Queen Of Soul: Atlantic Recordings [Box]

構成数 : 4枚
合計収録時間 : 01:18:39
Personnel includes: Aretha Franklin (vocals, piano); Chips Moman, Phil Upchurch (guitar); Charlie Chalmers, Seldon Powell (tenor saxophone); Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute); Willie Bridges, Haywood Henry (baritone saxophone); Joe Newman (trumpet); Melvin Lastie (trumpet, cornet); Spooner Oldham (electric piano); Richard Tee (organ); Sylvester Rivers (keyboards); Ted Somers (vibraphone); Tommy Cogbill, Chuck Rainey (bass); Roger Hawkins, Harold Mason (drums); Ralph MacDonald, Poncho Morales (percussion); Erma Franklin, Pam Vincent, Margaret Branch, Brenda Bryant, Carolyn Franklin, Ann S. Clark, Sylvia Shemwell, The Kitty Haywood Singers, Deidre Tuck, Myrna Smith, Sammy Turner, Ronald Bright, J.R. Bailey, Almeida Lattimore, Evelyn Green, Wylene Ivy, Ellie Greenwich (background vocals). Additional guest artists: Cornell DuPree (guitar); Joe Farrell (tenor saxophone); Donny Hathaway (piano); Billy Preston (organ); The Sweet Inspirations, Judy Clay, Dee Dee Warwick, Gwen Guthrie (background vocals). Producers: Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager. Compilation producer: Yves Beauvais. Engineers: Rick Hall, Tom Dowd, Jerome Gasper, Ron Albert, Chuck Kirkpatrick, Lewis Hahn, Jean-Michel Poudubois, Gene Paul, Howard Albert, Chuck Kirkpatrick, Phil Schier, Ray Thompson, Phil Ramone, Lew Hahn, Frank Kejmar, Roger Anfinsen. Recorded from 1967-1976. Digitally remastered by Ted Jensen (July 1992, Sterling Sound, New York). This four-disc box represents the cream of Aretha Franklin's canon. Initially signed to Columbia by the legendary John Hammond, Franklin spent her time floundering about as the label struggled to find a stylistic fit for her. When her contract was up, she signed with Atlantic and was immediately teamed up with producer Jerry Wexler. He promptly enlisted the musical magicians down in Alabama's Muscle Shoals studio as her back-up band. It was as if her bottled-up creativity had been let loose on an unsuspecting world. Like Ray Charles before her, Lady Soul uses her vibrant vocals and powerful piano playing to create a crossroads where musical genres met. Starting with the Gospel she cut her teeth on as a child, Franklin throws ingredients of soul, country, jazz and pop into a delicious musical gumbo. Aretha Franklin's amazing range allowed her to not only write much of her own material, but travel along and pick songs off a wide variety of musical trees. In addition to covering songs by Otis Redding and Don Covay, Franklin also dips into the catalogs of Nina Simone, Willie Nelson, The Beatles and Elton John. During her 12 years with Atlantic, the Queen Of Soul also took turns dabbling in material associated with Motown, Philly soul and Stax. QUEEN OF SOUL is essential listening.