Otis Blue

Description

Remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original analogue tapes
180-gram 45 RPM double LP plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
Tip-on gatefold jacket from Stoughton Printing.

Otis Reddings third album presents his talent unfettered, his direction clear and his confidence emboldened, with fully half the songs representing a reach that extended his musical grasp. More than a quarter of this album is given over to Reddings version of songs by Sam Cooke, his idol, who had died the previous December.
Otis Redding Sings Soul is considered by many critics to be Reddings first great album. Recorded in April and July of 1965, it was released September 15th of that same year. The styles of Cooke and Redding couldnt have been more different; Cooke smooth and sure, Redding raw and pleading. But Reddings versions of Shake and A Change Is Gonna Come show how Cookes sound and message helped shape Reddings Southern soul sound. Reddings singing reaches a new level of expressiveness with this as well as with covers of B.B. Kings Rock Me Baby and the Motown hit My Girl.
This great album receives the full Analogue Productions reissue treatment here, starting with Kevin Grays remaster from the original analogue tapes. Then we back that up with 180-gram plating and pressing on super-silent vinyl by our own Quality Record Pressings. Finally its all housed in a tip-on gatefold jacket from Stoughton Printing. Deluxe all the way; youll be extatic with the results!