Otis Redding - Is sitting at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go

October 21st 2016

Release

Stax Records release classic Otis Redding live concert

Stax Records and UMC, are pleased to announce the release of 'Otis Redding – Live at the Whisky-A-Go-Go: The Complete Recordings'. In chronological order, this six CD collection presents the entirety of Redding’s historic performances over three nights at the famed Sunset Strip venue. The seven sets, recorded Friday April 8th – Sunday April 10th,1966, feature the singer’s popular songs of the time, including 'Respect I’ve been loving you too Long” and his cover of The Rolling Stones’ '(I can’t get No) Satisfaction'.

In fact, this collection will be the first to offer fans the chance to relive all of the sets in their entirety, including between-song banter by Redding exactly as they were performed. Rounding out the package is a poster, plus new liner notes from Los Angeles based journalist Lynell George and box set co-producer Bill Bentley.

By the spring of 1966, twenty four year old Otis Redding was a bona-fide star on the R&B and Soul radio waves. The singer was enjoying the critical and commercial success of his third studio album. In fact, Redding would be the first major Soul act to perform on the Whisky’s stage.