Dreams to Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding

Otis Redding

Overview

Stax/Volt Revue: Live in Norway 1967 captures an evening of live music featuring some of the best soul artists of the time. The documentary features over an hour of live music from Otis Redding, Eddie Floyd, Booker T. & the MG's, and Sam and Dave.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/02/2007
UPC:	0888072703094
Original Release:	2007
Source:	Stax
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[monaural, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:15:00

Special Features

Booker t. & the MGs Green Onions (Version #2); Full-length commentary track with Steve Cropper, Wayne Jackson and Rob Bowman; A look back at the tour with Sam Moore, Jim Stewart, Wayne Jackson and Steve Cropper; 24-page booklet with an essay by Grammy-winning writer and Stax historian Rob Bowman

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Otis Redding	Primary Artist
Otis Redding	Performer
Arthur Conley	Primary Artist,Performer
Booker T. & the MG's	Performer,Primary Artist
Eddie Floyd	Performer
The Mar-Keys	Primary Artist
Eddie Floyd	Primary Artist
Mar-Keys	Performer
Sam & Dave	Primary Artist
Donald "Duck" Dunn	Bass
Wayne Jackson	Trumpet
Al Jackson, Jr.	Drums
Joe Arnold	Sax (Tenor)
Steve Cropper	Guitar
Booker T. Jones	Organ
Dave Prater	Vocals
David Peck	Director
Phillip Galloway	Director
Andrew Love	Sax (Tenor)

Technical Credits

Eddie Floyd	Composer
Deanie Parker	Composer
Ronald White	Composer
Sam Cooke	Composer
Wayne Jackson	Commentary
Rob Bowman	Producer,Commentary,Liner Notes
Jimmy Campbell	Composer
Roger Armstrong	Collage
Lowell Fulson	Composer
Naomi Neville	Composer
Jerry Butler	Composer
Reginald Connelly	Composer
McElvoy Robinson	Composer
Otis Redding	Composer
Al Jackson, Jr.	Composer
Zelma Redding	Composer,Photography,Executive Producer
Steve Cropper	Composer,Commentary
Keith Richards	Composer
Booker T. Jones	Composer,Liner Notes
Smokey Robinson	Composer
Lewie Steinberg	Composer
Mick Jagger	Composer
Bill Millar	Photography
Ray Avery	Photography
Tony Gale	Photography
Jan Persson	Photography
Morgan Neville	Interviewer
Janice Pearson	Photography
William J. Hill	Composer
David Peck	Editing,Producer,Liner Notes,Production Notes
Phillip Galloway	Editing,Producer,Liner Notes,Production Notes
Tom Gulotta	Art Direction,Collage,Design

Editorial Reviews

The dearth of quality footage capturing the legends featured here make DVD packages such as this nothing short of indispensable. Industrious enthusiasts have circulated a roughly hour-long bootleg of the NRK (Norway's state owned and operated television) broadcast for years. However, good things indeed come to those who have waited for a legit version. Another 20 minutes of previously unseen footage initially excised from the initial broadcast was located and seamlessly edited in by Steve Scoville. In doing so, he created the most accurate and complete audio-visual documentation of the all-star "Stax/Volt Review" during their historic 1967 European tour. Headlining the multi-act show was Otis Redding, followed by Sam & Dave, Arthur Conley, and Eddie Floyd. As always, support came in the form of the Mar-Keys' three-piece horn section and Stax house band Booker T. & the M.G.'s with Steve Cropper (guitar), Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass), Al Jackson (drums), and the combo's namesake Booker T. Jones (keyboards). As evidenced by every note they play, the Mar-Keys and Booker T. & the M.G.'s are clearly as responsible for the hit-making as the vocalists who often garnered the spotlight. The show opens with a pair of instrumentals that had been hits in Europe for Booker T. & The M.G.'s -- "Red Beans & Rice" and the quartet's signature "Green Onions." A second take of the latter is among the disc's bonus material. More about the rest of those extras in a moment. A triple shot of the Mar-Keys follows with "Philly Dog," the rarely played "Grab This Thing" -- which was a huge platter in Euro discotheques at the time -- and a particularly inspired stab at "Last Night" -- undoubtedly the best-known selection of the three. Arthur Conley -- the sole Atlantic Records representative on the program -- comes out swinging with his stomping take of Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour" followed by an extended rave-up of his own smash "Sweet Soul Music." The criminally underrated Eddie Floyd makes a brief but memorable appearance as he wails passionately, summoning a verve sadly missing from most modern (i.e. 21st century) R&B acts. The double dynamite of Sam Moore (vocals) and Dave Prater (vocals) is absolutely absorbing. Between their high-energy and step-perfect dance routines the pair stalk the edge of the stage like caged animals, belting out transcendent readings of "You Don't Know Like I Know," "Soothe Me," a slightly truncated but emotively essential "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby, Something Is Wrong with Me" and -- as if fuelled by sheer will -- a showstopping encore of "Hold On, I'm Comin'" that causes brief pandemonium as the stars jump down and mingle with the otherwise responsive, yet respectful crowd. Few could follow the dynamic duo of Sam & Dave, luckily Otis Redding (vocals) fits the bill with soul to spare. With only five songs represented here, it is likely that Redding's set is being joined in-progress as viewers are treated to one of the only known videos of the artist singing the fun and funky "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)," before launching into a groovy interpretation of the Temptations' "My Girl." The pilot light gets lit underneath Redding as he propels through his update of Sam Cooke's "Shake." The final one-two punch begins with an incendiary trouncing of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" and concludes with the suitable benediction of "Try a Little Tenderness." In retrospect, how else could he have ended? In some respects, the bonuses rival that of the main event. In addition to being retrofitted with Dolby stereo and extrapolated 5.1 audio playback options, there is a full-length running commentary hosted by Stax historian Rob Bowman, Steve Cropper, and Wayne Jackson from the Mar-Keys. Additional snapshots of life behind-the-music also come from Stax founder Jim Stewart -- who rarely grants interviews -- and Sam Moore as they join Cropper and Jackson in lending their perspective on the mini-documentary "A Look Back at the Tour." Accompanying the DVD is a 24-page booklet packed with rarely seen photos, an essay from Bowman, as well as David Peck and Phillip Galloway's "producer's notes" detailing the years it has taken to create such a vital video entry in the annals of music history. ~ Lindsay Planer