Tag: Otis Redding Live Albums

Live Albums By Otis Redding

Otis Redding died at the height of his fame in December 1967 when he was 26 years old. \His legend lives as possibly the greatest male classic soul singer.

Studio Albums By Otis Redding

It’s useful to see the timing of the studio albums.

1964 Pain in My Heart
1965 The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
1965 Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
1966 The Soul Album
1966 Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
1967 King & Queen (duets with Carla Thomas)

Live Albums By Otis Redding

There are limited sources of live recordings for Otis Redding – Whisky A Go-Go, Europe, Monteray – but it’s still been released in various versions.

Otis Redding has the following live albums:

1966-04 In Person at the Whisky a Go Go
1966-04 Good to Me: Live at the Whisky a Go Go, Vol. 2
1966-04 Live on the Sunset Strip
1967-03 Live in Europe
1967-03 Live in London and Paris
1967-06 Historic Performances at Monterey (also Jimi Hendrix)

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Buying Albums By Otis Redding

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Monterey International Pop Festival (Box Set of 4 CDs)

Monterey International Pop Festival is a box set of four CDs containing 70 tracks from the festival on June 16 to 18, 1967 covering many different artists including Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, The Mamas and The Papas and others.

There is also a two CD version with 26 tracks but, if you get that, I suspect you will keep wishing that you’ve spent a little more for this one and bought the newly released tracks on mp3.

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Various Artists Apollo Saturday Night 1964

Apollo Saturday Night is an early live album featuring some soul greats including Otis Redding and Ben E King.

Other artists to feature are The Falcons (with Wilson Pickett), Doris Troy, Rufus Thomas and The Coasters. King Curis and his band provided the musical backing for the singers.

It was recorded at the Apollo Theatre in New York City in 1964 and was released the same year.

Various Artists Apollo Saturday Night

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Otis Redding Live in London And Paris 1967

Live in London and Paris is a live album by Otis Redding. It can be seen as an expanded version of the Live In Europe album issued while Otis Redding was still alive in 1967.

It was recorded on the Stax Volt European tour in March 1967 but not released until 2008.

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Best Otis Redding Live Album

We only have three sources of material for experiencing Otis Redding performing live, or at least that’s all that’s been discovered so far.

  • April 1966 at the Whisky A Go Go
  • The Stax Volt tour of Europe in March 1967
  • The Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967 where Redding was restricted to performing only 5 songs.

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Otis Redding In Person At The Whisky A Go Go 1966

In Person At The Whisky A Go Go is a live album by soul legend Otis Redding. It was recorded at the Whisky A Go Go club in Los Angeles, early in 1966 before he’d made his reputation with a white audience at the Monterey festival.

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