A Portrait Of The Queen - 1970-1974

Warner announce the release of the Aretha Franklin boxed set, A Portrait Of The Queen, featuring five classic albums from the early ‘70s, plus bonus material of session alternates, outtakes, B-sides, and demos. The set features the Lady Soul’s five original studio albums from the first half of the ‘70s – This Girl’s In Love With You, Spirit In The Dark, Young, Gifted And Black, Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky) and Let Me In Your Life – and tracks her evolution as a singer/songwriter, showcases the fearlessness of her craft freely exploring genres and sounds, experimenting with writing and arranging various types of songs. The CD set includes bonus material collecting session alternates, outtakes, B-sides, and demos compiled with their accompanying albums, while the LP set includes a sixth LP of highlights from the bonus material. The albums in both the vinyl and CD sets are remastered from the original analog master tapes by GRAMMY Award-winning engineers Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering and Michael Graves at Osiris Studio, respectively. Produced by Grammy Award-winning Cheryl Pawelski, the sets boasts extensive liner notes from Billboard’s Gail Mitchell and the British Ambassador of Soul David Nathan.

Tracks

1~1~Son Of A Preacher Man
1~2~Share Your Love With Me
1~3~Dark End Of The Street
1~4~Let It Be
1~5~Eleanor Rigby
1~6~This Girl's In Love With You
1~7~It Ain't Fair
1~8~The Weight
1~9~Call Me
1~10~Sit Down And Cry
2~1~Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
2~2~The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)
2~3~Pullin'
2~4~You And Me
2~5~Honest I Do
2~6~Spirit In The Dark
2~7~When The Battle Is Over
2~8~One Way Ticket
2~9~Try Matty's
2~10~That's All I Want From You
2~11~Oh No Not My Baby
2~12~Why I Sing The Blues
3~1~Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)
3~2~Day Dreaming
3~3~Rock Steady
3~4~Young, Gifted And Black
3~5~All The King's Horses
3~6~A Brand New Me
3~7~April Fools
3~8~I've Been Loving You Too Long
3~9~First Snow In Kokomo
3~10~The Long And Winding Road
3~11~Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
3~12~Border Song (Holy Moses)
4~1~Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky)
4~2~Somewhere
4~3~So Swell When You're Well
4~4~Angel
4~5~Sister From Texas
4~6~Mister Spain
4~7~That's The Way I Feel About Cha
4~8~Moody's Mood
4~9~Just Right Tonight
4~10~Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes)
5~1~Let Me In Your Life
5~2~Every Natural Thing
5~3~Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
5~4~I'm In Love
5~5~Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
5~6~The Masquerade Is Over
5~7~With Pen In Hand
5~8~Oh Baby
5~9~Eight Days On The Road
5~10~If You Don't Think
5~11~A Song For You
6~1~Pledging My Love
6~2~ The Clock
6~3~You're Taking Up Another Man's Place
6~4~Are You Leaving Me (Demo)
6~5~You're All I Need To Get By (Take 2)
6~6~Spanish Harlem (Alternate Mix)
6~7~Lean On Me
6~8~Sweetest Smile And The Funkiest Style (Hey Now Hey The Other Side Of The Sky Outtake)
6~9~Do You Know (Hey Now Hey The Other Side Of The Sky Outtake)
6~10~At Last (Let Me In Your Life Outtake)
6~11~Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes)
6~12~Til It's Over (Demo)

Details

Format: Vinyl
Artist: Aretha Franklin
Release Date: 01 December 2023
Genre: Soul
Label: BMG Rights Management
Distributor: Inertia Music