Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul & Aretha Now - MFSL

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Artist: Aretha Franklin
Title: Lady Soul & Aretha Now
Format: CD ALBUM
Record Label: Mobile Fidelity
Catalogue No: UDCD 623
Country of Origin: USA
Additional info: Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured.
Release: 1995
Original Release: 1968

Tracklisting

Lady Soul:
1 Chain of Fools 2:46
2 Money Won't Change You 2:07
3 People Get Ready 3:42
4 Niki Hoeky 2:30
5 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman 2:43
6 Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) 2:23
7 Good to Me as I Am to You 3:56
8 Come Back Baby 2:25
9 Groovin' 2:55
10 Ain't No Way 4:11

Aretha Now:
11 Think 2:17
12 I Say a Little Prayer 3:33
13 See Saw 2:43
14 Night Time Is the Right Time 4:46
15 You Send Me 2:26
16 You're a Sweet Sweet Man 2:15
17 I Take What I Want 2:31
18 Hello Sunshine 3:01
19 A Change 2:24
20 I Can't See Myself Leaving You 3:01

Personnel (Lady Soul):
Aretha Franklin - Piano, Vocals
Joe South - Guitar
Bobby Womack - Guitar
King Curtis - Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
Joe Newman - Trumpet
Ralph Burns - Conductor
Seldon Powell - Flute, Horn, Sax (Tenor)
Ellie Greenwich - Vocals (bckgr)
Carolyn Franklin - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Erma Franklin - Vocals (bckgr)
The Sweet Inspirations - Vocals (bckgr)
Gene Chrisman - Drums
Cissy Houston - Vocals
Eric Clapton - Guitar
Tommy Cogbill - Bass
Tom Dowd - Engineer
Bernie Glow - Trumpet
Roger Hawkins - Drums
Haywood Henry - Saxophone, Sax (Baritone)
Jimmy Johnson - Guitar
Melvin Lastie - Trumpet
Spooner Oldham - Keyboards, Piano (Electric)
Warren Smith - Vocals (bckgr), Vibraphone
Tony Studd - Trombone, Trombone (Bass)
Frank Wess - Flute, Sax (Tenor), Wind
Jerry Wexler - Producer

Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American gospel, soul and R&B singer born in Memphis, Tennessee, but raised in Detroit, Michigan. She has been dubbed for years "The Queen Of Soul" and many also call her "Lady Soul". She is renowned for her soul and R&B recordings but is also adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop, gospel, and even opera. She is generally regarded as one of the best vocalists ever by such industry publications/media outlets as Rolling Stone and VH1, due to her ability to inject whatever she may be singing about with gut wrenching soul (hence the title) and sheer conviction. [1] She is the second most honored female popular singer in Grammy history after Allison Krauss. Ms. Franklin has won eighteen competitive Grammys (including an unprecedented eleven for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, eight of them consecutive) and the state of Michigan has declared her voice to be a natural wonder.
Franklin has had two number one hit songs on the Billboard Hot 100, "Respect" in the 1960s, and her 1980s duet with George Michael, "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" and many of her singles have hit Top 20, Top 10, and Top 5 positions.

Lady Soul is a soul album by Aretha Franklin, released on January 22, 1968 (see 1968 in music). The album was her second chart-topper, and included one of her biggest hit singles, "Chain of Fools".
Lady Soul peaked at #1, #2 and #3 on Billboard's Black Albums, Pop Albums and Jazz Albums charts respectively. The single "Ain't No Way" peaked at #9 on the Black Singles chart, and #16 on the Pop Singles chart.
In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Lady Soul the 41st greatest album of all time. It is number 84 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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