Aretha Franklin - A Portrait of the Queen: 1970-1974 [6LP] (LP Box Set)

A Portrait of the Queen: 1970-1974 brings together five classic Aretha albums, presenting an early-'70s portrait of The Queen!

The set includes the albums This Girl's in Love With You (1970), Spirit in the Dark (1970), Young Gifted and Black (1972), Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973) and Let Me in Your Life (1974). It also features a sixth bonus LP of session, alternates, outtakes and demos!

The original albums have been remastered from the analog master tapes by Grammy Award-winning engineer Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, and produced by Grammy Award-Winner Cheryl Pawelski with liner notes from Billboard's Gail Mitchell and British Ambassador of Soul, David Nathan.

The package includes the hit album Young Gifted and Black, which hit #2 on Billboard's R&B albums survey and #11 on the Billboard 200 as well as being certified Gold. Aretha won the 1972 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, while the album ranked at #388 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Also included is This Girl's in Love With You which features the first commercial release of Let It Be, and came out two months ahead of The Beatles. Both this album and Spirit in the Dark feature the Muscle Shoals Rhythm section and an appearance by Duane Allman, along with production on both from Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin.

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Tracklist:

LP 1:
1. Son of a Preacher Man
2. Share Your Love With Me
3. Dark End of the Street
4. Let It Be
5. Eleanor Rigby
6. This Girl's in Love With You
7. It Ain't Fair
8. The Weight
9. Call Me
10. Sit Down and Cry

LP 2:
1. Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
2. The Thrill is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)
3. Pullin'
4. You and Me
5. Honest I Do
6. Spirit in the Dark
7. When the Battle Is Over
8. One Way Ticket
9. Try Matty's
10. That's All I Want from You
11. Oh No Not My Baby
12. Why I Sing the Blues

LP 3:
1. Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)
2. Day Dreaming
3. Rock Steady
4. Young, Gifted and Black
5. All the King's Horses
6. A Brand New Me
7. April Fools
8. I've Been Loving You Too Long
9. First Snow in Kokomo
10. The Long and Winding Road
11. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
12. Border Song (Holy Moses)

LP 4:
1. Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
2. Somewhere [feat. Anneke Van Giersbergen]
3. So Swell When You're Well
4. Angel
5. Sister From Texas
6. Mister Spain
7. That's the Way I Feel About Cha
8. Moody's Mood
9. Just Right Tonight

LP 5:
1. Let Me in Your Life
2. Every Natural Thing
3. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
4. I'm in Love
5. Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
6. The Masquerade is Over
7. With Pen in Hand
8. Oh Baby
9. Eight Days on the Road
10. If You Don't Think
11. A Song for You

LP 6:
1. Pledging My Love/The Clock
2. You're Taking Up Another Man's Place
3. Are You Leaving Me
4. You're All I Need to Get By (Take 2)
5. Spanish Harlem (Aretha 3, Rough Mix, Reel 12150)
6. Lean on Me
7. Sweetest Smile and the Funkiest Style
8. Do You Know
9. At Last
10. Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)
11. Til It's Over