In Person at the Whiskey a Go Go

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In Person at the Whiskey a Go Go
In Person at the Whiskey a Go Go cover
Live album by Otis Redding
Released 1968
Recorded Whisky a Go Go, Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, California, 1966
Genre Soul music
Length 34:50
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 5/5 stars link

Otis Redding chronology
The Immortal Otis Redding
(1968)
In Person at the Whiskey a Go Go
(1968)
Love Man
(1969)


In Person at the Whiskey a Go Go is a live album by Otis Redding, recorded at the Whisky a Go Go on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California in the Spring of 1966. It was originally released in 1968. The recording was made before Otis Redding attained crossover fame at the Monterey Pop Festival, and before he played with Booker T. & the M.G.'s.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Otis Redding unless otherwise stated.

  1. "I Can't Turn You Loose" – 4:45
  2. "Pain in My Heart" (Naomi Neville - pseudonym for Allen Toussaint) – 2:13
  3. "Just One More Day" (Steve Cropper/Redding/Smokey Robinson) – 5:25
  4. "Mr. Pitiful" (Cropper/Redding) – 2:07
  5. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 4:37
  6. "I'm Depending On You" – 3:02
  7. "Any Ole Way" (Cropper/Redding) – 2:42
  8. "These Arms of Mine" – 4:01
  9. "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (James Brown) – 4:45
  10. "Respect" – 2:05

[edit] Personnel

  • Otis Redding - vocals
  • James Young - guitar
  • Robert Holloway - tenor saxophone
  • Robert Pittman - tenor saxophone
  • Donald Henry - tenor saxophone
  • Sammy Coleman - trumpet
  • John Farris - trumpet
  • Clarence Johnson - trombone
  • Ralph Stewart - bass guitar
  • Elbert Woodson - drums