ARETHA FRANKLIN - The Queen Of Soul (Best Of The Columbia Years) - LP - 180g Vinyl [SEP 20]

LP - Limited Edition 180g Virgin Vinyl. Best of the Columbia Years (18 Tracks).  

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).

Tracklist: 

Side A
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 B
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