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Aretha Franklin The Queen Of Soul Vinyl LP 2024

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Cat no. 772362

Tracklist

1. Won't Be Long
2. Today I Sing The Blues
3. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
4. (Blue) By Myself
5. Don't Cry, Baby
6. Sweet Lover
7. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
8. Over The Rainbow
9. Without The One You Love
10. Operation Heartbreak
11. Rough Lover
12. All Night Long
13. I'm Wandering
14. Right Now
15. It's So Heartbreakin'
16. I Surrender, Dear
17. That Lucky Old Sun
18. Try A Little Tenderness

BEST OF THE COLUMBIA YEARS - 18 TRACKS - 180g VIRGIN VINYL - LIMITED EDITION. Presented on this LP are some of Aretha Franklin's greatest recordings from her early years with Columbia Records, recorded between in 1960 and 1962.

Featuring her in small jazz combos (with orchestral backing on some tracks), which included pianist Ray Bryant and bassist Will Lee, these recordings sowed the seeds to Aretha's later success with Atlantic Records and her international endorsement as The Queen Of Soul,and one of the greatest singers of the 20th Century.

Small groups featuring Al Sears or Warren Lucky (tenor sax), Tyree Gleen or Quentin Jackson (trombone), Chauncey "Lord" Westbrook (guitar), Ray Bryant (piano), Bill Lee (bass), Belton "Sticks" Evans or Osie Johnson (drums).