The eighth Otis Redding LP I'm posting here ( https://monolover.blogspot.com/search?q=(%C3%96R%C3%96*)&max-results=20&by-date=true ). It was his fifth studio album and last solo one before his tragic death in a plane crash December 10, 1967, (not counting the duet one he recorded with Carla Tomas - "King & Queen" - a couple of months after this). There may be debates who's the best male soul singer of all times, but to my taste no other had such a magnetic blend of power and sentiment. He was also a very good songwriter and top live performer. This album shows him at his best. A blend of covers and self-penned, more or less direct recorded with very adaptive backing by Booker T. & the M.G.'s. No matter if he's doing his own tunes or cover versions, he owns them all. Just listen to how he treats Beatles "Day Tripper"...so intense and so different from the original. The spawned "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" has become a soul classic and the rest as good. I'm picking a few favorites below. The audio on this US is exactly to my taste - direct and very natural - and the stereo mix totally ok for mid-sixties four-channel recording. Good listening all the way. Issued and reissued all over the world on vinyl CD, 8-track, cassette and 12xFile. First UK on Atlantic (587/588050). Japan2016 CD on ATCO (WPCR 17533) came with both mono and stereo versions plus bonus tracks. Premiere US (also as mono - Volt 415) had label as shown here in a cover with laminated front. (YZÄ*) (TÄX*) (ÖRÖ*)
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