Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul

CTL-E-5272 · Work · album · 1965

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Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul is Otis Redding’s third studio album, released September 15, 1965 on Volt Records. All but one of its eleven tracks were recorded within a single 24-hour stretch, July 9–10, 1965, at Stax’s Memphis studio, with Booker T. & the M.G.’s, horn players from the Mar-Keys and the Memphis Horns, and Isaac Hayes at the piano behind him. Three songs are Redding’s own — “Ole Man Trouble,” “Respect,” and “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” — and three are by Sam Cooke, who had died the previous December; the rest remake current hits, including the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction,” as Southern soul. The album became Redding’s first to top Billboard’s R&B albums chart, reached number six on the UK Albums Chart, and placed at number 78 on Rolling Stone’s 2020 list of the 500 greatest albums.

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• Also known as: Otis Blue

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  Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Volt Records, September 15, 1965) is Otis Redding’s third studio album.

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• Wikipedia, “Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul” — article text cross-checked through two independent reproductions (MyVinyl; Bible in My Language LP entry), October 2026
• Swee Lee (Rhino/Atlantic reissue product record), “Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul” — https://www.sweelee.com.sg/products/otis-blue-otis-redding-sings-soul-otis-redding-vinyl-ae
• Best Classic Bands, “Otis Redding ‘Dock of the Bay’ Sessions Due” (Redding discography context) — https://bestclassicbands.com/otis-redding-dock-50-1-8-17/

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