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Otis Redding - The Very Best of Otis Redding, Vol. 2 Audio CD

A fair review of the Otis Redding "The Very Best of Otis Redding, Vol. 2" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Otis Redding reviews here, or go back to the Otis Redding tabs.

Otis Redding Band: Otis Redding
Title: The Very Best of Otis Redding, Vol. 2
Rating:
Release Date: 1995-04-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: That's What My Heart Needs 2: Come to Me 3: Security 4: Chained and Bound 5: I'm Depending on You 6: My Girl 7: Change Is Gonna Come 8: Day Tripper 9: I Love You More Than Words Can Say 10: Glory of Love 11: Knock on Wood - Carla, Otis Redding 12: Lovey Dovey - Carla, Otis Redding 13: Hard to Handle 14: Amen 15: Look at That Girl 16: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

Unfortunately Not Nearly As Comprehensive As Volume 1
Like the first one the AAD sound is fine, and there are comprehensive liner notes and content discography, but there are five tracks which do not belong in a compilation titled "The Very Best Of Otis Redding. Whereas I gave Volume One in this two-volume set full marks for both content and quality, I can only go as high as 3 stars for Volume Two. " At least not when some which fit that description are omitted.

None among Day Tripper, Change Gonna Come, My Girl, and Look At The Girl were hits for Otis, and another track, I'm Depending On You, was an uncharted flipside to one of his hits included in Volume One - I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now).

Missing from both volumes are the following: Just One More Day which, as a Volt A-side in late 1965 went to # 85 Hot 100, although the flipside, I Can't Turn You Loose [# 11 R&B] is in Volume One; and his last three posthumous hits with Atlantic's Atco subsidiary, a cover of Clyde McPhatter's A Lover's Question which which topped out at # 20 R&B/# 48 Hot 100 in April 1969, Love Man [# 17 R&B/# 72 Hot 100 in July 1969], and Free Me [# 30 R&B/# 103 Hot 100 "bubble under" in September 1969.

Why they were so meticulous in including only hits in Volume One and so negligent in Volume Two is anyone's guess, but for completist collectors it is a huge disappointment.


THE HEART OF OTIS
MY GIRL was hard to beat because the TEMPTATIONS's original is perfect;the same can be said about CHANGE GONNA COME that can be heard in the movie MALCOM X with the SAM COOKE version. While not as satisfying as volume 1 which collects OTIS's greatest hits,volume 2 has three great covers:DAY TRIPPER(almost unrecognizable but great fun to hear),KNOCK ON WOOD with CARLA THOMAS and PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG the JAMES BROWN classic being a natural for OTIS. OTIS REDDING being a legend now,has a box under his name with everything he recorded. DREAMS TO REMEMBER is an excellent anthology. Budget wise,volume 1 and 2 of this collection is a good alternative.


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