Otis Redding / Soul Manifesto 1964-1970 / 12CD box set

I’m not sure if anyone is reading this but I was contacted by Rhino and they are looking to resolve the problem. I don’t think they are going to recall the boxes out there but when they ship more, correct the problem. I’m assuming they will also be sending out replacement discs.

The U.S. Remaster is fine for the a Dock. It appears that these were all manufactured n one place (EU) and the. Distributed worldwide as far as I can tell. Once again, I would urge Rhino to put more effort into these sets. A booklet like the Sony Kansas or Cheap Trick sets that include the info from the various booklets for the CD”s . Really. Rhino hire ME to put out these sets and they will be put out right the first time. I suspect that theor asset manager doesn’t really know what the heck he or she is doing. Also, make sure that the sets have the correct and Undamaged albums the first time.

Really, it’s more expensive to fix these after the fact (although Rhino could take the approach of not fixing it at all that they are here).

It’s frustrating to say the least.

The flaw on the “Dock” album still hasn’t been fixed by Rhino unless they are just hoping to burn through the current stock and then fix the problem. Sloppy work Rhino.

I sent Rhino an email this morning but received no response. Wow, Rhino sucks…that’s so disappointing! To have such little regard for artists, their art, and their fans (ie. customers). Shocking that they knew of the flaw in the mastering on their Original Album Classics release in 2005 and reissued it without any attempt to fix it. Thanks for your responses!

I found that the problem with “The Dock of the Bay” was describing here:

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/otis-redding-original-album-series-vol-2-set-defective-the-dock-of-the-bay-pressing.377285/

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/otis-redding-the-dock-of-the-bay-bill-inglot-cd.58502/

Anyone else notice clicking/glitching that begins on track 9 (The Huckle-Buck) on The Dock of the Bay cd? No scratch evident.

Great to see that Rhino have finally got their act together for these two releases…a long time coming
Both “must haves” IMHO but surely the pinnacle is Otis Blue 1980’s German repress on Vinyl…just astonishing! He is in the room with you!!!!

I’m gonna cancel the Bob Marley vinyl box and get this instead.

I’m going to wait and see if the sound is reviewed as being far better than the Rhino “Definitive Otis Redding” box. That box covers 54% of his output and with “King & Queen” on CD and “Immortal” and “Live in Europe” on LP and “Dictionary of Soul” on a reel-to-reel tape, I’ve got 69% of his output.

A four-disc “King of Soul” was released not all that long ago and a Shout Factory “Otis Redding: The Complete Stax Volt Singles” was released in July 2013. All of these compilation releases are highly redundant with each other.

I’m sure the Europen live tracks where on a NME free cassette years ago called “hit the road stax”?

Along with other stars on the package tour

You can currently pick up the two volumes of the ‘Original Album Series’, ‘King & Queen’ and ‘The Immortal Otis Redding’ for a total of about £20.00 on Amazon, covering all the same albums, whereas this is over £41 on the same site on pre-order, if but slightly less elsewhere. Hopefully, therefore, these are all re-mastered and/or mono versions, as with the singles box set from a few years back, or sweetened with bonuses. Anybody know the details?

If the reviews regarding sound quality are favorable, I’ll pick up the box set. Same goes for the deluxe reissue of Otis Blue….

Looks like a really good set. I would like to know if any of the albums are the mono versions before I buy. I find it difficult to listen to the separation on the Stereo Otis Blue.

There is also an Aretha Franklin 19 cd box on Warners/Rhino released end of october, but not the unreleased last Atlantic albums!

Any word if the boxset will feature Otis Blue in mono, stereo or both?

Oh man, I am on this like no one’s business. Had no idea this was even in the works. Was there any mention of remastering on this release? For some reason I haven’t been able to find it on the Rhino site yet.