Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul(1968)
Type.................: Music
Platform.............: Windows
Image type...........: CD Rip
Burn Tested..........: Yes
CDR..........: Requires 700 MB / 80 Min CDR
Audio Format.........: Lossless
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Hz...................: 44,100
Channels.............: Stereo
Reader...............: HL-DT-STDVDRAM GSA-T50N
Source...............: CD
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Track List
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01. Chain Of Fools 02:48
02. Money Won´t Change You 02:09
03. People Get Ready 03:44
04. Niki Hoeky 02:31
05. A Natural Woman 02:44
06. Since You´ve Been Gone 02:25
07. Good To Me As I Am To You 03:58
08. Come Back Baby 02:28
09. Groovin' 02:57
10. Ain´t No Way 04:14
11. Chain Of Fools (unedited) 04:22
12. A Natural Woman (Mono Single) 02:47
13. Since You´ve Been Gone (Mono Single) 02:26
14. Ain´t No Way (Mono Single) 04:12
Bio
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"Lady Soul" is a high-quality reissue of one of Aretha Franklin's greatest, most important
records, dating from 1968, the midst of the most hit-filled period of her career. It was her
third highly successful, gritty album for Atlantic: She had ten Top Ten hits in eighteen
months of 1967-68. "Lady Soul" peaked at #1, #2 and #3 on Billboard's Black Albums,
Pop Albums and Jazz Albums charts respectively.
Franklin is the daughter of an influential Detroit preacher and her talent was recognized
early; she cut her first record at 14. She was later signed to Columbia, a find of their
legendary talent scout John Hammond, but the label didn't seem to know what to do
with her. However, Atlantic waited in the wings. Once signed by their chief Ahmet
Ertegun, producers Jerry Wexler and Arif Mardin, and engineer Tom Dowd put her
together with a repertory better suited to her soulful talents, and backed her explosive
song stylings with the equally explosive Muscle Shoals studio players (though they
were then feuding with that studio's management, and had to bring the musicians to
New York to record). And they all made music history. Franklin almost immediately burst
onto the Rhythm and Blues charts with Otis Redding's "Respect," still her biggest hit,
though she was to have 20 R&B #1 singles.
This album is a no-brainer purchase, containing her mega hits "Chain of Fools," "People
Get Ready," and "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman," plus several more
memorable takes that show her at her very best.
But Franklin, also honored as the Queen of Soul,is a triple-threat
singer-songwriter-pianist, and she isn't limited to soul and R&B; she can also do gospel,
for sure, jazz, and even, memorably, opera. There was the night she stepped in for the
ailing Luciano Pavarotti at the live Grammy Awards, and, without rehearsal time, nor
even time to get the aria transposed to her key, she delivered a version of the opera
singer's signature aria, "Nessun Dorma," from "Turandot," that brought the jaded music
crowd to its feet. She's won awards and honors too numerous to mention, including an
unprecedented eight consecutive Grammies for Best Female R&B vocal performance
from 1967-1974-- there were people jokingly referring to it, finally, as Grammy's Aretha
Award. She does sometimes remind me of something a choir master supposedly once
said to a little girl: you don't have to sing so loud, God can always hear you. But this
woman deserves all our R-E-S-P-E-C-T, and this album dates from her never quite
equaled early burst of creativity. It belongs on the shelf of her serious fans.
Enjoy!!!
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