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In Person at the Whisky a Go Go (1968)

Where the lyrics of In Person at the Whisky a Go Go take you, and where it was really made.

Recorded in April 1966, before Otis Redding's crossover fame at Monterey, this live album was released only after his death in 1968.

Key places

Recorded at the Whisky a Go Go, April 1966 (1966)

Recording site Whisky a Go Go — The album was recorded at this club on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in April 1966. Discogs gives the recording as spring 1966 at the same venue. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• In Person at the Whisky a Go Go: live album by Otis Redding
• Recorded at the Whisky a Go Go on Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, California, in April 1966
• Released posthumously in 1968
• The original issue presented a selection of songs from the three shows

Background

• The recording was made before Redding attained crossover fame at the Monterey Pop Festival
• The three shows at the club are the source material for the original release

Recording

• Discogs lists the recording as made live at the Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles, CA, in spring 1966
• Engineer credited on the Discogs release: Wally Heider
• Band: Katie Webster on keyboards and piano, James Young on guitar, Ralph Stewart on bass guitar, Elbert Woodson on drums
• Horns: Sammy Coleman and John Farris on trumpet, Clarence Johnson on trombone, Robert Holloway, Donald Henry and Robert Pittman on tenor saxophone

Cover

• Album design by Stanislaw Zagórski

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Otis Ray Redding Jr. was born September 9, 1941 in Dawson, Georgia, and raised in Macon.
• He left school at 15 to support his family, performing in local talent contests and at Macon's Douglass Theatre.
• In 1958 he joined Johnny Jenkins' band, the Pinetoppers, touring the Southern states as singer and driver.
• A Stax Records session in 1962 led to a contract and his first hit, "These Arms of Mine".

Career

• His debut album Pain in My Heart was released by Stax in 1964; he later reached a wider pop audience.
• He performed at Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, toured Europe, and played the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967.
• "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" was recorded shortly before his death and released January 1968, becoming his only Billboard Hot 100 number one.
• He died in a plane crash on December 10, 1967 in Lake Monona, near Madison, Wisconsin.
• He is known as the "King of Soul" and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released by ATCO Records in 1968, per Italian Wikipedia
• Released posthumously in 1968, after Redding's death
• The original issue drew on a selection from the three shows at the Whisky a Go Go

Reappraisal

• Another selection from the same recordings came out in 1993 as Good to Me: Live at the Whisky a Go Go, Vol. 2
• The full set of performances was released as Live at the Whisky a Go Go: The Complete Recordings on October 21, 2016

Records

• Label: ATCO Records
• Release year on the original issue: 1968

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The original issue presented a selection of songs from the three shows at the Whisky a Go Go.
• The 1993 release Good to Me: Live at the Whisky a Go Go, Vol. 2 presented another selection.
• The complete recordings came out on October 21, 2016.
• The Italian track list includes a version of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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