OTIS REDDING “Sings Soul Ballads” LP VOLT 411 orig mono ’65 shrink EXCELLENT

$

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Artist:  OTIS REDDING

Title:   “The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads”

Label:   VOLT  ~  # 411.  Yellow label with black text.  Mono pressing on medium weight vinyl. 

Date:  1965. 

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl retains 100% of original gloss, has been played a small number of times and handled with care.  Grades EXCELLENT with nothing more than a few slight hairline paper scuffs that are not audible.  No serious marks or distractions.  Fidelity is superb.  Labels are clean.  A very fine copy that you will never need to upgrade.  

You will be hard pressed to find another original mono copy of this, Otis Redding’s second LP offering, in such fine condition.  

JACKET:   Jacket is EXCELLENT in original shrink wrap.  Clean front and back panels.  Excellent seams and corners.  Shrink wrap has several large tears in it.  No writing, stickers, or other issues.   NOT a cutout.   

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• That’s How Strong My Love Is
• Chained and Bound
• Woman, Lover, A Friend
• Your One and Only Man
• Nothing Can Change This Love
• It’s Too Late

Side Two:

• For Your Precious Love
• I Want to Thank You
• Come to Me
• Home in Your Heart
• Keep Your Arms Around Me
• Mr. Pitiful

Review:

“The aptly named Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (1965) builds upon the strength and relative success of the vocalist's solo debut long-player, Pain in My Heart (1964).  The format -- blending a few originals with well-chosen covers -- remained consistent.  However, increasingly evident is the strength of Redding's interaction with Booker T. Jones (organ), Steve Cropper (guitar/piano), Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass), and Al Jackson, Jr. (drums), aka Booker T. & the MG's.  That relationship is sonically solidified with the singer's seemingly innate ability to sculpt his leads around the powerful Memphis Horn section of Wayne Jackson (trumpet), Charles "Packy" Axton (tenor sax), and Floyd Newman (baritone sax).  The results clearly speak for themselves with each of the album's dozen selections as all the proof one needs.  Redding's testifyin' on the opener, "That's How Strong My Love Is," was powerful enough to garner the attention of several British Invasion bands.  While it was the Rolling Stones' punkish cover that grabbed the most attention, to equal effect the Hollies and the Creation are among the others to have been similarly inspired.  Adding to that cyclical experience are the obviously sincere updates of the Chuck Willis' R&B heartbreaker "It's Too Late," "For Your Precious Love" -- which had been a huge hit for the Jerry Butler-led incarnation of the Impressions -- and Sam Cooke's "Nothing Can Change This Love."  Of the latter, Redding's take is arguably more powerful as the intimacy of his interpretation perfectly demonstrates the artist's uncanny aptitude for emotional evocation.  The Redding-penned titles likewise reflect his mentors, as "Chained and Bound" easily adopts the pleading conviction apparent in one facet of Cooke's music.  The samba groove of "I Want to Thank You" and the midtempo bounce of "A Woman, a Lover, a Friend" reflect the lighter, fun-loving side à la Cooke's "Another Saturday Night" and "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha."  Saving the best for last, the Redding/Cropper collaboration on the upbeat and bluesy "Mr. Pitiful" -- a nickname given to Redding by a local Memphis DJ -- became the platter's signature side, not to mention a significant crossover hit, landing in the Top Ten of the R&B survey and just missing the Top 40 Pop Singles chart by a solitary position.”

(review courtesy of Lindsay Planer, allmusic.com)

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