Product Description

If you're not prepared to shell out the big bucks for Rhino's earlier four-CD OTIS! box set, this sensibly put togethertwo-disc set may be all the Otis you need at a more reasonable price. Everything of note is here, including an early Pinetoppers track recorded when Redding was a Little Richard wannabe, and then all the hits from 1963's "These Arms of Mine" to the posthumous 1967 "Dock of the Bay". You also get two terrific duets with Carla Thomas, including the extremely down-home "Tramp", and five cuts from the Monterey Pop Festival, with Redding, backed by Booker T. and the MGs, laying the assembled hippies out in the aisles.

Track Listing

1. Shout Bamalama
2. These Arms Of Mine
3. That's What My Heart Needs
4. Pain In My Heart
5. Come To Me
6. Security
7. Chained And Bound
8. Mr Pitiful
9. That's How Strong My Love Is
10. I've Been Loving You Too Long
11. Respect
12. Ol' Man Trouble
13. Change Gonna Come
14. Satisfaction
15. Down In The Alley
16. Shake
17. My Girl
18. You Don't Miss Your Water
19. Cupid
20. I Can't Turn You Loose
21. Just One More Day
22. My Lover's Prayer
23. Cigarettes And Coffee
24. It's Growing
25. Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)
26. Try A Little Tenderness
27. You Left The Water Running
28. Trick Or Treat
29. Tramp
30. Lovey Dovey
31. Let Me Come On Home
32. I Love You More Than Words Can Say
33. Merry Christmas Baby
34. Glory Of Love
35. Tell The Truth
36. I've Got Dreams To Remember
37. Happy Song (Dum Dum)
38. Hard To Handle
39. Amen
40. Direct Me
41. Love Man
42. Look At The Girl
43. I'm A Changed Man
44. Match Game
45. Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay
46. Shake (2)
47. Respect (2)
48. I've Been Loving You Too Long (2)
49. Satisfaction (2)
50. Try A Little Tenderness (2)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #80005 in Music
• Released on: 1998-10-26
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Double CD

Amazon.co.uk Review
More filling than the two Very Best CDs in the Otis Redding catalogue, less hefty than the four-disc Otis! box, Dreams to Remember is a double set of highlights that's no doubt just what many new and old fans need. Mixing signature numbers such as "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "Respect" with lesser-known works of genius like "I Love You More Than Words Can Say" and "Trick or Treat", this package gives Redding his due once more--and in superfine style. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

Was Otis the greatest?
Otis Redding was only 26 years old when he died which makes it all the more amazing when listening to this collection of his music that, had he lived, he would have gained due recognition as the greatest of all popular singers. Greater even than Ray Charles, Elvis Presley or Sam Cooke whom he obviously idolised. Otis was a great songwriter too and co-wrote many of the songs we associate with him. I had forgotten just how good a vocalist Redding was until I revisited him via this excellent compilation. In a way, the dearth of dead rock stars over the past thirty years has obscured Otis's legacy so, if only to put matters right and restore the legend of Otis Redding to its rightful place at the very top, I would suggest that you invest in this CD package. I am really glad to have rediscovered Otis Redding and believe that you will be too.