Limited three CD set. This is the ultimate Otis Redding story, told through every 45 the King Of Soul cut during his legendary reign at Stax Records. The sound that influenced The Beatles and the Stones. The songs that later became defining hits for Aretha and The Black Crowes. The grooves sampled by Public Enemy and Jay-Z and Kanye. Every single, A-side and B, is pictured full-size and heard in its original, booming mono mix. This is your chance to see and hear Otis Redding the way he first ripped through transistor radios, jukeboxes and portable record players on his way to changing Rock and Soul forever.
R**S
Great Soul Music - Poor Value
Otis Redding is the King of Soul for me and this is a great 3 cd set of all the singles released in the USA. The tracks are superlative. So it's 5 stars for content.What lets this down, as previous reviewers have written, is the packaging and sleeve notes. Firstly, the sleeve notes. They are all-too-brief - one page liner notes about the recordings generally. There's an error relating to track 10 disc 3 which is a live track but not mentioned or referred to in the notes. It feels like nobody could be bothered to make it really interesting by providing detailed liner notes. (Compare this with the Complete Motown Singles issues which have really good notes).The packaging itself is clumsy. Getting the cds out is awkward and the track listing on the back is held on by clear-tac. The pages with pictures of each of the A&B sides are kinda interesting but adding notes on each single would have made this purchase much more worthwhile.So should you buy it ? If you are a collector then probably yes, although it's not good value (since I purchased my copy the price has decreased) and you'll probably have all the tracks elsewhere. If you're a casual fan you'd do better by looking at the Very Best of Otis Redding Vols 1 & 2 or the Original Album Series.
O**F
It is the music and the sound quality that matter
Actually - I like the packaging. It is kind of cool and artsy. Sure, you don't get the background story etc but this you can easily find elsewhere.I am blown away by the quality of the music - in most cases you could not tell which is the A side and which is the B side. For me who knows Otis from Otis Blue and the hits, there is so much new good music here to discover.And the new mastering is so good - the mono mixes shines on both resolution and punch.
D**Y
Five Stars
Prima !!
V**N
poor quality
i cannot believe what they are charging for this set.3cds in a cardboard block with photos of the singles.many are identical apart from the title.very poor quality there are scratches on some labels.writing on one sleeve and a price tag on another?this could easily have been cleaned up.a mono Otis blue and an unreleased live album should have been included.it should be a 3cd set with a detailed booklet in a fold out digi-pack.then £14.99 is the most this would be worth.Complete Stax / Volt Singles
A**N
Otis Redding
this excellent compilation is ruined by poor packaging and non existent liner notes which is of poor service to both committed fand new fans again the label has let the artist down in pursuit of a fast buck.
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