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Aretha Franklin
Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul

Compil. US 2007 on Rhino Records label
R&B/Soul (Soul)

Standard 2 disc jewel case with hinged tray. 24 page insert includes biographical essay & track lines notes by Jerry Wexler & David Ritz All tracks are previously unissued except 1-10, 1-11, 1-14, 1-18 & 2-1. • Tracks 1-1 to 1-3 are Original Demos sent to Jerry Wexler by Ted White. Recorded 11/66 or 12/66, Detroit MI. • Tracks 1-4 to 1-6 are out-takes from Aretha Arrives. Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY (20/06/67). Masters #12642, #12648 & #12649. • Track 1-7 is an out-take from Aretha Now. Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY (04/11/68). Master #14317. • Track 1-8 is an out-take from Soul '69. Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY (23/09/68). Master #15334. • Track 1-9 is an out-take from This Girl's In Love With You. Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY (09/01/69). Master #16098. • Tracks 1-10 is a B-Side from Share Your Love With Me Atlantic Single #2650, released 10/7/69. Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY (09/01/69). Master #16099. • Tracks 1-11 an is out-take from Spirit In The Dark. Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY (26/05/69). First issued on "Atlantic Blues: Vocalists" Atlantic #81696 (1986). Master #17150. • Tracks 1-12 and 1-13 are out-takes from This Girl's In Love With You or Spirit In The Dark. Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, FL (03/10/69). Masters #17150 & #17820. • Track 1-14 is an out-take from Spirit In The Dark. Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, FL (10/03/70). First released on Atlantic Unearthed: Soul Sisters (06/06/06). Master #18700. • Track 1-15 is an out-take from Young, Gifted And Black. Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY (12/08/70). Master #19831. • Tracks 1-16 & 1-17 Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY (29/10/70 or 02/11/70). An alternate version was issued as Atlantic Single #2787 (03/02/71). Master #20486. • Track 1-18 is the B-Side to "Spanish Harlem" Atlantic Single #2817 (09/07/71). Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, FL (27/01/71). Master #21423. • Track 2-1 is the unedited, undubbed master without horns - an out-take from Young, Gifted And Black. Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, FL (15/02/71). A different edit / mix was issued as Atlantic Single #2838 (11/10/71). Master #21312. • Tracks 2-2 and 2-3 are out-takes from Young, Gifted And Black. Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY (18 & 19 /02/70). Masters #21418 & #21420. • Tracks 2-4 to 2-10 are out-takes from Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky. Recorded at Record Plant West, Los Angeles, CA (04/72 to 05/72). Masters #24394, #24396, #24397, #24402, #24403, #24404 & #24406. • Track 2-11 is an out-take from Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky. Recorded at Record Plant West, Los Angeles, CA (08/72). Masters #24394. • Track 2-12 is taken from the CBS-TV Special "Duke Ellington...We Love You Madly". Recorded at the Schubert Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (10 & 11 /01/73). Master #26222. • Track 2-13 is an out-take from Let Me In Your Life. Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY. (24/03/73). Master #26763. • Tracks 214 to 2-16 are out-takes from Let Me In Your Life. Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY. (09/04/73). Masters #26385, #26387 & #26388. • Track 2-17 is an Original Demo. Recording date unknown (possibly early 70's). "Pledging My Love/The Clock", "My Way" and "Lean On Me" controlled by Atlantic recording Corp.; "You're Takin' Up Another Man's Place" ℗ 1986 Atlantic Recording Corp. All other selections ℗ 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp. Remastered at Digiprep. Special thanks: Dick Allen. This compilation ℗ & © 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, A Warner Music Group Company. This compilation ℗ 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp.

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	Aretha Franklin p, voc, *1942 US vocals, album by, written by, piano, electric piano, piano, producer
	Kris Ahrend management, business affairs
	Getty Images , photography by, cover, page 5 & pages 8-11
	Michael Ochs Archives , US photography by, cover, page 5 & pages 8-11
	David Gahr , 1922-2008 US photography by, pages 15, 18, 19 & back cover
	Unknown Artist , bass, drums, composed by, horns, strings
	Willie Bridges bs, US baritone saxophone
	Tommy Cogbill b, eb, 1932-1982 US bass, guitar
	Tony Studd tb, US bass trombone
	Arif Mardin ep, 1932-2006 US directed by, arranged by, producer, conductor, arranged by, arranged by, strings, arranged by, strings, possibly
	Tom Dowd , 1925-2002 US directed by, arranged by
	Roger Hawkins dr, *1945 US drums
	Jimmy Johnson g, *1943 US guitar
	Joe South voc, g, 1940-2012 US guitar
	Spooner Oldham key, *1943 US organ, electric piano
	Charles Chalmers bvoc, ts, US tenor saxophone
	King Curtis ts, as, 1934-1971 US tenor saxophone
	Melvin Lastie tr, cor, 1930-1972 US trumpet
	Floyd Newman bs, sax, *1940 US baritone saxophone
	Jerry Jemmott eb, b, *1946 US bass
	Andrew Love ts, sax, 1941-2012 US tenor saxophone, flute
	Wayne Jackson tr, tb, *1941 US trumpet, flugelhorn
	Frank Wess fl, ts, sax, 1922-2013 US alto saxophone
	George Dorsey as, fl, sax, US alto saxophone
	Pepper Adams bs, sax, 1930-1986 US baritone saxophone
	Ron Carter b, *1937 US bass
	Grady Tate dr, *1932 US drums
	David "Fathead" Newman ts, fl, 1933-2009 US flute, saxophone, tenor
	Kenny Burrell g, *1931 US guitar
	Junior Mance p, *1928 US piano
	Seldon Powell ts, sax, 1928-1997 US tenor saxophone
	Benny Powell tb, 1930-2010 US trombone
	Jimmy Cleveland tb, 1926-2008 US trombone
	Thomas Mitchell tb, 1926-2003 US trombone
	Urbie Green tb, *1926 US trombone
	Bernie Glow tr, 1926-1982 US trumpet
	Ernie Royal tr, 1921-1983 US trumpet
	Eugene Young tr, 1919-2011 US trumpet
	Joe Newman tr, 1922-1992 US trumpet
	Richard Williams tr, US trumpet
	David Hood b, *1943 US bass
	Jerry Weaver voc, guitar, guitar, possibly
	Eddie Hinton g, voc, 1944-1995 US guitar
	Cornell Dupree g, 1942-2011 US guitar, possibly
	Barry Beckett key, 1943-2009 US organ
	Duane Allman s-g, g, 1946-1971 US guitar, possibly
	Almeda Lattimore , backing vocals, possibly
	Brenda Bryant voc, backing vocals, possibly
	Evelyn Green , backing vocals, possibly
	Margaret Branch voc, US backing vocals, possibly
	Pat Lewis bvoc, voc, backing vocals, possibly
	The Sweet Inspirations , 1950-2005 US backing vocals, possibly
	Wylene Ivy , backing vocals, possibly
	Tommy McClure b, bass
	Sammy Creason dr, 1944-1995 US drums
	Charlie Freeman g, guitar
	Jim Dickinson p, voc, 1941-2009 US keyboards
	Michael Utley key, *1947 US keyboards
	Carolyn Franklin voc, 1944-1988 US backing vocals, possibly
	Erma Franklin voc, 1938-2002 US backing vocals, possibly
	The Sweethearts Of Soul , backing vocals, possibly
	Chuck Rainey eb, b, ep, *1940 US bass
	Ray Lucas dr, drums
	Billy Preston key, 1946-2006 US organ, keyboards, possibly
	Eric Gale g, 1938-1994 US bass
	Al Jackson Jr. dr, 1935-1975 US drums
	Donny Hathaway voc, p, ep, 1945-1979 US electric piano, keyboards, possibly
	Hugh McCracken g, 1942-2013 US guitar
	James Mitchell bs, sax, US baritone saxophone
	Bernard Purdie dr, *1939 drums
	Ed Logan fl, ts, 1945-2000 US tenor saxophone
	Jack Hale, Sr. , US trombone
	Roger Hopps , trumpet
	Mac Rebennack voc, g, key, *1940 US percussion
	Robert Popwell b, *1946 US percussion
	Paul Humphrey dr, *1935 US drums
	Dave Grusin p, syn, *1934 US electric piano
	Ray Charles voc, p, 1930-2004 US vocals, with
	Willie Weeks b, ep, *1947 US bass
	Richard Tee p, 1943-1993 US keyboards, keyboards, possibly
	Ralph MacDonald perc, cng, 1944-2011 US percussion
	Eumir Deodato key, p, *1942 BR keyboards, arranged by, strings, possibly
	Stanley Clarke eb, b, *1951 US bass
	Rick Marotta dr, *1948 US drums
	David Spinozza g, acg, US guitar
	Bob James key, ep, *1939 US keyboards

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