Condition: Used
Aretha Franklin - Greatest hits
Red label original Canada LP
Record is VG++
Cover has ringwear
Side 1
Spanish Harlem
Chain Of Fools
Don't Play That Song
I Say A Little Prayer
Dr Feelgood
Let It Be Me
Do Right Woman- Do Right Man
Side 2
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Respect
Baby I Love You
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
You're All I Need To Get By
Call Me
In this here today, gone today music industry of 2007, many people in their 20s and 30s probably look at Aretha Franklin as a singer who has been coasting the fame train on her hit Respect and not much more. Some probably even look at her as the Whitney, Mariah, Beyounce or Ashanti of her day. That would be wrong because Aretha is in a class by herself. During her artistic pinnacle in the 60s and 70s (an era of great rock/pop/soul music), few could top Franklin.
With the songs I'll Never Love A Man, Franklin's sullen phrasing evokes a woman in the throes of an anguished relationship. Although such themes are prevalent today, few singers wrench as much emotion out of their material. Aretha also takes material made famous by other artists and remakes them into her own. Of course in addition to Otis Redding's Respect, there is I Say A Little Prayer and Simon/Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water. You will hit the repeat button for Don't Play That Song, a foot stomping, hand clapping remake of the old Ben E. King hit.
From her 1967 album "I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You", Aretha Franklin performs the hit "Baby I Love You on the streets of New York! Ever thought you'd see the The Queen of Soul sangin' on the corner?
Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools
This concert is taken from a swedish tv broadcast when Aretha Franklin and her band visited Sweden back in 1968. They re-run the whole concert on swedish tv nine years ago. Fantastic concert.
Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
The Cliff Richard Show" 1970.
The Aretha/backup singers juxtaposition seems to perfectly encapsulate that transitional moment in history.
The Queen and her "Sweet Inspirations" Carolyn, Erma (Franklin) and Cissy Houston man how they merge as one vocal unit on this gem.
Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song For Me ( LIVE)
Although she is justifiably known for her singing and phrasing, Franklin was/is also an underrated piano player and songwriter
Just no one touches this great wonder, and force of nature. She is truly annointed, and was destined to be the greatest soul singer of all time.
She has everything :- Power, Timing, Grace, Spontaneity, Instinct and all this coupled with interpretation second to none. I have never seen anyone who can sing a song with the soul and conviction of Aretha Franklin and she truly stands out amongst her peers. Long live the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin.
Aretha Franklin - Respect ( Probably live in Sweden)
Best performance of this song ever.
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