Out Now: COMPLETE AND UNBELIEVABLE: THE OTIS REDDING DICTIONARY OF SOUL (50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION)

October 15 will mark the 50th anniversary of the release of one of the greatest R&B albums to be released during the course of the 1960s, and if you ask a music critic, it probably won’t take much prodding to get them to declare it one of the greatest R&B albums of all time.

COMPLETE AND UNBELIEVABLE... THE OTIS REDDING DICTIONARY OF SOUL was the last solo studio album released by Otis Redding during his lifetime, but what a way to go out: noted rock journalist Jon Landau has described it as “the finest record ever to come out of Memphis and certainly the best example of modern soul ever recorded.” In celebration of the album hitting the half-century mark since its initial release, we’ve released a two-disc deluxe edition which features stereo and mono mixes of the album which have been remastered from the original master tapes as well as eight bonus tracks.

Yes, it’s coming out digitally as well as on CD, but we’re also releasing it on vinyl as a 2-LP set. The good news? Both LPs are on 180-gram vinyl. The bad news: if you want the eight bonus tracks, then you’ll still need to get either the CD or the digital version. But here’s another piece of good news to help leave you smiling: the vinyl version also includes a bonus 7” reissue of the “Try a Little Tenderness” / “I’m Sick Y’all” single.

Here’s the full track listing of the various versions of the set, so you can confirm definitively that there’s a ton of joy to be had no matter which medium you prefer:

Disc One: Original Album in Mono
1. "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)"
2. "I'm Sick Y'all"
3. "Tennessee Waltz"
4. "Sweet Lorene"
5. "Try A Little Tenderness"
6. "Day Tripper"
7. "My Lover's Prayer"
8. "She Put The Hurt On Me"
9. "Ton Of Joy"
10. "You're Still My Baby"
11. "Hawg For You"

Bonus Tracks
13. “You Left The Water Running” (Mono)
14. “Trick Or Treat” (Mono)
15. “Loving By The Pound” (Mono)
16. “Don’t Mess With Cupid” (Mono)
17. “Try A Little Tenderness” (Take 1, Stereo)

Disc Two: Original Album in Stereo
1. "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)"
2. "I'm Sick Y'all"
3. "Tennessee Waltz"
4. "Sweet Lorene"
5. "Try A Little Tenderness"
6. "Day Tripper"
7. "My Lover's Prayer"
8. "She Put The Hurt On Me"
9. "Ton Of Joy"
10. "You're Still My Baby"
11. "Hawg For You"
12. "Love Have Mercy"

Bonus Tracks
13. "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" (Live 1967)
14. "Day Tripper" (Live 1967)
15. "Try A Little Tenderness" (Live 1967)

COMPLETE AND UNBELIEVABLE... THE OTIS REDDING DICTIONARY OF SOUL (2LP 180 GRAM VINYL W/BONUS 7")

(1LP Mono/1LP Stereo)
1. "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)"
2. "I'm Sick Y'all"
3. "Tennessee Waltz"
4. "Sweet Lorene"
5. "Try A Little Tenderness"
6. "Day Tripper"
7. "My Lover's Prayer"
8. "She Put The Hurt On Me"
9. "Ton Of Joy"
10. "You're Still My Baby"
11. "Hawg For You"
12. "Love Have Mercy"

Vinyl Bonus: 7" Single
"Try A Little Tenderness" (b/w) "I'm Sick Y'All"