Aretha Franklin - The Queen of Soul (2014) 4CD Box FLAC Beolab1700

Aretha Franklin - The Queen of Soul (2014) 4CD Box FLAC Beolab1700



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Aretha Franklin - The Queen of Soul
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Artist...............: Aretha Franklin
Album................: The Queen of Soul
Genre................: Soul
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2014
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20071117
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 49 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
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Posted by............: Beolab1700 on 28/06/2014


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Tracklisting
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CD 1

“I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)”
“Do Right Woman – Do Right Man”
“Respect”
“Drown In My Own Tears”
“Soul Serenade”
“Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream”
“Baby, Baby, Baby”
“Dr. Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business)”
“Good Times”
“Save Me”
“Baby, I Love You”
“Satisfaction”
“You Are My Sunshine”
“Never Let Me Go”
“Prove It”
“I Wonder”
“Ain’t Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around)”
“It Was You” (Aretha Arrives Outtake)
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”
“Chain Of Fools”
“People Get Ready”
“Come Back Baby”
“Good To Me As I Am To You”
“Since You’ve Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)”
“Ain’t No Way”

CD 2

“Think”
“You Send Me”
“I Say A Little Prayer”
“The House That Jack Built”
“You’re A Sweet Sweet Man”
“I Take What I Want”
“A Change”
“See Saw”
“My Song”
“I Can’t See Myself Leaving You”
“Night Life” (Live)
“Ramblin’”
“Today I Sing The Blues”
“River’s Invitation”
“Pitiful”
“Talk To Me, Talk To Me” (Soul ‘69 Outtake)
“Tracks Of My Tears”
“The Weight”
“Share Your Love With Me”
“Pledging My Love/The Clock”
“It Ain’t Fair”
“Sit Down And Cry”
“Let It Be”
“Eleanor Rigby”
“Call Me”

CD 3

“Son Of A Preacher Man”
“Try Matty’s”
“The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday’s Kiss)”
“Dark End Of The Street”
“You And Me”
“You’re Taking Up Another Man’s Place” (Spirit In The Dark Outtake)
“Don’t Play That Song”
“Why I Sing The Blues”
“Spirit In The Dark”
“My Way” (Spirit In The Dark Outtake)
“One Way Ticket”
“Pullin’”
“Border Song (Holy Moses)”
“A Brand New Me”
“You’re All I Need To Get By”
“Bridge Over Troubled Water”
“Spanish Harlem”
“Lean On Me”
“Spirit In The Dark” (Reprise with Ray Charles)

CD 4

“Rock Steady”
“Young, Gifted And Black”
“All The King’s Horses”
“Oh Me Oh My (I’m A Fool For You Baby)”
“Day Dreaming”
“Mary, Don’t You Weep” (Live)
“Climbing Higher Mountains” (Live)
“Precious Memories” (Live)
“Master Of Eyes”
“Angel”
“Somewhere”
“So Swell When You’re Well”
“I’m In Love”
“Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing”
“Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)”
“Look Into Your Heart”
“Sparkle”
“Something He Can Feel”


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Aretha Franklin‘s recording career did not begin with her signing to Atlantic Records — she cut some fine gospel sides in the ’50s, and in 1961 she signed with Columbia Records, who hoped to groom her into a jazz-leaning singer in the manner of Dinah Washington. But Aretha’s first single for Atlantic, “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You),” was her first defining career moment, the point where she made good on her considerable promise, and it was clear that producer and Atlantic co-owner Jerry Wexler understood Franklin’s abilities in a way Columbia did not.
Aretha Franklin’s years at Atlantic brought her commercial success and a well-earned reputation as America’s finest soul singer, and The Queen of Soul is a four-disc set that brings together…
87 songs from Franklin’s 1967-1979 tenure with the label. On the surface, this doesn’t appear to be an especially impressive collection; the artwork is nothing to write home about, the skimpy liner notes contain only credits, and while some rare B-sides and outtakes have been included, there’s nothing here that hasn’t popped up on other Franklin anthologies in the past. But give this a spin and nearly all quibbles are forgotten: no matter what she’s singing, Franklin sounds excellent on this material, ranging from soul classics to pop standards to deep gospel, and if the hits and acknowledged classics dominate this set, the sheer scope of these four discs leaves room for some welcome surprises (such as a cover of “Eleanor Rigby” that Franklin reworks into the first person, and a Johnny Ace tribute that melds “Pledging My Love” with “The Clock”), and the emotional force and innate intelligence of Aretha’s performances are evident no matter what she does. (And the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, her backing band on many of these selections, know exactly what to do with these songs, and hearing them interact with Franklin is a big part of the pleasure of this music.) The Queen of Soul is hardly the definitive Aretha Franklin set, or the career-spanning cross-licensed box set she deserves, but as an introduction to her peak years at Atlantic, this is splendid stuff and a rewarding listen from front to back.

CD 1, Tracks 1-10 from I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, Atlantic LP 8139, 1967
CD 1, Tracks 11-17 from Aretha Arrives, Atlantic LP 8150, 1967
CD 1, Track 18 outtake from Aretha Arrives, first released on Rare and Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul, Atlantic/Rhino CD R2 272188, 2007
CD 1, Tracks 19-25 from Lady Soul, Atlantic LP 8176, 1968
CD 2, Tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10 from Aretha Now, Atlantic LP 8186, 1968
CD 2, Track 4 from Atlantic single 2546-B, 1968
CD 2, Track 9 from Atlantic single 2574-B, 1968
CD 2, Track 11 from Aretha in Paris, Atlantic LP 8207, 1968
CD 2, Track 16 outtake from Soul ’69, first released on Rare and Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul, Atlantic/Rhino CD R2 272188, 2007
CD 2, Tracks 12-15 & 17 from Soul ’69, Atlantic LP 8212, 1969
CD 2, Tracks 18-19, 21-25 and CD 3, Tracks 1 & 4 from This Girl’s in Love with You, Atlantic LP 8248, 1970
CD 2, Track 20 from Atlantic single 2650-B, 1969
CD 3, Tracks 2-3, 5, 7-9, 11-12 from Spirit in the Dark, Atlantic LP 8265, 1970
CD 3, Track 6 outtake from Spirit in the Dark, first released on Atlantic Blues: Vocalists, Atlantic 81696, 1986
CD 3, Track 10 outtake from Spirit in the Dark, first released on Atlantic Unearthed: Soul Sisters, Atlantic/Rhino CD 77626, 2006
CD 3, Tracks 13-14 & CD 4, Tracks 1-5 from Young, Gifted and Black, Atlantic LP 7213, 1972
CD 3, Track 15 from Atlantic single 2787, 1971
CD 3, Track 16 from Atlantic single 2796, 1971
CD 3, Tracks 17-18 from Atlantic single 2817, 1971
CD 3, Track 19 from Live at Fillmore West, Atlantic LP 7205, 1971
CD 4, Tracks 6-8 from Amazing Grace, Atlantic LP 2-906, 1972
CD 4, Track 9 from Atlantic single 2941, 1973
CD 4, Tracks 10-12 from Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky), Atlantic LP 7265, 1973
CD 4, Tracks 13-15 from Let Me in Your Life, Atlantic LP 7292, 1974
CD 4, Tracks 16-18 from Sparkle, Atlantic LP 18176, 1976

CD 1, Tracks 1-20 & CD 2, Tracks 4, 9 & 16 appear in mono; all other tracks appear in stereo.

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