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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Aretha Franklin |
| Record Label: |
Legacy Recordings |
| Contributing Artist: |
Osie Johnson |
| Genre: |
R&B |
| Subgenre: |
Soul |
| Release Date: |
July 14, 1992 |
| Number of Discs: |
2 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Today I Sing the Blues
2. By Myself (Blue)
3. Maybe I'm a Fool
4. All Night Long
5. Blue Holiday
6. Nobody Like You
7. Sweet Lover
8. Just For a Thrill
9. If Ever I Would Leave You
10. Once in a While (bonus track)
11. This Bitter Earth
12. God Bless the Child
13. Skylark (alternate version, bonus track)
14. Muddy Water
15. Drinking Again
16. What a Difference a Day Makes
17. Unforgettable
18. Love For Sale
19. Misty
20. Impossible (alternate version)
21. This Could Be the Start of Something |
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Song List: Disc 2
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1. Won't Be Long
2. Operation Heartbreak
3. Soulville
4. Runnin' Out of Fools
5. Trouble in Mind
6. Walk on By
7. Every Little Bit Hurts
8. Mockingbird
9. You'll Lose a Good Thing
10. Cry Like a Baby
11. Take It Like You Give It
12. Land of Dreams
13. Can't You Just See Me
14. I'm Losing You (No, No)
15. Bit of Soul
16. Why Was I Born?
17. Until You Were Gone
18. Lee Cross |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Personnel includes: Aretha Franklin (vocals, piano); Lord Westbrook (guitar); Al Sears (tenor saxophone); Tyree Glenn, Quentin Jackson (trombone); Ray Bryant (piano); Bill Lee, Milt Hinton (bass); Osie Johnson, Sticks Evans, Belton Evans (drums). Producers: John Hammond, Robert Mersey, Bobby Scott, Clyde Otis, Al Kasha. Compilation producer: John Snyder. Recorded between 1960 & 1964. Includes liner notes by David Nathan. This two-disc set celebrates an often overlooked or wrongly dismissed period of Aretha Franklin's career. Prior to signing with Atlantic in 1966, she spent the first half of the '60s recording for Columbia Records. A variety of musical directions were pursued by the label, showing that while perhaps there wasn't a consensus or about how to best present the young singer, her talents were undeniably enormous. From pop and show tunes to Gospel, Aretha regularly demonstrated herself to be more than equal to all of it--in fact she often turned fair to middling material into something greater ... |
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