCI) * ''Lonely & Blue - The Deepest Soul of Otis Redding'' (2013, Stax) * ''The Complete Stax/Volt Singles Collection'' (2013, Shout! Factory) * ''Soul Manifesto: 1964-1970'' (2015, Rhino)


Singles


Posthumous singles


As featured artist


References


External links

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