Otis Redding: Soul Manifesto 1964-1970 12 cd box set due in October from Rhino

Rhino is planning a 12 cd Otis Redding box set for the end of October. Here are some of the details.

Soul Manifesto 1964-1970. This 12-CD box set includes the eight live and studio albums recorded by the Stax superstar between 1964 and 1967 as well as four posthumously-released albums. The box contains the following albums in their original track listings:
Otis Redding, Soul Manifesto 1964-1970

• Pain In My Heart (1964)
• The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (1965)
• Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965)
• The Soul Album(1966)
• Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul (1966)
• King & Queen – with Carla Thomas (1967)
• Live In Europe (1967)
• The Dock Of The Bay (1968)
• The Immortal Otis Redding (1968)
• In Person At The Whisky A Go Go (1968)
• Love Man (1969)
• Tell The Truth (1970)

 

Priceless music, of course, but nothing new to tempt the Otis fan. It also misses out on one very interesting outtakes collection, Remember Me.

 

Gul durn, need to start budgeting...

 

Otis Redding - Soul Manifesto: 1964-1970.
A blurb I read reminds people that this is the fiftieth anniversary
of Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul.

 

NIIICE!!! Must have!

 

Who is going to point out that all of these could be combined, two per disc?

When I opened this thread, was hoping it'd be some kind of comprehensive recordings anthology, since his posthumous catalog is such a mess. A 'complete Otis Redding masters' set might actually have a purpose.

 

Me too. I have 8 out of 12 of these albums already (missing the last 3 & Live In Europe.) It's likely going to be down to the flip of a coin - or the price.

 

It's missing Remember Me because that's one of the few Otis Redding releases that Atlantic didn't "steal" from Stax, and so it's owned by Fantasy/Concord.

 

I already own half of these and a comprehensive hits collection. This set looks amazing but I just can't get myself to keep purchasing everything I own a second (and sometimes 3rd and 4th) time anymore when I still have so much I've yet to hear once.

I hope the set does Otis justice and brings him a whole new listening audience, but I just can't anymore.

 

Are the Monterey performances included?

 

This collection, which was 2.91 UK pounds from Amazon when I bought it (not a price mistake--it was around that price for ages--but seems to have gone up / out of print?) has 100 Otis Redding studio tracks, which is all but 1 track from his first album, everything from the next four studio albums, everything from the two posthumous studio albums, and more. Really, the only substantial things missing are the live shows. It's a DMG/Rhino product, too.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003QLEDVC
http://www.amazon.com/100-Hits-Legends-Otis-Redding-Otis/dp/B003QLEDVC/

 

If it isn't mentioned then no as the lps are straight up reissues without bonus tracks according to the article.

 

Thanks, now I remember reading that fact.

 

But even without the Remember Me release, there are a bunch of non-LP singles and previously released rare cuts that should be included here. If you are going to release almost everything on 12 CDs, it wouldn't have hurt to add an extra CD to collect the other cuts.

Still, I'm glad that there is still a market for people to get these albums.

 

The sad thing is that the ONLY way to sell this kind of deeper catalog anymore is to package it like this. A win for customers, but reflects the very sad state of the music biz. I the total worldwide sales of all the albums included in this package last year was probably lower than a few thousand, including full price digital downloads.

 

Screw this. This guy's stuff has been issued more times than Who comps.

Wanna get some goods? Go for Otis Blue Deluxe 2 CD.

 

Rhino just released this box set last year (2014):
http://www.amazon.com/King-Soul-Otis-Redding/dp/B00GZQJ6Q2/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1441139504&sr=1-1&keywords=otis redding box
Then the prior year, Shout! Factory released this (2013):
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Stax-Volt-Singles-CD/dp/B00AK77WYA/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1441139622&sr=1-4&keywords=otis redding box

 

Great set, but unless there's some audiophile caliber remastering, these "package together every album out there" are kind of non-events.

 

Indeed, it could been a continuation of the style and the series of the respective Wilson Pickett and Percy Sledge Atlantic Studio Recordings.

 

Rhino could make this set more comprehensive by including both mono and stereo mixes (where applicable) and adding the handful of non-LP Volt singles ("Mary's Little Lamb," "Don't Leave Me This Way," "I'm Depending On You," "I Can't Turn You Loose," "White Christmas," "Merry Christmas Baby," the single version of "Shake"... am I forgetting any?).

But Rhino can't do a rarities-packed collection in the style of Wilson Pickett or Percy Sledge because they don't own anything released after 1970, let alone anything still unreleased.

 

A vinyl box of all this would be great. Rhino's reissues of Pain In My Heart, Otis Blue, and The Dock of the Bay sound really good.

 

50 pounds on Amazon UK, much less (30BP) elsewher. Wonder why...

 

There's an illicit compilation doing just that. I of course don't know where to find it; just that it's a splendid thing.

Otis Redding - THE LOST ALBUM

THESE ARMS OF MINE PAIN IN MY HEART ATCO33-159 VINYL (mono)
Try A Little Tenderness (LIVE STAX 69005 OLYMPIA - Ace 074)
Shake LIVE (single version stereo)
Cupid - (Alternate)
White Christmas (stereo)
Champagne And Wine (Alternate)
Mary's Little Lamb (mono single b side)
I've Got Dreams To Remember -(Alternate)
These Arms Of Mine (THE BEST OF K 60016 ATLANTIC overdubbed version)
That's How Strong My Love Is (THE BEST OF K 60016 ATLANTIC overdubbed version)
Merry Christmas, Baby (stereo)
Pain In My Heart (THE BEST OF K 60016 ATLANTIC overdubbed version)
These Arms Of Mine (ATCO33-159 stereo)
I Can't Turn You Loose (stereo)
Pain In My Heart (ATCO33-159 stereo)
You Left The Water Running (demo)
White Christmas MONO (mono single)
Don't leave me this way (mono single b side)
I Can't Turn You Loose (mono single)
Shake LIVE (mono single)
Merry Christmas, Baby (mono single)
I'm depending on you (mono single b side)
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (original mono single stax 45 mix )
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (mono single)
Come To Me (Alternate)
Pain In My Heart (Alternate)
A Man and a Woman- Otis Redding (advert)
Remember Me (take 1)
Stay In School (advert)

 

Thanks, but I've got all of the Otis I need, with enough duplicate tracks to make me nuts. Now some new live Otis might get me interested.