OTIS REDDING The Dock of The Bay Sessions SEALED 180 Gram LP

Description: OTIS REDDING The Dock of The Bay Sessions hails from 2018 and is a SEALED 180 Gram LP (blackened UPC). Otis Redding was on top of the world in 1967, highlighted by a career-defining performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Returning to Memphis that fall, Redding began to explore different musical influences when he entered the studio to record his next album. Tragically, those sessions were cut short after only a few weeks when the singer died in a plane crash on December 10, 1967, leaving his vision for the album unrealized. While there will never be a definitive idea of what Redding's next album would have been, this new collection is the first to show what could have been. The Dock Of The Bay Sessions are being released as part of the ongoing 50th anniversary celebration of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." March 2018 marks the golden anniversary of the legendary single topping both the pop and R&B charts in 1968 and becoming Redding's first No. 1 hit. The 12-song Dock Of The Bay Sessions collection, presented here on 180g vinyl, was compiled with input from Roger Armstrong of Ace Records and Otis biographer Jonathan Gould and has the Redding family's full endorsement. Although the individual tracks have been previously released across a smattering of posthumous albums and compilations, this marks the first time they have been assembled in one place. You can hear it in the stripped-back funk of "Hard To Handle," and the shades of Bob Dylan - whose music Redding loved - in the beautiful lyricism of "Gone Again." Even so, his take on the Impressions' hit "Amen" makes it clear that Redding hadn't abandoned his gospel roots. He hadn't forgotten how to get people dancing either. On the rave-up "Love Man," The Big O gets things shaking with help from Al Jackson Jr.'s propulsive beat, and rhythmic blasts of pure Memphis horn. And just to prove he can still provide heart-stopping ballads, there's his own "I've Got Dreams To Remember," with lyrics Redding adapted from a poem written by his beloved wife Zelma. The album's opener, "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," was one of the last songs Redding ever recorded. Released in January 1968, it soon topped the charts on March 16, going on to sell more than four million copies and becoming the first posthumous No. 1 single in the history of the U.S. music charts. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The BayThink About ItHard To HandleThe Happy Song (Dum-Dum)Love ManDirect MeI've Got Dreams To RememberChampagne And WinePounds And Hundreds (LBS + 100S)I'm A Changed ManGone Again Amen

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Location: Yorba Linda, California

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