Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings

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Personnel: Aretha Franklin (vocals, arranger, piano, celeste); Rev. James Cleveland (vocals, director, piano); Southern California Community Choir (vocals); Cornell Dupree (guitar); Ken Lupper (organ); Chuck Rainey (bass); Bernard Purdie (drums); Pancho Morales (congas). Producers: Jerry Wexler, Arif Mardin, Aretha Franklin. Reissue producers: Patrick Milligan, Reggie Collins. This edition of AMAZING GRACE contains two unedited live performances recorded at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, California on January 13-14, 1972. Includes liner notes by David Nathan, Reggie Collins & Patrick Milligan. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Long before she ascended the throne and donned the mantle of the Queen Of Soul, Aretha Franklin was a child of the church. Franklin's pedigree demanded such, since her father was the famous Reverend C.L. Franklin, and her mother was herself a gospel singer. AMAZING GRACE was Lady Soul's return to her roots after hitting the secular stride of her fantastic strings of albums on Atlantic. Recorded over two days at Los Angeles' New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, AMAZING GRACE finds Franklin backed by her studio band and joined by a choir led by family friend and gospel icon James Cleveland. Franklin's singing is unfettered and filled with a spirit not heard in her secular material. Most interesting is her seamless choice of material. She gives pop songs by Marvin Gaye ("Wholy Holy") and Carole King ("You've Got A Friend") a spiritual sheen, placing them alongside more traditional fare by Clara Ward ("How I Got Over") and Thomas Dorsey ("Precious Lord, Take My Hand"). Equally impressive are Franklin's rich arrangements, her interaction with the Southern California Community Choir, and her often overlooked piano playing on such songs as "Never Grow Old."

Thursday Night Show (1/13/72)
[Side 1]
01. Organ Introduction ("On Our Way") - Ken Lupper
02. Opening Remarks - Rev. James Cleveland
03. On Our Way - Southern California Community Choir
04. Aretha's Introduction - Rev. James Cleveland
05. Wholy Holy
06. You'll Never Walk Alone

[Side 2]
01. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
02. Precious Memories - With Rev. James Cleveland
03. How I Got Over

[Side 3]
01. Precious Lord, Take My Hand / You've Got A Friend
02. Climbing Higher Mountains
03. Give Yourself To Jesus

[Side 4]
01. Amazing Grace
02. My Sweet Lord - Instrumental

Friday Night Show (1/14/72)
[Side 5]
01. Organ Introduction ("On Our Way") and Opening Remarks - Ken Lupper & Rev. James Cleveland
02. On Our Way - Southern California Community Choir
03. Aretha's Introduction - Rev. James Cleveland
04. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
05. Wholy Holy

[Side 6]
01. Climbing Higher Mountains
02. God Will Take Care Of You
03. Old Landmark

[Side 7]
1. Mary, Don't You Weep
2. Never Grow Old

[Side 8]
01. Remarks By Reverend C.L. Franklin
02. Precious Memories - With Rev. James Cleveland
03. My Sweet Lord - Instrumental