ARETHA FRANKLIN - ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS 1954-1962 [CD]

3-CD SET - LIMITED EDITION IN SPECIAL 10-PANEL DIGIPACK

This outstanding 51-track, 3-CD set presents all of the studio master takes Aretha Franklin recorded between 1960 (her debut dates) and 1962, as well as a rarely heard live recording from 1956 that marks the first existing testimony of her wonderful talents.

ARETHA FRANKLIN, lead vocals On all tracks, plus:

COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL: Joe Wilder (tp), Oliver Nelson, Al Sears (ts),
Ray Bryant, Aretha Franklin, Wynton Kelly (p), Mundell Lowe (g),
Milt Hinton, George Duvivier (b), Osie Johnson (d), among many others.

CD 1, CD 2 & CD 3 [1-8]: Recorded in New York, 1960-62.
CD 3 [9-17]: Aretha Franklin (also piano). Live at the New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan, 1956.

INCLUDES 24-PAGE BOOKLET

CD ONE TOTAL TIME: 48:28

01 RIGHT NOW
02 TODAY I SING THE BLUES
03 LOVE IS THE ONLY THING
04 OVER THE RAINBOW
05 (BLUE) BY MYSELF
06 WON’T BE LONG
07 ALL NIGHT LONG
08 IT AIN’T NECESSARILY SO
09 SWEET LOVER
10 WHO NEEDS YOU?
11 ARE YOU SURE
12 MAYBE I’M A FOOL
13 KISSIN’ BY THE MISTLETOE
14 WHEN THEY ASK ABOUT YOU
15 I SURRENDER, DEAR
16 ROCK-A-BYE YOUR BABY WITH A DIXIE MELODY
17 OPERATION HEARTBREAK

CD TWO TOTAL TIME: 48:42

01 I TOLD YOU SO
02 ROUGH LOVER
03 IT’S SO HEARTBREAKIN’
04 HARD TIMES
05 YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU
06 JUST FOR YOU
07 BLUE HOLIDAY
08 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN
09 AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE
10 EXACTLY LIKE YOU
11 NOBODY LIKE YOU
12 TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
13 I APOLOGIZE
14 WITHOUT THE ONE YOU LOVE
15 DON’T CRY, BABY
16 I’M WANDERING
17 I DON’T KNOW YOU ANYMORE

CD THREE TOTAL TIME: 53:53

01 LOVER, COME BACK TO ME
02 HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN?
03 I’M SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD
04 LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING
05 TROUBLE IN MIND
06 JUST FOR A THRILL
07 GOD BLESS THE CHILD
08 I SURRENDER, DEAR [Mono]
09 THERE IS A FOUNTAIN FILLED WITH BLOOD
10 PRECIOUS LORD –Part 1
11 PRECIOUS LORD –Part 2
12 YOU GROW CLOSER
13 NEVER GROW OLD
14 THE DAY IS PAST AND GONE
15 HE WILL WASH YOU WHITE AS SNOW
16 WHILE THE BLOOD RUNS WARM
17 YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION