ARETHA FRANKLIN - A Portrait Of The Queen 1970-1974 - 5CD - Box Set [DEC 1]

5CD - Limited Edition Box Set containing Five Classic Aretha Albums Presenting An Early-’70s Portrait Of The Queen! Comes with booklet featuring sleeve notes by Gail Mitchell and David Nathan.  

• Original Albums Remastered From the Analog Master Tapes by Grammy® Award-Winning Engineer, Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

• Produced by Grammy® Award-Winner Cheryl Pawelski with Liner Notes from Billboard’s Gail Mitchell & British Ambassador of Soul, David Nathan

• Includes the hit Young, Gifted, & Black, released in 1972, which hit #2 on Billboard’s R&B albums survey and #11 on the Billboard Top 200 as well as being certified GOLD.  

These were all were produced by Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin and Jerry Wexler, except for Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) which saw Aretha work with Quincy Jones. This Girl’s in Love With You saw the first commercial release of The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’, which is remarkable (Paul McCartney apparently sent her a demo and Franklin’s album was issued on 15 January 1970, almost two months before The Beatles’ version).

Both formats come with booklets featuring sleeve notes by Gail Mitchell and David Nathan.

Tracklist:

CD1: THIS GIRL’S IN LOVE WITH YOU SIDE
1) Son Of A Preacher Man
2) Share Your Love With Me
3) Dark End Of The Street
4) Let It Be
5) Eleanor Rigby
6) This Girl’s In Love With You
7) It Ain’t Fair
8) The Weight
9) Call Me
10) Sit Down And Cry

CD2: SPIRIT IN THE DARK
1) Don’t Play That Song
2) The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday’s Kiss)
3) Pullin’
4) You And Me
5) Honest I Do
6) Spirit In The Dark
7) When The Battle Is Over
8) One Way Ticket
9) Try Matty’s
10) That’s All I Want From You
11) Oh No Not My Baby
12) Why I Sing The Blues

CD3: YOUNG GIFTED AND BLACK
1) Oh Me Oh My (I’m A Fool For You Baby)
2) Day Dreaming
3) Rock Steady
4) Young Gifted And Black
5) All The King’s Horses
6) A Brand New Me
7) April Fools
8) I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
9) First Snow In Kokomo
10) The Long And Winding Road
11) Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
12) Border Song (Holy Moses)

CD4: HEY NOW HEY (THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKY)
1) Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky)
2) Somewhere
3) So Swell When You’re Well
4) Angel
5) Sister From Texas
6) Mister Spain
7) That’s The Way I Feel About Cha
8) Moody’s Mood
9) Just Right Tonight

CD5: LET ME IN YOUR LIFE
1) Let Me In Your Life
2) Every Natural Thing
3) Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing
4) I’m In Love
5) Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)
6) The Masquerade Is Over
7) With Pen In Hand
8) Oh Baby
9) Eight Days On The Road
10) If You Don’t Think
11) A Song For You