Aretha Franklin
The Electrifying Aretha Franklin / A Bit Of Soul
The remarkable recordings in this deluxe package make a convincing case that Aretha Franklin was already royalty by the time she made her first album for Columbia Records as an 18-year-old gospel singer brimming with hope, possibility and a glimpse of glory. Newly mastered from the original analog tapes, The Electrifying Aretha Franklin and A Bit of Soul along with a bonus 10-inch EP are landmark recordings from Aretha's remarkable career at Columbia. Electrifying electrified audiences when it was released in 1962, winning Aretha top honors in DownBeat magazine's prestigious listeners' poll. Aretha's brief output for Columbia set the stage for her ascendance as the Queen of Soul at Atlantic Records. A Bit Of Soul (recorded in 1965 but previously unreleased!) demonstrates how she found her voice at Columbia. Presented for the first time in its original form, we can hear her divinely inspired soul fire, emerging interpretative grace and vocal sophistication. Indeed, we can hear the very evolution of her musical genius.
- 01 You Made Me Love You
- 02 I Told You So
- 03 Rock-A-Bye Your Baby
- 04 Nobody Like You
- 05 Exactly Like You
- 06 It's So Heartbreakin
- 07 Rough Lover
- 08 Blue Holiday
- 09 Just For You
- 10 That Lucky Old Sun
- 11 I Surrender Dear
- 12 Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
- 13 Follow Your Heart
- 14 Only The One You Love
- 15 One Step Ahead
- 16 Can't You Just See Me
- 17 How To Murder Your Wife
- 18 A Little Bit Of Soul
- 19 Cry Like A Baby
- 20 Her Little Heart Went To Loveland
- 21 Remember Me
- 22 Land Of Dreams
- 23 Little Miss Raggedy Ann
- 24 Deeper
- 25 I Still Can't Forget
- 26 Rose Of Washington Square
- 27 Take It Like You Give It (mono mix)
- 28 Follow Your Heart (mono mix)
- 29 Only The One You Love (mono mix)
- 30 One Step Ahead (mono mix)
- 31 How To Murder Your Wife (mono mix)
- 32 A Little Bit Of Soul (mono mix)
- 33 Cry Like A Baby (mono mix)
- 34 Her Little Heart Went To Loveland (mono mix)
- 35 Introduction To Hard Times (bonus track)
- 36 Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) (bonus track)
- 37 When They Ask About You (bonus track)
- 38 Operation Heartbreak (bonus track)
- 39 I Surrender Dear (bonus track - mono mix)
- 40 Rough Lover (bonus track - mono mix)
- 41 Kissin By The Mistletoe (bonus track - mono mix)
| 2x12inch + 10inch | Music On Vinyl: MOVLP294 | out of stock |
