Otis Redding - Dock of The Bay Sessions - New Vinyl Lp 2018 Volt '50th Anniversary Celebration' Pressing - Soul / R&B

Street Date: 5/18/18

Otis Redding was on top of the world in 1967, highlighted by a career-defining performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Returning to Memphis that fall, Redding began to explore different musical influences when he entered the studio to record his next album. Tragically, those sessions were cut short after only a few weeks when the singer died in a plane crash on December 10, 1967, leaving his vision for the album unrealized. While there will never be a definitive idea of what Redding’s next album would have been, this new collection is the first to show what could have been.

Rhino will release DOCK OF THE BAY SESSIONS as part of the ongoing 50^th anniversary celebration of “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.” This Friday, March 16, marks the actual 50^th anniversary of the legendary single topping both the pop and R&B charts in 1968 and becoming Redding’s first #1 hit.

DOCK OF THE BAY SESSIONS was compiled with input from Roger Armstrong of Ace Records and Otis biographer Jonathan Gould and has the Redding family’s full endorsement. Although the individual tracks have been previously released across a smattering of posthumous albums and compilations, this marks the first time they have been assembled to resemble what this album could possibly have been

Track Listing

1. “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”
2. “Think About It”*
3. “Hard To Handle”
4. “The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)”
5. “Love Man”
6. “Direct Me”
7. “I’ve Got Dreams To Remember”
8. “Champagne And Wine”*
9. “Pounds And Hundreds (LBS + 100S)”
10. “I’m A Changed Man”
11. “Gone Again”
12. “Amen”