I own 13 different Otis Redding albums and my favorite Otis song is one of his lesser know, I've Got Dreams To Remember. The song never appeared on any of his albums during his lifetime and first showed on an anthology titled The Immortal Otis Redding which was issued by Atlantic Records in 1968, a year after Otis and the Bar-Kays were killed in a plane crash.
I don't know why I like the song more than any other, except Otis' vocal seems deeply connected to the meaning of the lyrics.
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