Otis Redding‘s ‘The Dock of the Bay’ is his seventh (and first posthumous) album recorded at Stax Studio and released on February 23, 1968 by Volt/Atco.

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1 . [Sittin’ On] The Dock Of The Bay (Official Video)

Otis Redding – The Dock of the Bay


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Track Listing : 1.(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay (Steve Cropper, Otis Redding) – 02:38 . 2.I Love You More Than Words Can Say (Eddie Floyd, Booker T. Jones) – 02:50 . 3.Let Me Come On Home (Al Jacobson, Jr., Booker T. Jones, Otis Redding) – 02:53 . 4.Open The Door (Otis Redding) – 02:21 . 5.Don’T Mess With Cupid (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Deanie Parker) – 02:28 . 6.The Glory Of Love (Billy Hill) – 02:38 . 7.I’M Coming Home To See About You (Otis Redding) – 03:03 . 8.Tramp (Lowell Fulson, Jimmy Mccracklin) – 02:32 . 9.The Huckle-Buck (Roy Alfred, Andy Gibson) – 02:58 . 10.Nobody Knows You (When You’Re Down And Out) (Jimmy Cox) – 03:10 . 11.Ole Man Trouble (Otis Redding) – 02:36


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Musicians : Otis Redding – Vocals . Carla Thomas – Vocals On (8) . Steve Cropper – Guitar . Donald “Duck” Dunn – Bass . Isaac Hayes – Keyboards . Al Jackson, Jr. – Drums . Wayne Jackson – Trumpet . Booker T. Jones – Keyboards . Andrew Love-Axton – Sax (Tenor) . Gene “Bowlegs” Miller – Trumpet . Sammy Coleman – Trumpet . Floyd Newman – Sax (Baritone) . Joe Arnold – Sax (Tenor)

Production : Produced By Steve Cropper

Package : Jerry Cunningham – Photography . Loring Eutemey – Design . Jon Landau – Liner Notes . Jim Marshall asterisques RVM – Cover Photo

Recorded On July 11, 1965 – December 8, 1967 At Stax Studo.

Released On February 23, 1968 By Volt/Atco.

(Source Otis Redding – The Dock of the Bay | Official Site)

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The Wall Street Journal
We always played a chord, with each of us taking a different note. What we put across behind Otis was simple and funky—like a call and response in church. […]

Salon
Otis Redding’s last week: The tragic story of “Dock of the Bay” and a fateful final flight The backing track was done totally off-the-cuff, shrouded in melancholy tones and tempo that matched the mood of what Otis was singing, and Cropper suggested a bridge sung at a higher key and slightly faster pace, taken from the Association’s “Windy” […]

Rolling Stone
In many ways, this is the history of Otis Redding. Tramp, his duet with Carla Thomas, really brings it home. Carla says You know what Otis? You’re country; you straight from the Georgia woods. And Otis says That’s good. It sure is. […]

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