Redding, Otis: Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul (Vinyl LP)

Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul has always been that rarest of beasts. A '60s soul album that could actually have been made as an album, rather than as a slapdash assortment of singles and fillers. The point being that there is no filler among these eleven classic Redding tracks that range from the crisp stomp of "Respect" and The Stones' "Satisfaction" to the touching pop of The Temptations "My Girl" and Sam Cooke's "Wonderful World" - not forgetting, of course, the heart-rending anguish of "Ole Man Trouble" and "I've Been Loving You Too Long".

Otis Blue captures Otis Redding at the very peak of his raw, unpolished powers, with the peerlessly punchy backing of Booker T and The M.G.s.

1. Ole Man Trouble
2. Respect
3. Change Gonna Come
4. Down In The Valley
5. I've Been Loving You Too Long
6. Shake
7. My Girl
8. Wonderful World
9. Rock Me Baby
10. Satisfaction
11. You Don't Miss Your Water