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Aretha Now [Original recording remastered]

Aretha Franklin Audio CD
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“There are singers,” said Ray Charles, “then there is Aretha. She towers above the rest. Others are good, but Aretha is great. She’s my only sure-enough sister.”

Since the moment Aretha stepped to the pulpit at her father’s famed New Bethel Baptist Church as a young girl singing in the great gospel tradition, the world has recognized her as a musical ... Read more in Amazon's Aretha Franklin Store

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  • Audio CD (2 Aug 1993)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Rhino Records
  • ASIN: B00000331L
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 40,872 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  4. Night Time Is the Right Time 4:50£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. You Send Me 2:28£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. You're a Sweet Sweet Man 2:19£0.69  Buy MP3 
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Listen10. I Can't See Myself Leaving You 3:01£0.69  Buy MP3 


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4.0 out of 5 stars Aretha On A Roll 2 Aug 2005
By Laurence Upton TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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This was Aretha's fourth album for Atlantic and was top five in both UK and US, despite a playing time of under half-an-hour. When the grooves are as funky as these, who cares? Two great tracks had already been hit singles when the album came out - Think, which had been recorded on 15 April 1968, the day Martin Luther King was assassinated; and her fantastic re-interpretation of Burt Bacharach's I Say A Little Prayer, which she and the Sweet Inspirations had apparently worked up while on tour, just for fun. In America I Say A Little Prayer was buried as a flipside before discerning deejays turned it over, but it had been the bona-fide A-side the month before in the UK where it reached number 4.
Her revival of Don Covay's See Saw was the first single lifted from the album, with I Can't See Myself Leaving You being extracted the following year while she was taking time off to avoid burn out. 
Sam Cooke had apparently come to the Franklin household while he was still in the Soul Stirrers and considering turning secular with an acetate of You Send Me. After its success she said, "I'd sure like to sing that, too" and here turns in a smoldering version which is not only secular but intensely sexualized to boot. 
The Muscle Shoals crew were flown in to New York for all sessions and were augmented by the Sweet Inspirations and, in April 1968, the Memphis Horns. Most of the album was recorded that April, but three tracks held over from the Lady Soul sessions of December 1967 make up the remainder and feature Bobby Womack on guitar, an 8-piece brass section and Carolyn Franklin on additional background vocals. Two of these were written by Ronnie Shannon who had written I Never Loved A Man and Baby, I Love You.
Aretha had found her voice and was on a roll, complemented by Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin's arrangements and sure-footed production by Jerry Wexler. The album went gold.
Now overdue for a remaster, let's hope it comes with the full complement of bonus tracks from the period, singles and unreleased material that are bound to be gold dust
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5.0 out of 5 stars Aretha now and forever 7 Aug 2011
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A straight reissue of this 1968 lp every bit as great as "I Never Loved a Man" and "Lady Soul" which preceded it.There are hits like "Think" and "I Say a Little Prayer" with 8 other gems including a very groovy jazz flavoured version of Sam Cooke's "You Send Me".Interesting sleeve notes and backing musician credit adds to the excellence.Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars SENSATIONAL ALBUM 29 April 2013
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I BOUGHT THE ORIGINAL LP IN 60S IT HAD A DIFFERNT COVER TO THIS CD.HERE VERSION OF I SAY A LITTLE P RAYER WAS A BIG HIT AT THE TIME TRY AND WATCH THE VIDEO ON U TUBE FRM I THINK THE LULU SHOW IT FEATURES FANTASTIC BACKGROUND SINGING AND MOVES FRM 3 SUPERCOOL LADIES.THINK WAS AND IS MY FAVOURITE TRACK ON THE ALBUM BUT GREAT VERSION OF SAM COOKES YOT SEND ME.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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