5 Facts About Otis Redding’s “The Immortal Otis Redding”
- The album was recorded in just three weeks at Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
- All eleven tracks were cut during that short stretch, capturing Redding’s raw energy.
- The sessions took place shortly before his death, making it his final studio work.
- The album was released posthumously in 1968, after his plane crash in December 1967.
- It became his highest-charting album, reaching number one on the R&B charts.