Fans of Otis Redding are about to get a couple of major releases.
On October 7, Rhino will release Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul. Originally released in 1966, the album has been expanded with both mono and stereo versions of the set and bonus tracks.
Dictionary of Soul was Redding’s fifth and final studio album before his death. Side 1 of the original album was cover songs of such standards as Tennessee Waltz, Sweet Lorene and Try a Little Tenderness, the Beatles’ Day Tripper and Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) written by Steve Cropper and Redding. Side two was all Redding originals except for a cover of Chuck Willis’ You’re Still My Baby.
The two-CD release of the album includes a mono version of the set along with five bonus tracks. Disc 2 is the album in stereo with three additional songs.
For the three-disc vinyl LP, there is one disc with the original album in mono and the other in stereo. A third 7″ single contains Try a Little Tenderness and I’m Sick Y’all.
The track list:
Disc 1 (Original Album in Mono plus bonus tracks)
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
I’m Sick Y’all
Tennessee Waltz
Sweet Lorene
Try A Little Tenderness
Day Tripper
My Lover’s Prayer
She Put The Hurt On Me
Ton Of Joy
You’re Still My Baby
Hawg For You
Love Have Mercy
Don’t Mess With Cupid (Mono) (Bonus Track)
Trick Or Treat (Mono) (Bonus Track)
Loving By The Pound (Mono) (Bonus Track)
You Left The Water Running (Mono) (Bonus Track)
Try A Little Tenderness (Take 1, Stereo) (Bonus Track)
Disc 2 (Original Album in Stereo plus bonus tracks)
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
I’m Sick Y’all
Tennessee Waltz
Sweet Lorene
Try A Little Tenderness
Day Tripper
My Lover’s Prayer
She Put The Hurt On Me
Ton Of Joy
You’re Still My Baby
Hawg For You
Love Have Mercy
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) (Stereo) (Bonus Track)
Day Tripper (Stereo) (Bonus Track)
Try A Little Tenderness (Live) (Stereo) (Bonus Track)
Then, on October 21, Stax will release Live at the Whiskey A Go Go: The Complete Recordings.
In Person at the Whiskey a Go Go was released in October 1968 with ten tracks from a series of shows in April 1966 at the L.A. landmark.
Redding performed a total of seven shows from April 8 to April 10 and, for the first time, every song from every set is being released on the new set. Remixed and remastered from the original four-track tapes, the album not only recreates the original sets but also, for the first time, includes all of the between songs banter.
Also included in the package is a poster and new liner notes by DJ Lynell George and co-producer Bill Bentley.
The track list:
Disc 1 (Friday, April 8, 1966)
Set 1
Introduction
I Can’t Turn You Loose
Pain in My Heart
Good To Me
Just One More Day
Mr. Pitiful
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Set 2
I’m Depending on You
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
Good to Me
Security
Respect
Disc 2 (Friday, April 8, 1966)
Set 2 (cont.)
Just One More Day
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Any Ole Way
These Arms of Mine
I Can’t Turn You Loose
Pain in My Heart
Good to Me
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Disc 3 (Saturday, April 9, 1966)
Set 1
Introduction
Mr. Pitiful
Good to Me
Respect
Just One More Day
I Can’t Turn You Loose
Ole Man Trouble
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Disc 4 (Saturday, April 9, 1966)
Set 2
Introduction
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Any Ole Way
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
I’m Depending on You
I Can’t Turn You Loose
Set 3
Introduction
Security
Just One More Day
These Arms of Mine
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
I Can’t Turn You Loose
Chained and Bound
Respect
Disc 5 (Sunday, April 10, 1966)
Set 1
Introduction
I’m Depending on You
I Can’t Turn You Loose
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Chained and Bound
Just One More Day
Any Ole Way
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Disc 6 (Sunday, April 10, 1966)
Set 2
Introduction
Destiny
Security
Good to Me
Respect
Chained and Bound
Mr. Pitiful
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Ole Man Trouble
I Can’t Turn You Loose
A Hard Day’s Night
These Arms of Mine
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
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