Aretha Franklin ARETHA NOW Analogue Productions 45rpm Two Record Set MINT
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Aretha Franklin ARETHA NOW Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) 45rpm 2 Record Set MINT
Label:
Atlantic – SD 8186, Analogue Productions – APA 040-45Series:
Atlantic 75 Audiophile SeriesFormat:
2 x Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition № 000345, StereoCountry:
USReleased:
2025Genre:
Funk / SoulStyle:
Soul A1 Think Written-By – Aretha Franklin, Ted White 2:15 A2 I Say A Little Prayer Written-By – Burt Bacharach & Hal David* 3:30 A3 See Saw Written-By – Don Covay, Steve Cropper 2:42 B1 Night Time Is The Right Time Written-By – Lew Herman 4:44 B2 You Send Me Written-By – Sam Cooke 2:25 C1 You're A Sweet Sweet Man Written-By – Ronnie Shannon 2:14 C2 I Take What I Want Written-By – David Porter, Isaac Hayes, Mabon Hodges* 2:30 C3 Hello Sunshine Written-By – King Curtis, Ronald Miller (3) 3:00 D1 A Change Written-By – Clyde Otis, Dorian Burton 2:23 D2 I Can't See Myself Leaving You Written-By – Ronnie Shannon 3:00- Record Company – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Pressed By – Quality Record Pressings
- Printed By – Stoughton Printing Co.
- Recorded At – Atlantic Studios
- Mastered At – Cohearent Audio
- Lacquer Cut At – Cohearent Audio by Kevin Gray
- Arranged By [All The Arrangements Are By] – Arif Mardin, Tom Dowd
- Baritone Saxophone – Floyd Newman, Willie Bridges
- Bass – Jerry Jammot
- Drums – Roger Hawkins
- Electric Piano, Organ – Spooner Oldham
- Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Tom Dowd
- Guitar – Jimmy Johnson, Tom Cogbill
- Lacquer Cut By – KPG
- Liner Notes – Jack Springer
- Mastered By – Kevin Gray
- Photography By [Cover Photo] – David Gahr
- Piano – Aretha Franklin
- Producer [Produced By] – Jerry Wexler
- Tenor Saxophone – Andrew Love, Charles Chalmers
- Trumpet – Wayne Jackson
First 2000 copies are numbered on the back of the jacket and pressed at Quality Record Pressings. Limited Edition № 000345
Aretha Franklin — Aretha Now
Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series)
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records!
Includes the knockout anthem "Think"!
180-gram 45 RPM double LP
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tape
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
Tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jacket by Stoughton Printing
Aretha Franklin had some modest success as a singer of standards and torch songs, during her tenure with Columbia Records in the early- and mid-'60s, but it wasn't until she signed with Atlantic Records in 1967 that she found her true voice, becoming, in essence, the Aretha Franklin the world came to love — the Queen of Soul!
1968 was a watershed year for Franklin. In January, she released Lady Soul, one of her finest and most popular albums — a No. 2 record that featured her take on Carole King's "(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman" and the immortal "Chain of Fools." She closed out the year with her first live album, Aretha In Paris, performing some of her best Atlantic material in a concert setting.
Sandwiched between those two records was Aretha Now, a continuation of the great, grooving R&B she'd made her own since signing with Atlantic.
Side One is a flat-out classic. It starts with "Think," the timeless empowerment anthem, with its gospel call and response and "Freedom!" refrain-truly one of the '60s great soul songs. A reinvention of the Bacharach/David hit "I Say a Little Prayer" follows, as Franklin both leads and yields to the Sweet Inspirations, whose harmonies define this new version of the Dionne Warwick hit. A slinky take on "See Saw" leads into Franklin's brassy cover of "The Night Time is the Right Time," taking the sweaty Nappy Brown/Ray Charles bedroom come-on to church, as only Franklin could do it. She also takes a spritely stroll through Sam Cooke's "You Send Me," ending the side on a romantic high.
Take a breath before flipping over to Side Two — you're going to need it, not just to recover from the string of knockouts on Side One, but also to marshal the energy you'll need to dance through the up-tempo stunners to come. Roger Hawkins' drums are the first thing you hear when the needle hits the groove-the count in to "You're a Sweet, Sweet Man," which gets the head bobbing. By the time Franklin sprints through the Clyde Otis tune "A Change," you'll be shimmying across whatever floor you happen to be standing on. It all leads up to the album closer, the simmering "I Can't See Myself Leaving You," an R&B chart smash with an understated vocal that should be considered among Franklin's finest performances.
Aretha Now was a hit album in its own right, but it's sometimes overlooked, standing as it does in the shadow of Lady Soul. Still, Aretha Now is an effortless-sounding showcase of her range and versatility; portraying her talent for not only elevating any song she sang, but to make it completely hers in such a way that it's impossible to imagine anyone else singing it.
This definitive deluxe 180-gram 45 RPM 2LP Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) reissue of Aretha Now , is mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tape, and is pressed on 180-gram double LP at Quality Record Pressings. Housed in a tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jacket by Stoughton Printing.
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