Original Album Series: Otis Redding＜限定盤＞

不出世の天才シンガー、オーティス・レディングがアトランティックに残した音楽世界遺産といえる名盤。アルバム5枚組のお得なBOXセット。

【収録作品情報】
(DISC-1)「ペイン・イン・マイ・ハート」(1964年作品)全米103位・全英28位
(DISC-2)「ソウル・バラードを歌う」(1965年作品)全米147位・全英30位
(DISC-3)「オーティス・ブルー」(1965年作品)全米75位・全英6位
(DISC-4)「ソウル・アルバム」(1966年作品)全米54位・全英22位
(DISC-5)「ソウル辞典」(1966年作品)全米73位・全英23位

The very face of classic Southern soul is Otis Redding, whose incendiary and passionate singing and stage presence came as close as anyone's to transferring the energy, explosiveness, and drive of Southern gospel into the secular pop world of soul. Otis Redding's recording career really only lasted five years, from 1962 through 1967 (seven studio albums in all), and the balance of it, along with his biggest hits, really only came in the last two years of that time, with his biggest hit and first number one, "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," released after his death. All of it was enough, though, to establish Redding as the greatest performer of the classic deep soul era, a designation he undoubtedly deserves. This five-disc set collects five of Redding's Atco albums in one package, including 1964's Pain in My Heart, 1965's The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads, and 1966's Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul, The Soul Album, and Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul. ~ Steve Leggett