Rhino has introduced its plans to launch a restricted vinyl field set that includes all 4 of Otis Redding’s posthumous albums.
The field set, Otis Without end: The Albums & Singles (1968-1970), will launch June 9. The six-LP set not solely contains Redding’s posthumous albums but additionally options mono variations of 24 singles from these albums.
Every album can be pressed in several colours: The Dock of the Bay (yellow); The Immortal Otis Redding (silver); Love Man (inexperienced); and Inform the Reality (blue). The Singles 1968-1970 will even be pressed in yellow.
The unique multi-color vinyl set prices $149.98 and can be restricted to 1,000 copies. The six-LP black vinyl prices $124.98 and can be extensively obtainable.
The King of Soul tragically handed away at age 26 from a airplane crash in December 1967. The Dock of the Bay, Redding’s first posthumous album, was launched in February 1968.
The album included “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” which spent 4 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Scorching 100 chart. It made historical past as the primary posthumous single to high the Scorching 100.
The tune additionally scored Redding two Grammys on the eleventh ceremony (Finest Male R&B Vocal Efficiency and Finest R&B Music). “Dock of the Bay” was Redding’s closing recording.
The Immortal Otis Redding was launched in the summertime of 1968, whereas Love Man arrived in 1969 and Inform the Reality in 1970.
Redding launched 5 solo albums and a duets album between 1964 and 1967: Ache in My Coronary heart (1964); The Nice Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (1965); Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965); The Soul Album (1966); Full & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966); and King & Queen with Carla Thomas (1967).
In September 2022, The Otis Redding Basis celebrated what would have been Redding’s 81st birthday. The group hosted a two-day occasion in Macon, Georgia, the place Redding was raised.
The celebration included a groundbreaking ceremony for the brand new Otis Redding Middle for the Arts, a multipurpose area dedicated to musical schooling for college students ages 3 to 18. In response to the Basis’s web site, “planning is properly underway with a proposed opening in late 2024.”
Otis Without end: The Albums & Singles (1968-1970) is out there for pre-order now. See the tracklisting under.
OTIS FOREVER: THE ALBUMS & SINGLES (1968-1970) Vinyl Tracklist
The Dock of the Bay (1968)
Facet One
1. “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”
2. “I Love You Extra Than Phrases Can Say”
3. “Let Me Come On Residence”
4. “Open The Door”
5. “Don’t Mess With Cupid”
Facet Two
1. “The Glory Of Love”
2. “I’m Coming Residence”
3. “Tramp” – Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
4. “The Huckle-Buck”
5. “No one Is aware of You (When You’re Down And Out)”
6. “Ole Man Bother”
The Immortal Otis Redding (1968)
Facet One
1. “I’ve Bought Goals To Bear in mind”
2. “You Made A Man Out Of Me”
3. “No one’s Fault However Mine”
4. “Exhausting To Deal with”
5. “Thousand Miles Away”
6. “The Glad Music (Dum-Dum-De-De-De-Dum-Dum)”
Facet Two
1. “Assume About It”
2. “A Waste Of Time”
3. “Champagne And Wine”
4. “Idiot For You”
5. “Amen”
Love Man (1969)
Facet One
1. “I’m A Modified Man”
2. “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Greater And Greater”
3. “That’s A Good Concept”
4. “I’ll Let Nothing Separate Us”
5. “Direct Me”
6. “Love Man”
Facet Two
1. “Groovin’ Time”
2. “Your Feeling Is Mine”
3. “Bought To Get Myself Collectively”
4. “Free Me”
5. “A Lover’s Query”
6. “Look At That Lady”
Inform The Reality (1970)
Facet One
1. “Demonstration”
2. “Inform The Reality”
3. “Out Of Sight”
4. “Give Away None Of My Love”
5. “Wholesale Love”
6. “I Bought The Will”
Facet Two
1. “Johnny’s Heartbreak”
2. “Snatch A Little Piece”
3. “Slippin’ And Slidin’”
4. “The Match Sport”
5. “A Little Time”
6. “Swingin’ On A String”
The Singles: 1968-1970
Facet One
1. “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”
2. “Candy Lorene”
3. “The Glad Music (Dum-Dum)”
4. “Open The Door”
5. “Exhausting To Deal with”
6. “Amen”
Facet Two
1. “I’ve Bought Goals To Bear in mind”
2. “No one’s Fault However Mine”
3. “White Christmas”
4. “Merry Christmas, Child”
5. “Papa’s Bought A Model New Bag”
6. “Direct Me”
Facet Three
1. “A Lover’s Query”
2. “You Made A Man Out Of Me”
3. “Love Man”
4. “Can’t Flip You Free”
5. “Free Me”
6. “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Greater & Greater”
Facet 4
1. “Look At That Lady”
2. “That’s A Good Concept”
3. “Demonstration”
4. “Johnny’s Heartbreak”
5. “Give Away None Of My Love”
6. “Snatch A Little Piece”
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