Live in Europe

Live in Europe

by Otis Redding
Live in Europe

Live in Europe

by Otis Redding

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record)

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Overview

Live in Europe was the first full-length concert album released on Otis Redding, and the last LP of his work that he lived to see issued. Recorded along the Stax/Volt tour of Europe in March of 1967, it featured Redding backed by Booker T. & the MG's. Their playing, along with that of Wayne Jackson (trumpet) and Andrew Love and Joe Arnold (tenor saxes), is more elegant and elegantly articulated than the work of his usual touring band, and this album is a sort of idealized Otis Redding concert. Some of it lacks the raw excitement of Live at the Whisky a Go Go (which was recorded a year earlier than the shows where this album was cut, but not issued until a year later), but in compensation one gets all of the virtuoso flourishes and details that one would expect from this ensemble. The audience, ecstatic at the rare chance to see the soul idol in concert, is very vocal in their enthusiasm for the singer and his songs, and "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" is practically a singalong number with some finely detailed playing from Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, and Al Jackson, Jr., who, with Wayne Jackson and company, also add some exquisite grace notes to the finale, "Try a Little Tenderness." Beyond the musical power of his performance, Redding's emotions are practically overflowing as he addresses the crowd in a very personal manner as he introduces "These Arms of Mine." The only flaw in this recording, if there is one, is that it does have only ten songs, but that was the nature of the shows on this tour. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date: 02/25/2003
Label: Sundazed
UPC: 0090771513410
Rank: 41458

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Otis Redding   Primary Artist,Vocals
The Memphis Horns   Guest Artist
Booker T. & the MG's   Guest Artist
Andrew Love   Sax (Tenor)
Donald "Duck" Dunn   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Wayne Jackson   Trumpet
Al Jackson, Jr.   Drums
Joe Arnold   Sax (Tenor)
Steve Cropper   Guitar
Booker T. Jones   Organ,Keyboards

Technical Credits

Paul McCartney   Composer
Bill Inglot   Digital Remastering
Deanie Parker   Liner Notes
John Lennon   Composer
Ronald White   Composer
Sam Cooke   Composer
Jimmy Campbell   Composer,Composer
Nesuhi Ertegun   Producer
Jerry Butler   Composer
Reginald Connelly   Composer
McElvoy Robinson   Composer
Otis Redding   Composer,Lyricist
Al Jackson, Jr.   Producer
Harry Woods   Composer
William Robinson   Composer
Yves Beauvais   Reissue Producer
Steve Cropper   Composer
Keith Richards   Composer
Smokey Robinson   Composer
Mick Jagger   Composer
Tom Dowd   Recording Supervision
Bernard Yeszin   Cover Design
James Campbell   Composer
Jean-Pierre Leloir   Cover Photo
Daniel Hersch   Digital Remastering
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