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Personnel: Otis Redding (vocals); Steve Cropper (guitar); Andrew Love, Joe Arnold (tenor & baritone saxophones); Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Booker T. Jones, Isaac Hayes (keyboards); Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass); Al Jackson Jr (drums). Recorded in 1967. Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot And Dan Hersch (DigiPrep). This posthumously released title represents some of the great soul singer's very last recordings, made just before his tragic death in the plane crash that also claimed his horn group The Bar-Kays. The circumstances of its release notwithstanding, THE IMMORTAL OTIS REDDING is also one of the artist's greatest single albums. Sparely produced by the masterful Stax-Volt session guitarist Steve Cropper, this superb set features the equally eminent Booker T & the MGs plus a punchy horn section whose crisp charts beautifully punctuate the deep, relaxed groove at every turn. With support like this, Redding turns in some of the most nuanced, impassioned vocals of his career. While there is no one song as beautifully wrought as "(Sitting On The) Dock Of The Bay," the opening "I've Got Dreams To Remember" comes close. Cropper's own famously sensitive guitar work is in full evidence throughout, making these sessions an equal collaboration between two giants of Memphis soul.
