(1972)
Label: Wax Love Records
2017 Reissue
1LP
Limited to 500 copies
Jazz
Before Aretha hit big with her stomping southern soul sound in the late 60s, she’d already had quite a career. Beginning as a gospel singer Franklin spent the early 60s recording in a variety of styles to varying success. While her other releases were overproduced and poppy, these very early recordings with the Ray Bryant group are beautiful jazz vocal stylings in the manner of Sarah Vaughan or Ella Fitzgerald. Beautifully recorded with no overdubs this is fantastic early 60s jazz and her voice is as perfect a fit for this material as it is for the soul she’s famous for.
| A1 |
Won't Be Long
Written-By – J. Leslie McFarland |
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| A2 |
Over The Rainbow
Written-By – E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen |
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| A3 |
Love Is The Only Thing
Written-By – J. Leslie McFarland |
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| A4 |
Sweet Lover
Written-By – J. Leslie McFarland, Sidney J. Wyche |
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| A5 |
All Night Long
Written-By – Curtis Lewis (3) |
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| A6 |
Who Needs You?
Written-By – Billie Holiday, Jeanne Burns |
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| B1 |
Right Now
Written-By – J. Leslie McFarland |
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| B2 |
Are You Sure
Written-By – Meredith Willson |
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| B3 |
Maybe I'm A Fool
Written-By – J. Leslie McFarland |
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| B4 |
It Ain't Necessarily So
Written-By – George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin* |
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| B5 |
(Blue) By Myself
Written-By – J. Leslie McFarland, Joe Bailey |
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| B6 |
Today I Sing The Blues
Written-By – Curley Hamner, Curtis Lewis (3) |