ARETHA FRANKLIN / A PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN / 1970-1974 (5CD 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)

PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN! - 1970-1974 5CD 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 (5CD BOXSET)

Track List

1. Son of a Preacher Man
2. Share Your Love with Me
3. Dark End of the Street
4. Let It Be
5. Eleanor Rigby
6. This Girl's in Love with You
7. It Ain't Fair
8. The Weight
9. Call Me
10. Sit Down and Cry
11. The Fool on the Hill (This Girl's in Love with You Outtake)
12. Pledging My Love / the Clock (2018 Mono Remaster)
13. You Keep Me Hangin' on (This Girl's in Love with You / Spirit in the Dark Outtake)
14. I'm Trying to Overcome (This Girl's in Love with You / Spirit in the Dark Outtake)
15. Are You Leaving Me (Demo)
16. Don't Play That Song
17. The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)
18. Pullin'
19. You and Me
20. Honest I Do
21. Spirit in the Dark
22. When the Battle Is Over
23. One Way Ticket
24. Try Matty's
25. That's All I Want from You
26. Oh No Not My Baby
27. Why I Sing the Blues
28. You're Taking Up Another Man's Place (Spirit in the Dark Outtake)
29. My Way (Spirit in the Dark Outtake)
30. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Long Version)
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. Young Gifted and Black
39. All the King's Horses
40. Rock Steady
41. Day Dreaming
42. Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)
43. My Cup Runneth Over (Young Gifted and Black Outtake)
44. You're All I Need to Get By (Take 2)
45. Lean on Me
46. Heavenly Father (Young Gifted and Black Outtake)
47. Spanish Harlem (Alternate Mix)
48. Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
49. Somewhere
50. So Swell When You're Well
51. Angel
52. Sister from Texas
53. Mister Spain
54. That's the Way I Feel About Cha
55. Moody's Mood
56. Just Right Tonight
57. Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)
58. Sweetest Smile and the Funkiest Style (Hey Now Hey the Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
59. The Boy from Bombay
60. This Is (Hey Now Hey the Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
61. Tree of Life (Hey Now Hey the Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
62. Do You Know (Hey Now Hey the Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
63. Can You Love Again (Hey Now Hey the Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
64. I Want to Be with You (Hey Now Hey the Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
65. Let Me in Your Life
66. Every Natural Thing
67. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
68. I'm in Love
69. Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
70. The Masquerade Is Over
71. With Pen in Hand
72. Oh Baby
73. Eight Days on the Road
74. If You Don't Think
75. A Song for You
76. Suzanne (Hey Now Hey the Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
77. The Happy Blues (Let Me in Your Life Outtake)
78. At Last (Let Me in Your Life Outtake)
79. Love Letters (Let Me in Your Life Outtake)
80. Til It's Over (Demo)