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Vocalist Andy Bey Dies at 85
Singer Andy Bey, who illuminated the jazz scene for five decades with a four-octave range that encompassed a bellowing…
An expanded and remastered two-disc collector’s edition of Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Rhino) will be released April 22.
The first disc features a remastered version of the original album in mono expanded with previously unreleased alternate mixes of “Respect,” “Ole Man Trouble” and “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” as well as remastered tracks from Redding’s live album Live At The Whisky A Go Go.
The second disc contains a remastered version of the original album in stereo expanded with a version of “Respect” recorded in 1967, plus five songs recorded live in Europe the same year featuring Redding backed onstage by Booker T. and The MG’s and horn players Wayne Jackson, Joe Arnold and Andrew Love.
The 11-song album features a version of Solomon Burke’s “Down In The Valley,” B.B. King’s “Rock Me Baby,” William Bell’s southern soul ballad “You Don’t Miss Your Water” and covers of The Temptations’ “My Girl” and The Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction.”
More info: rhino.com
“It kind of slows down, but it’s still kind of productive in a way, because you have something that you can be inspired by,” Andy Bey said on a 2019 episode of NPR Jazz Night in America, when he was 80. “The music is always inspiring.”
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