Down in the Valley

~ Recording by Otis Redding

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingOtis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul (stereo, original release)Otis ReddingAlbum
  • US1965-09-15
Volt (US, Stax subsiduary)412, S-412, SD-412
3.10Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingOtis ReddingOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
ATCO Records60 013(1-2)
2.4Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingThe Otis Redding StoryOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)
1.4Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingOtis Blue: Otis Redding Sings SoulOtis ReddingAlbum
  • US1991-06-11
ATCO Records7 80318-2
1.4Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingOtis Blue: Otis Redding Sings SoulOtis ReddingAlbum
  • XE1992-12-17
ATCO Records7567-80318-1
1.6Down in the Valley2:57Otis ReddingI've Been Lovin' You Too LongOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
Soul Note (Italian jazz)TS 022
1.23Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingOtis! The Definitive Otis ReddingOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-11-09
Rhino (reissue label)R2 71439
1.23Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingOtis! The Definitive Otis ReddingOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)8122-71439-2
1.15Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingDreams to Remember: The Otis Redding AnthologyOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-08-18
Rhino (reissue label)8022-75471-2, 8122-75471-2
2.14Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingThe Very Best of Otis ReddingOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
  • -2000
ATCO Records9548380872
2.14Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingThe Very Best of Otis ReddingOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
ATCO Records8122735422
2.10Down in the Valley3:02Otis ReddingTutto Otis: The King of SoulOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
  • IT2006-09-29
Warner Strategic Marketing5051011-7187-2-4
1.18Down in the Valley2:59Otis ReddingPure Southern SoulOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2007-10-29
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
1.13Down in the Valley2:59Otis ReddingOtis Redding The Platinum CollectionOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
1.27Down in the Valley (stereo album version)2:58Otis ReddingOtis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (collector’s edition)Otis ReddingAlbum
  • XW2008-04-21
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)
2.4Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingOtis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (collector’s edition)Otis ReddingAlbum
  • DE2008-04-25
ATCO Records, Rhino (reissue label)8122 79938 9
1.4Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingOtis Blue: Otis Redding Sings SoulOtis ReddingAlbum
  • US2008-07-15
ATCO RecordsR2 80318
1.4Down in the Valley3:01Otis ReddingOtis Blue: Otis Redding Sings SoulOtis ReddingAlbum
  • XW2008-07-15
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)
1.4Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingOtis Blue: Otis Redding Sings SoulOtis ReddingAlbum
  • XW2008-07-15
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)
2.4Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingOtis Blue: Otis Redding Sings SoulOtis ReddingAlbum
ATCO Records, Rhino (reissue label)081227951856
3.4Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingOriginal Album SeriesOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2010-02-23
Rhino (reissue label)8122 79827 4
2.7Down in the Valley2:58Otis Redding100 Hits Legends: Otis ReddingOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-07-05
100 HitsLEGENDS018
1.4Down In The Valley4:19Otis ReddingOtis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (24-Bit / 96.0 kHz)Otis ReddingAlbum
  • US2012-10-20
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)[none]
8.4Down in the Valley2:55Otis ReddingAtlantic Soul LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Music France8122797264
2.3Down in the Valley2:58Otis ReddingThe King of SoulOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-02-04
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)541306
2.3Down in the Valley2:58Otis ReddingThe King of SoulOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-02-04
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)R2 541306
3.4Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingThe Complete Studio Albums CollectionOtis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
  • US2015-06-03
Rhino (reissue label)
3.4Down in the Valley3:01Otis ReddingSoul Manifesto: 1964-1970Otis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2015-10-30
ATCO Records081227951979
1.4Down in the Valley3:01Otis ReddingOtis Blue / Otis Redding Sings SoulOtis ReddingAlbum
Analogue ProductionsCAPP 095 SA
2.4Down in the Valley3:01Otis ReddingOtis Blue / Otis Redding Sings SoulOtis ReddingAlbum
Analogue ProductionsCAPP 095 SA
1.4Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingOtis Blue: Otis Redding Sings SoulOtis ReddingAlbum
20P2-2370
2.4Down in the Valley3:00Otis ReddingThe Otis Redding Story (BMG Direct)Otis ReddingAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)7 81762-2, 81762-2, D 217038

Relationships

recording engineer:Tom Dowd
producer:Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
baritone saxophone:Floyd Newman (in 1965-07)
bass guitar:Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (in 1965-07)
drums (drum set):Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (in 1965-07)
guitar:Steve Cropper (in 1965-07)
keyboard:Isaac Hayes (in 1965-07)
Booker T. Jones (in 1965-07)
tenor saxophone:Andrew Love (in 1965-07)
trumpet:Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns) (in 1965-07)
Gene “Bowlegs” Miller (American trumpeter) (in 1965-07)
background vocals:Earl Sims (in 1965-07)
recorded at:Stax Studios (Recording studio for Stax Records) in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (from 1965-07-09 until 1965-07-10)
recording of:Down in the Valley (in 1965-07: cover)

Related works

Down in the Valley

composer:Bert Russell Berns
Solomon Burke
Babe Chivian
Joe Martin (songwriter)