ARETHA FRANKLIN / A PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN / 1970-1974 (6LP BOXSET)

Includes these Studio 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)
• LET ME IN YOUR LIFE (1974)
• Plus BONUS LP OF RARITIES : A SIXTH BONUS LP of Session Alternates, Outtakes & Demos!

PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN! - 1970-1974 (6LP BOXSET)

FIVE CLASSIC ARETHA ALBUMS PRESENTING AN EARLY-’70S

Original Albums Remastered From the Analog Master Tapes by Grammy® Award-Winning Engineer, Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering Produced by Grammy® Award-Winner Cheryl Pawelski with Liner Notes from Billboard’s Gail Mitchell & British Ambassador of Soul, David Nathan.

Includes the hit Young, Gifted, & Black, released in 1972, which hit #2 on Billboard’s R&B albums survey and #11 on the Billboard Top 200 as well as being certified GOLD.

Aretha won the 1972 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance the album ranked at number 388 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Also includes This Girl’s In Love With You which features the first commercial release of “Let It Be,” and came out 2 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 & Arif Mardin.

ARETHA FRANKLIN / A PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN / 1970-1974 (6LP BOXSET)

Track List

1. * 1: This Girl's in Love with You
2. Son of a Preacher Man
3. Share Your Love with Me
4. Dark End of the Street
5. Let It Be
6. Eleanor Rigby
7. This Girl's in Love with You
8. It Ain't Fair
9. The Weight
10. Call Me
11. Sit Down and Cry
12. * 2: Spirit in the Dark
13. Don't Play That Song
14. The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)
15. Pullin'
16. You and Me
17. Honest I Do
18. Spirit in the Dark
19. When the Battle Is Over
20. One Way Ticket
21. Try Matty's
22. That's All I Want from You
23. Oh No Not My Baby
24. Why I Sing the Blues
25. * 3: Young Gifted and Black
26. Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)
27. Day Dreaming
28. Rock Steady
29. Young Gifted and Black
30. All the King's Horses
31. A Brand New Me
32. April Fools
33. I've Been Loving You Too Long
34. First Snow in Kokomo
35. The Long and Winding Road
36. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
37. Border Song (Holy Moses)
38. * 4: Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
39. Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
40. Somewhere
41. So Swell When You're Well
42. Angel
43. Sister from Texas
44. Mister Spain
45. That's the Way I Feel About Cha
46. Moody's Mood
47. Just Right Tonight
48. * 5: Let Me in Your Life
49. Let Me in Your Life
50. Every Natural Thing
51. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
52. I'm in Love
53. Until You Come Back to Me
54. (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
55. The Masquerade Is Over
56. With Pen in Hand
57. Oh Baby
58. Eight Days on the Road
59. If You Don't Think
60. A Song for You
61. * 6: Bonus Tracks
62. Pledging My Love/The Clock
63. You're Taking Up Another Man's Place
64. Are You Leaving Me
65. You're All I Need to Get By (Take 2)
66. Spanish Harlem
67. (Aretha 3 Rough Mix Reel 12150)
68. Lean on Me
69. Sweetest Smile and the Funkiest Style
70. Do You Know
71. At Last
72. Master of Eyes
73. (The Deepness of Your Eyes)
74. Til It's Over

Follow us on Instagram.