8435723701392

The Queen Of Soul

Aretha Franklin

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Format: LP

Cat No: 772362

Release Date:  20 September 2024

Label:  Waxtime

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8435723701392

Genres:  R&B  

  • Description

    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).

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 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

      Side 2

      • 1. Operation Heartbreak
      • 2. Rough Lover
      • 3. All Night Long
      • 4. I'm Wandering
      • 5. Right Now
      • 6. It's So Heartbreakin'
      • 7. I Surrender, Dear
      • 8. That Lucky Old Sun
      • 9. Try A Little Tenderness