Track Listing

1. Respect
2. I Can't Turn You Loose
3. I've Been Loving You Too Long
4. My Girl
5. Shake
6. Satisfaction
7. Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)
8. These Arms Of Mine
9. Day Tripper
10. Try A Little Tenderness

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61901 in Music
• Released on: 1995-02-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Live, Import
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
Otis Redding's studio recordings remain some of soul's greatest moments, yet it was primarily his live performances that made Redding's reputation so stunning in the years prior to his death. In fact, at the time of his death, Redding had recently stolen the show at 1967's legendary Monterey Pop Festival. This live document was released only a month after that California performance in July of '67--and it's an even better set than the one that made him famous in the States. In fact, it's a tossup between this and In Person at the Whisky a Go Go (released posthumously), in regards to capturing the soul great onstage in all his glory. But as much as the California hippies seemed to love Redding at the Whisky and at Monterey Pop, in Europe he was simply adored. That may be what gives this performance the slight edge as Redding runs through a standard set, spotlighting both some of his biggest hits as well as covers of tunes made famous by the Beatles, the Stones, the Temptations, the Isley Brothers and Sam Cooke. Critic Sid Griffin suggested that this "is simply one of the few albums to give James Brown's breathtaking Live at the Apollo a run for its money"--and, really, you can't do any better than that. --Bill Holdship

CD Description
Recorded in March of 1967, this raw-boned performance ably demonstrated Otis Redding's fiery live persona. Solidly backed by the Memphis Horns and Booker T. & The MG's, Redding's phrasing and excitement rivaled fellow Georgia native James Brown. Equally at home with ballads and uptempo material (much of it self-penned), Redding was also a master interpreter. His facility as a song stylist extended to include everything from Smokey Robinson and Sam Cooke to the rock & roll ofthe Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Three months after thisperformance, his Monterey Pop appearance propelled Redding to massive crossover success.

Customer Reviews

Outstanding
Let me start by saying that this is such a good live album. If you like Otis and want a good live album by him, then this is definitely the place to start. I've got quite a few of his live albums (whiskey a go go etc) and have to say that this is him at his best. His voice is incredible, and he has great interaction with the crowd. It gives you shivers to hear him sing fa fa fa fa (sad song), with the crowd singing along so obviously enjoying themselves. You also get some great ballads as well. The only down side is that it is just over 38 mins long and when a live album is as good as this, you are left wanting more. Buy a perfect piece of soul music and enjoy.

Got to have some more of Otis
This has got to be among the best live albums of all time. It contains blistering soul standards such as opener "Respect" and "Shake", crowd pleasing covers of "Day Tripper" and "Satisfaction" (with the trademark riff played by the horn section, as Keith Richards originally intended), as well as Otis' trademark ballads. The three things that make this record truly great though are the incomparable backing band, Otis' interaction with the audience (who clearly worship him, just listen to the reception he gets when he comes onstage) and the showstopping rendition of "Try A Little Tenderness" which closes the set, climaxing with the audience erupting and the MC pleading with Otis to come back for an encore.

I also agree with the assessment that this is better than his Monterey set, as listening to tracks from the earlier show the band is guilty of playing a little TOO fast. "Live In Europe", however, is indisputably fantastic stuff from a complete legend.

I may wander from the path, but I always return to Otis
I first heard this album on an old vinyl copy back in about 1980, around about the same time as The Blues Brothers came out on film. I was hooked then and I have been ever since. Sure, sometimes I wander from the true path of soul, but just listen to this album's show stopper, Otis' take on an old foxtrot (I believe) called Try a little Tenderness, and tell me this is not a must have record. This is one of the ultimate soul recordings. That bloke in The Commitments was brave to try and match this, but inevitably he didn't.