http://media.rhino.com/press-release/otis-reddings-dock-bay-sessions-available-may-18-rhino
File this one under - Let's See If We Can Sell This to You Once Again.
"Although the individual tracks have been previously released across a smattering of posthumous albums and compilations, this marks the first time they have been assembled to resemble what this album could possibly have been."
Really? "could have possibly been" - what does that mean? Absolutely nothing to me.
I see no mention of Steve Cropper, who was very involved in the recording of "Dock of the Bay" and put together the single release after Otis' death. And what possible worthwhile involvement could Roger Armstrong, who I imagine was living in England in late 1967, have with the recordings? And isn't it possible that Otis Redding might have recorded other material for an album if he hadn't died in that plane crash?
Perhaps I'm cynical, but this reeks to me of the music biz trying to cash in once again.