Rare & Unreleased Recordings

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Queen of Soul Miraculous Rare Tracks Album ●Aretha Franklin's first collection of rare tracks. ●Includes 35 songs discovered and selected by original producer Jerry Wexler himself, including unreleased demos, outtakes, and single B-sides from sessions for a total of 8 albums from his debut album in 1967 to 1973. ●Extensive liner notes by Jerry Wexler ●Unreleased rare photos

disc 1 1. Love only you 2. Dr. Feelgood 3. Sweet Bitter Love 4. It Was You 5. The Letter 6. So Soon 7. Mr. Big 8. Talk to me, talk to me 9. Fool on the Hill 10. Pledging My Love/The Clock 11. Your Taking Up Another Man's Place 12. You Keep Me Hanging On 13. I'm Trying to Overcome 14. My Way 15. My Cup Laniece Over 16. You All I Need to Get By (Take 1) 17. You All I Need to Get By (Take 2) 18. Lean on Me disc 2 1. Rock Steady 2. I Need a Strong Man 3. Heavenly Father 4. The Sweetest Smile and the Funkiest Style 5. This Is 6. Tree of Life 7. Do You Know 8. Can You Love Again 9. I Want to Be with You 10. Susan 11. That's the Way I Feel About Cha 12. Ain't But the One 13. The Happy Blue 14. At Last 15. Love Letters 16. I'm in Love 17. Are You Leaving Me

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Covers such as ``The Fool on the Hill'' that exude the overwhelming singing ability unique to the original Queen of Soul. Aretha's first ever rare tracks album. A two-disc set of unreleased demos, outtakes, and single B-sides selected from a total of eight album sessions from their debut in 1967 to 1973. (C)RS

About the artist

A super icon of soul music representing the 20th century. Her unique singing voice is truly a world heritage site. Born in Memphis in 1942. Aretha's father, C. L. Franklin, was a wealthy Baptist minister known throughout the United States, and Aretha joined his father's choir at the age of nine, became a solo singer at the age of twelve, and made her record debut in 1956 at the age of fourteen. In 1960, Aretha signed with Columbia Records (now Sony Records), following in the footsteps of Sam Cooke, who was a successful gospel-based pop singer. During her six years at Columbia, Aretha wasted her abundant talent making records in a variety of musical formats for different markets without firm direction. In November 1966, Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler, convinced of Aretha's innate ability, welcomed Aretha to Atlantic and took her to Muscle Shoals Studio in Alabama, where he gave her a clean, simple performance and let her sing as she felt. Aretha let out long-simmering emotions that appealed not only to the black market but also to the white rock generation. After that, Aretha had a string of hits, including "Respect," "Natural Woman," "Chains of Fools," and "Think," and before she knew it, she was known as the "Queen of Soul." Aretha remained with Atlantic for 14 years before moving to Arista in 1980, making many outstanding records.