Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul

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Annotation

50th Anniversary Edition

Annotation last modified on 2016-12-30 10:16 UTC.

Tracklist

▶CD 1: The Original Mono Album
▼CD 2: The Original Stereo Album
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1Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-08-30)
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1966-08-30)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1966-08-30)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1966-08-30)
organ:
Isaac Hayes (on 1966-08-30)
piano:
Booker T. Jones (on 1966-08-30)
tenor saxophone:
Gilbert Caples (on 1966-08-30) and Andrew Love (on 1966-08-30)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys)) (on 1966-08-30)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1966-08-30)
recording of:
Fa‐Fa‐Fa‐Fa‐Fa (Sad Song) (on 1966-08-30)
writer:
Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
32:40
2I'm Sick y'All
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-09-13)
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1966-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1966-09-13)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1966-09-13)
tenor saxophone:
Gilbert Caples (on 1966-09-13) and Andrew Love (on 1966-09-13)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys)) (on 1966-09-13)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1966-09-13)
recording of:
I’m Sick Y’all (on 1966-09-13)
writer:
Steve Cropper, David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter) and Otis Redding
2:50
3Tennessee Waltz
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-09-13)
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1966-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1966-09-13)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1966-09-13)
tenor saxophone:
Gilbert Caples (on 1966-09-13) and Andrew Love (on 1966-09-13)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys)) (on 1966-09-13)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1966-09-13)
cover recording of:
Tennessee Waltz (on 1966-09-13)
lyricist:
Redd Stewart (in 1946)
composer:
Pee Wee King (in 1946)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Cinephonic Music Co., Ltd. and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
2:50
4Sweet Lorene
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-09-13)
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1966-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1966-09-13)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1966-09-13)
tenor saxophone:
Gilbert Caples (on 1966-09-13) and Andrew Love (on 1966-09-13)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys)) (on 1966-09-13)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1966-09-13)
recording of:
Sweet Lorene (on 1966-09-13)
writer:
Isaac Hayes, Alvertis Isbell and Otis Redding
2:31
5Try a Little Tenderness
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-09-13)
producer:
Steve Cropper, Otis Redding and Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1966-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1966-09-13)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1966-09-13)
tenor saxophone:
Gilbert Caples (on 1966-09-13) and Andrew Love (on 1966-09-13)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys)) (on 1966-09-13)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1966-09-13)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 136) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 204)
cover recording of:
Try a Little Tenderness (on 1966-09-13)
lyricist:
James Campbell (British songwriter and music publisher) and Reginald Connelly
composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
BMG Recordi ex Recordi G.&C., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (on 1932-11-04)
4.253:49
6Day Tripper
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-09-13)
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1966-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1966-09-13)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1966-09-13)
tenor saxophone:
Gilbert Caples (on 1966-09-13) and Andrew Love (on 1966-09-13)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys)) (on 1966-09-13)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1966-09-13)
cover recording of:
Day Tripper (on 1966-09-13)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
3.52:45
7My Lover's Prayer
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-05-03)
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
baritone saxophone:
Floyd Newman (on 1966-05-03)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1966-05-03)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1966-05-03)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1966-05-03)
keyboard [piano, organ]:
Isaac Hayes (on 1966-05-03)
tenor saxophone:
Charles Axton (on 1966-05-03)
trumpet:
Sammy Coleman (on 1966-05-03) and Gene “Bowlegs” Miller (American trumpeter) (on 1966-05-03)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1966-05-03)
recording of:
My Lover’s Prayer (on 1966-05-03)
lyricist and composer:
Otis Redding
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
3.153:06
8She Put the Hurt on Me [mono]
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-09-13)
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1966-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1966-09-13)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1966-09-13)
tenor saxophone:
Gilbert Caples (on 1966-09-13) and Andrew Love (on 1966-09-13)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys)) (on 1966-09-13)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1966-09-13)
recording of:
She Put the Hurt on Me (on 1966-09-13)
lyricist and composer:
Otis Redding
2:35
9Ton of Joy
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-09-13)
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1966-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1966-09-13)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1966-09-13)
tenor saxophone:
Gilbert Caples (on 1966-09-13) and Andrew Love (on 1966-09-13)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys)) (on 1966-09-13)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1966-09-13)
recording of:
Ton of Joy (on 1966-09-13)
lyricist and composer:
Otis Redding
2:43
10You're Still My Baby
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-09-13)
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1966-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1966-09-13)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1966-09-13)
tenor saxophone:
Gilbert Caples (on 1966-09-13) and Andrew Love (on 1966-09-13)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys)) (on 1966-09-13)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1966-09-13)
cover recording of:
You're Still My Baby (on 1966-09-13)
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Willis
publisher:
Edward Kassner Music Co. Ltd.
3:39
11Hawg for You
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-09-13)
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1966-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1966-09-13)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1966-09-13)
tenor saxophone:
Gilbert Caples (on 1966-09-13) and Andrew Love (on 1966-09-13)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys)) (on 1966-09-13)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1966-09-13)
recording of:
Hawg for You (on 1966-09-13)
lyricist and composer:
Otis Redding
3:25
12Love Have Mercy
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-09-13)
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1966-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1966-09-13)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1966-09-13)
tenor saxophone:
Gilbert Caples (on 1966-09-13) and Andrew Love (on 1966-09-13)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys)) (on 1966-09-13)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1966-09-13)
recording of:
Love Have Mercy (on 1966-09-13)
writer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
2:26
13Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) (Live, 1967)
recorded in:
Europe (in 1967-03)
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (in 1967-03)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (in 1967-03)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (in 1967-03)
organ:
Booker T. Jones (in 1967-03)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Arnold (in 1967-03) and Andrew Love (in 1967-03)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys)) (in 1967-03)
vocals:
Otis Redding (in 1967-03)
3:49
14Day Tripper (Live, 1967)
recorded in:
Europe (in 1967-03)
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (in 1967-03)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (in 1967-03)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (in 1967-03)
organ:
Booker T. Jones (in 1967-03)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Arnold (in 1967-03) and Andrew Love (in 1967-03)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys)) (in 1967-03)
vocals:
Otis Redding (in 1967-03)
3:31
15Try a Little Tenderness (Live, 1967)
recorded in:
Europe (on 1967-03-21)
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1967-03-21)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1967-03-21)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1967-03-21)
organ:
Booker T. Jones (on 1967-03-21)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Arnold (on 1967-03-21) and Andrew Love (on 1967-03-21)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys)) (on 1967-03-21)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1967-03-21)
live cover recording of:
Try a Little Tenderness (on 1967-03-21)
lyricist:
James Campbell (British songwriter and music publisher) and Reginald Connelly
composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
BMG Recordi ex Recordi G.&C., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (on 1932-11-04)
56:50