SIDE A
A1 You Made Me Love You
A2 I Told You So
A3 Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
A4 Nobody Like You
A5 Exactly Like You
A6 It’s So Heartbreakin’
SIDE B
B1 Rough Lover
B2 Blue Holiday
B3 Just For You
B4 That Lucky Old Sun
B5 I Surrender, Dear
B6 Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
SIDE C
A1 Introduction To Hard Times
A2 Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) (Take 2)
A3 When They Ask About You
A4 Operation Heartbreak (2:59)
SIDE D
B1 I Surrender, Dear (Mono Mix)
B2 Rough Lover (Mono Mix)
B3 Kissin’ By The Mistletoe (Mono Mix)
SIDE E
A1 Follow Your Heart
A2 Only The One You Love
A3 One Step Ahead
A4 Can’t You Just See Me
A5 How To Murder Your Wife
A6 A Little Bit Of Soul
A7 Cry Like A Baby
A8 Her Little Heart Went To Loveland
A9 Remember Me
A10 Land Of Dreams
A11 Little Miss Raggedy Ann
SIDE F
B1 Deeper
B2 I Still Can’t Forget
B3 Rose Of Washington Square
B4 Take It Like You Give It (Mono Mix)
B5 Follow Your Heart (Mono Mix)
B6 Only The One You Love (Mono Mix)
B7 One Step Ahead (Mono Mix)
B8 How To Murder Your Wife (Mono Mix)
B9 A Little Bit Of Soul (Mono Mix)
B10 Cry Like A Baby (Mono Mix)
B11 Her Little Heart Went To Loveland (Mono Mix)
In order to celebrateÊAretha Franklin’s 50th anniversary in Pop music, we present a double album plus a bonus 10″ with some of her best recordings for Columbia Records.ÊThe remarkable recordings in this deluxe package make a convincing case that Aretha Franklin was already royalty by the time she made her first album for Columbia Records as an 18-year-old gospel singer brimming with hope, possibility and a glimpse of glory.Ê Newly mastered from the original analog tapes,ÊThe Electrifying Aretha FranklinÊandÊA Bit of SoulÊalong with a bonus 10-inch EP are landmark recordings from Aretha’s remarkable career at Columbia.ÊElectrifyingÊelectrified audiences when it was released in 1962, winning Aretha top honors in DownBeat magazine’s prestigious listeners’ poll.ÊAretha’s brief output for Columbia set the stage for her ascendance as the Queen of Soul at Atlantic Records.À_A Bit Of SoulÊ(recorded in 1965 but previously unreleased!) demonstrates how she found her voice at Columbia.ÊPresented for the first time in its original form, we can hear her divinely inspired soul fire, emerging interpretative grace and vocal sophistication. Indeed, we can hear the very evolution of her musical genius.
180 gram audiophile vinyl
Deluxe 6mm slipcase incl. 2LPs plus 1 bonus 10″ + inserts
The ElectrifyingÊ: Remastered audio
A Bit Of Soul: Previously unreleased album, orig. recorded in 1965
Official website:Êhttp://www.arethafranklin.net/
