Two Recorded Studio Versions
Like several other songs by Otis Redding, "I've Been Loving You Too Long" was recorded on two different sessions, with an actual variation of some 20 seconds in the duration:
- Mid April 1965, 2:49, mono version, probably w/ Isaac Hayes on piano, the most usual version, which means the written time on the record is almost always untrue.
- Early July 1965, 3:09-3:14, stereo version, w/ Booker T. Jones on piano, available in the 3-CD boxset The Story of Otis Redding and among the 3 studio versions included in the 2-CD Collector's edition 2008 Rhino reissue of Otis Blue.
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