Otis Redding – Complete & Unbelievable… The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul

Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series)

 

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records!

 

Soul legend’s 1966 album

 

180-gram 45 RPM double LP

 

Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the original master tape

 

Pressed at Quality Record Pressings

 

Tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jacket by Stoughton Printing

 

Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul was the soul legend’s 1966 album (and the last issued in his lifetime). The original album features mostly covers on side one and original compositions by Redding on side two.

 

The album features musical assistance from Booker T. & the M.G.’s-organist Booker T. Jones, pianist/guitarist Steve Cropper, bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, drummer Al Jackson, Jr.-pianist Isaac Hayes, and the Memphis Horns, consisting of tenor saxophonist Joe Arnold, trumpeter Wayne Jackson, tenor saxophonist Andrew Love and baritone saxophonist Floyd Newman.

 

The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul was released in October 1966 on the Stax label and peaked at No. 73 and at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and the R&B LP charts respectively. The album produced two singles, "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" and "Try a Little Tenderness." In 2,000 it was voted No. 488 in Colin Larkin’s All Time Top 1,000 Albums. In 2012, the album was ranked No. 254 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

 

Lacquers cut by Bernie Grundman at 45 RPM, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, and housed in a tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jacket by Stoughton Printing.

 

Side 1

 

1. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)

2. I’m Sick Y’all

3. Tennessee Waltz

 

Side 2

 

1. Sweet Lorene

2. Try A Little Tenderness

3. Day Tripper

 

Side 3

 

1. My Lover’s Prayer

2. She Put The Hurt On Me

3. Ton Of Joy

 

Side 4

 

1. You’re Still My Baby

2. Hawg For You

3. Love Have Mercy