Otis Redding -The Soul Album LP
2003 US limited edition 11-track LP pressed on HIGH DEFINITION 180gram VIRGIN VINYL, originally released on Volt in 1966, includes top versions of `Chain Gang` [Sam Cooke] and `634-5789` [Wilson Pickett], presented in sealed & stickered picture sleeve
Tracks:
01. Just One More Day
02. It`s Growing
03. Cigarettes And Coffee
04. Chain Gang
05. Nobody Knows You (When You`re Down And Out)
06. Good To Me
07. Scratch My Back
08. Treat Her Right
09. Everybody Makes A Mistake
10. Any Ole Way
11. 634-5789
Nobody burrowed more deeply into a song than Otis Redding - hands down, the most emotive, soulful singer the `60s ever produced. Redding`s impassioned, sweat-soaked delivery kept him straddling both pop and soul charts until his untimely death in 1967. Here is a high-definition vinyl exact reproduction of 1966`s The Soul Album. Everything is taken from the absolute original analog masters in Stax-accurate, knockout mono. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fabulous!
As its predecessor, the legendary `Otis Blue`, `The Soul Album` makes for another half hour of prime cut Southern Soul. A hugely consistent LP bringing together originals and covers, slow grinding wailers and gutbucket stompers.
The sole chart hit on this album, the beautiful opener "Just One More Day" breathes that tantalizingly up close and personal soul testifyin` so typical of Redding. Steve Cropper`s sparse, perfect guitar licks and the stuttering breaks of the Memphis Horns provide a warm, gently flowing musical background for Otis to set his majestic vocal to. That same level of intimacy is overwhelmingly present on the flipside`s first track, the stellar original "Good to Me", one of Redding`s finest, most hypnotizingly beautiful ballads, and the equally mindblowing "Cigarettes and Coffee". All three share an intense, comforting and richly soulful vibe, tracks perfectly suited for those late night blues and early morning longings.
