Soul Manifesto: 1964 - 1970 (12CD)

CD1

1. Pain In My Heart
2. The Dog
3. Stand By Me
4. Hey Hey Baby
5. You Send Me
6. I Need Your Lovin'
7. These Arms Of Mine
8. Louie Louie
9. Something Is Worrying Me
10. Security
11. That's What My Heart Needs
12. Lucille

CD2

1. That's How Strong My Love Is
2. Chained & Bound
3. Woman, Lover, A Friend
4. Your One & Only Man
5. Nothing Can Change This Love
6. It's Too Late
7. For Your Precious Love
8. I Want To Thank You
9. Come To Me
10. Home In Your Heart
11. Keep Your Arms Around Me
12. Mr Pitiful

CD3

1. Ole Man Trouble
2. Respect
3. Change Gonna Come
4. Down In The Valley
5. I've Been Loving You Too Long
6. Shake
7. My Girl
8. Wonderful World
9. Rock Me Baby
10. Satisfaction
11. You Don't Miss Your Water

CD4

1. Just One More Day
2. It's Growing
3. Cigarettes & Coffee
4. Chain Gang
5. Nobody Knows You (When You're Down & Out)
6. Good To Me
7. Scratch My Back
8. Treat Her Right
9. Everybody Makes A Mistake
10. Any Ole Way
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CD5

1. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
2. I'm Sick Y'all
3. Tennessee Waltz
4. Sweet Lorene
5. Try A Little Tenderness
6. Day Tripper
7. My Lover's Prayer
8. She Put The Hurt On Me
9. Ton Of Joy
10. You're Still My Baby
11. Hawg For You
12. Love Have Mercy

CD6

1. Knock On Wood
2. Let Me Be Good To You
3. Tramp
4. Tell It Like It Is
5. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
6. Lovey Dovey
7. New Year's Resoltuion
8. It Takes Two
9. Are You Lonely For Me Baby
10. Bring It On Home To Me
11. Ooh Carla, Ooh Oti

CD7

1. Respect
2. Can't Turn You Loose
3. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
4. My Girl
5. Shake
6. Satisfaction
7. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
8. These Arms Of Mine
9. Day Tripper
10. Try A Little Tenderness

CD8

1. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
2. I Love You More Than Words Can Say
3. Let Me Come On Home
4. Open The Door
5. Don't Mess With Cupid
6. The Glory Of Love
7. I'm Coming Home To See About You
8. Tramp (with Carla Thomas)
9. The Huckle-Buck
10. Nobody Knows You (When You're Down & Out)
11. Ole Man Trouble

CD9

1. I've Got Dreams To Remember
2. You've Made A Man Out Of Me
3. Nobody's Fault But Mine
4. Hard To Handle
5. Thousand Miles Away
6. The Happy Song (Dum-Duma-De-De-De-Dum-Dum)
7. Think About It
8. A Waste Of Time
9. Champagne & Wine
10. A Fool For You
11. Amen

CD10

1. I Can't Turn You Loose
2. Pain In My Heart
3. Just One More Day
4. Mr Pitiful
5. (I Can't Get No) Satsifaction
6. I'm Depending On You
7. Any Ole Way
8. These Arms Of Mine
9. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
10. Respect

CD11

1. I'm A Changed Man
2. (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher & Higher
3. That's A Good Idea
4. I'll Let Nothing Separate Us
5. Direct Me
6. Love Man
7. Groovin' Time
8. Your Feeling Is Mine
9. Got To Get Myself Together
10. Free Me
11. A Lover's Question
12. Look At That Girl

CD12

1. Demonstration
2. Tell The Truth
3. Out Of Sight
4. Give Away None Of My Love
5. Wholesale Love
6. I Got The Will
7. Johnny's Heartbreak
8. Snatch A Little Piece
9. Slippin' & Slidin'
10. The Match Game
11. A Little Time
12. Swingin' On A String

With his powerful voice and boundless energy, Otis Redding helped define the sound of Sixties soul like no other male singer. Before his untimely death, the Georgia singer recorded an unrivaled body of work with the Stax Records house band that includes such incomparable classics as “Try A Little Tenderness,” “Pain In My Heart,” and the #1 hit “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.”

Undoubtedly, The Big O’s crowning achievement was Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul. Released on September 15, 1965, this landmark album celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Redding recorded the majority of Otis Blue in a whirlwind 24-hour studio session in July of 1965, backed by the Booker T. & The MG’s, Isaac Hayes, and the Mar-Key horns. The album went on to top the R&B charts behind such iconic singles as “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” his take on The Rolling Stones classic “Satisfaction,” and “Respect,” a song famously covered two years later by Aretha Franklin. Otis Blue continues to be recognized as one of the most important recordings ever, being recognized by both Rolling Stone and Time Magazine as one of the greatest 100 albums of all time.

One of the enduring mysteries of music history is the identity of the woman on the cover of Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul. The photo was a stock image licensed for use on the cover, which was standard at the time. Recently, the photographer, Peter Sahula, told Stax Museum archivist Tim Sampson that "I'm almost sure this is Dagmar [Dreger], but I can't find any others from that shooting, and her face is in shadow. So it's hard for me even to be sure…” Sahula further went on to explain that if it wasn’t Dagmar, it was almost certainly Nico, the enigmatic singer for The Velvet Underground, who was also an occasional model for Mr. Sahula’s shoots. Mr. Sahula has no record of the shoot, and there is no further information in the Stax Archives. In an effort to solve this mystery once and for all, it is now being put to the fans to help Rhino, The Estate of Otis Redding, and the public to find Dagmar.

In 2008, Rhino released a two-CD Collector’s Edition with stereo and mono versions of the original album, plus previously unreleased alternate mixes, as well as selections from Redding’s explosive live albums Live At The Whisky A Go Go and Live In Europe. After several years out of print, Rhino is bringing the Collector’s Edition of Otis Blue back for the 50th. It will be available on September 18.

This fall, Otis Blue will be included in Rhino’s 12-CD boxed set SOUL MANIFESTO: 1964-1970. The collection features the eight studio and live albums that Redding recorded between 1964 and 1967, as well as several essential posthumous sets. SOUL MANIFESTO will be available on October 30. T

SOUL MANIFESTO offers an in-depth look at the Redding’s remarkable career, including his 1964 debut Pain In My Heart and 1967’s King & Queen, an album he recorded with singer Carla Thomas and the last studio album released during his lifetime. The set also comes with four posthumous releases, including 1968’s The Dock Of The Bay, which topped the R&B chart that year and featured Redding’s classic “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay.”

With the albums on SOUL MANIFESTO, Redding forever raised the benchmark for singers with his unforgettable performances on indispensable tracks like “Tramp,” “Shake,” “Security,” “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song),” “I Can’t Turn You Loose,” “Mr. Pitiful,” and “Chained And Bound.”