Thursday, July 8, 2021

Jasmine 261 - Aretha Franklin - Princess Of Soul Her Earliest Recordings 1956-1962(2013)-R&B/Soul

ARETHA FRANKLIN IS ONE OF THE GIANTS OF SOUL AND AMERICAN POP MUSIC,HER SUCCESS WAS
SO GREAT SHE EVENTUALLY WENT ON TO BE NAMED, 'LADY SOUL'.ON THIS MAGNIFICENT 2CD SET
WE LOOK AT HER EARLY PRE-ATLANTIC RECORDINGS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER HER 1956 DEBUT GOSPEL ALBUM IS COMPILED ALONGSIDE HER FIRST
THREE R&B/POP ALBUMS.JUST ONE LISTEN TO THE MATERIAL ON OFFER HERE AND IT IS CLEAR
THAT SHE WAS WELL ON HER WAY TO BEING THE R&B STAR THAT WE KNOW HER AS TODAY.INITIAL
HITS SUCH AS'TODAY I SING THE BLUES', 'OPERATION HEARTBREAK', AND HER VERSION OF
1918 TUNE POPULARISED BY AL JOLSON, 'ROCK-A-BYE YOUR BABY WITH A DIXIE MELODY' ARE
PROOF IF PROOF BE NEEDED.
THIS IS THE ONLY COLLECTION OF ARETHA'S EARLY MATERIAL THAT ANYONE WOULD NEED.SO HERE
IT IS 4 ALBUMS IN ONE!

AMM


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10 comments:

RMstorm said...

Indeed before the coronation. Thamks AMM

richsoul said...

Jasmine has done it again. This is a good collection. I sure would enjoy listening to this collection.

Carlos Uria said...

Another Jasmine, thank you for the review

reb.jukebox said...

Great collection from the truly great artist
thanks Reb

Smokey said...

A very nice collection of Atetha Franklin. Nice to pay attention to this!

tennessee boy said...

Thanks for the review AMM!

ELtel said...

Certainly don't have to twist my arm for this review MM, thank you.
cheers,ELtel

PeterH said...

Jasmine always has interesting music to offer. Thanks for review, P.

Wicked Souldies (Gto Town) said...

I lov the music of Aretha thak u for sharing this drop

pedro B said...

A great collection of Aretha early recordings Thanks All Music Man
Cheers Pedro