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- Date Released: September 23, 2008
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Soul
- Label: Stax / Concord
Otis wrings every last drop of soul and sweat from these classic sets.
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We Say...
"We got to take the easy way out," sang Otis Redding in his delightfully garbled version of "Day Tripper," but taking the easy way out was never an option for Stax's greatest singer. Whether ripping it up on the chitlin' circuit or in front of the "love crowd" at the Monterey Pop Festival, Otis always worked extremely hard, wringing every last drop of soul from his material and every last bead of sweat from his ecstatic audiences. His passion, playfulness and commitment to music and entertainment come through loud and clear on this exhilarating 19-song package, which contains two complete shows recorded during the Stax/Volt Revue's European tour of March 1967. The London show, recorded March 17 at the Finsbury Park Astoria, absolutely smokes, with Otis and his hybrid MGs/Mar-Keys backing band barely stopping for breath as they burn through seven songs — including Otis's classic reworking of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." But it's really just the appetizer for the soulful feast that is the ten-song Paris set; recorded only four days later at the Olympia Theatre, the show is a stunning example of just how gloriously deep and dynamic Otis could get whenever he added ballads like "I've Been Loving You Too Long" and "These Arms of Mine" to the set list.
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They Say...
When the Love Generation (which, truthfully, did no better with that emotion than any other generation) got its first real glimpse of soul giant Otis Redding at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 backed by Booker T. & the MG's, a powerhouse band if there ever were one, they saw love with a capital L, because Redding sang love songs like the world was about to end, wringing the emotion out of them like a soulful, urgent hurricane. He was, simply put, an unstoppable force on-stage, taking all the energy of gospel and upping the ante until it seemed like the very sky itself was about to fly off into space from the very power of it. Redding was soul, and soul in every fiber of his being. The two sets included here, which predate the Monterey performance by a couple of months, were recorded in London (March 17) and Paris (March 21) on the Stax/Volt package tour of Europe in 1967, and they just might be even more astounding (particularly the Paris night) than the Monterey set. Working again with the MG's, with the horns of the Mar-Keys along for extra kick, Redding burns the house down in both of these sets, wringing every last bit of energy out of Sam Cooke's "Shake" until it seems the universe is about to come off its hinges, turning "Try a Little Tenderness" into a silken caress, making "I've Been Loving You Too Long" into an anthem for the hopeless arc of love, and taking "Day Tripper" to places the Beatles could only dream about, all with the MG's and the Mar-Keys churning behind him like a huge, funky turbine. This was Stax soul in all its ragged, vital glory. The original tapes of these sets (Atlantic issued an LP of the London show in 1967) have been reassembled and restored for this release, and the end result is a stunning reminder of what a giant Redding was. You want to know about love? Drop this in your player.
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| 01. |  |
Introduction [London]
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1:09 |
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| 02. | |
Respect [London] |
2:30 |
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| 03. | |
My Girl [London] |
2:46 |
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| 04. | |
Shake [London] |
2:41 |
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| 05. | |
Day Tripper [London] |
3:33 |
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| 06. | |
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) [London] |
4:11 |
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| 07. | |
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [London] |
4:54 |
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| 08. | |
Try A Little Tenderness [London] |
7:01 |
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| 09. | |
Introduction [Paris]
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0:54 |
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| 10. | |
Respect [Paris] |
3:09 |
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| 11. | |
I Can't Turn You Loose [Paris] |
3:52 |
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| 12. | |
I've Been Loving You Too Long [Paris] |
3:41 |
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| 13. | |
My Girl [Paris] |
2:42 |
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| 14. | |
Shake [Paris] |
2:58 |
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| 15. | |
I Can't Get No Satisfaction [Paris] |
3:20 |
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| 16. | |
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) [Paris} |
4:32 |
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| 17. | |
These Arms Of Mine [Paris] |
3:26 |
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| 18. | |
Day Tripper [Paris] |
3:32 |
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| 19. | |
Try A Little Tenderness [Paris] |
6:16 |
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19 Total Tracks, 67:07 Total Length
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Credits
- Booker T. & the MG's - Performer // Steve Cropper - Guitar // Steve Cropper - Liner Notes // Otis Redding - Vocals // Roger Armstrong - Liner Notes // Joe Arnold - Sax (Tenor) // Bill Belmont - Producer // Bill Belmont - Liner Notes // Tom Dowd - Recording Supervision // Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass // Wayne Jackson - Trumpet // Booker T. Jones - Organ // Andrew Love - Sax (Tenor) // Al Jackson, Jr. - Drums // Joe Tarantino - Mastering // Stephen A. Hart - Mixing // David Gorman - Art Direction // David Gorman - Design // Rikka Arnold - Production Assistant // Stuart Kremsky - Production Assistant // Chris Clough - Production Assistant // Larissa Collins - Art Direction // Jean Noël Ogouz - Liner Notes // Jim Stewart - Supervisor
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