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Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - King & Queen Audio CD

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Otis Redding & Carla Thomas Band: Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
Title: King & Queen
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Release Date: 1991-06-11
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 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 Resolution 8: It Takes Two 9: Are You Lonely for Me, Baby? 10: Bring It on Home to Me 11: Ooh Carla, Ooh Otis

Otis Redding's Recordings
Otis Blue is in stereo if you get the double CD version because one CD is stereo, the other the original MONO. The problem with all of Otis Redding's recordings is they are all in MONO, only one was recorded in STEREO.

Personally, I hate listening to anything is MONO even Otis, and I love the man's voice.


1960's revisited
Although dated, it still pleases the mind, soul, and body. I had this album when it first came out and loved it.


King & Queen: Aces
Sam Phillips' Sun Studio, launched in February 1952, boasted Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison. Memphis has produced many great musicians. Beale Street started BB King's career. And then there was Stax/Volt, home to Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Johnnie Taylor and Rufus Thomas. These Stax acts, ably backed by one of the greatest studio bands of all time, otherwise known as Booker T. and the MGs, have left us unmatched rhythm and blues. (Now, I'm not going to get into the argument of which had the greatest studio band, Detroit's Motown, Atlantic's Muscle Shoals, or Stax: I'm just not competent to do so, unfortunately. I'm just going to say that with Booker T and the MGs behind him, Otis Redding has to be on the short list for greatest rhythm and blues singer, greatest Southern soul singer, however you prefer to characterize his music. ) "Sitting on The Dock of the Bay," "Knock on Wood," "Try a Little Tenderness," "I'm Coming Home:" the man had range. What he didn't have, on his own, was humor: that's where Carla Thomas, daughter of Rufus, came in. "Tramp" is an exuberant corn-pone-flavored duet: once heard, it lingers in the mind, or at least in mine. It's funny. The rest of this record, first released in 1967, lingers well, too: the covers of several rock and roll masterpieces like "Tell It Like It Is," "It Takes Two,"and "Bring It On Home to Me," are crisp, light-handed, and sure-footed.

People say that the late, great Marvin Gaye never sang better than when he was paired with Tammi Terrell; that's a matter of personal taste, and I wouldn't say the same about Otis Redding and Carla Tucker. I would say they sang superbly together: if you love 1960's Southern soul, you want to get this rare record before it goes out of print.


Awesome
The rest kick ass too. I had to write this because I couldn't believe that none of the people that already reviewed it mentioned "Are You Lonely For Me, Baby?" Definately the best song on the album and one of the best Otis ever recorded.


The Perfect Duo
The song "Tramp" with their clever exchange of lyrics, and gold digger/dirt farmer jokes is a hoot. How can anybody from Georgia - even the South - not think that Carla Thomas & Otis Redding are sui generis. "Otis," says Carla, "you ain't nuthin' but country. " Otis replies, "That's right, baby. Yes I is. " She complains, "You can't buy me diamonds or minks. " And he comes back, "Why, woman, I can buy you anything you want - rat, squirrell, frog, anything!" The romantic songs are as good as it gets, as well.


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