• NEW COLLECTION OF LPs
• LIMITED EDITION
• 180 GRAM colored PINK VINYL

Limited pink colored vinyl LP pressing. This 18-track compilation of hits presents the jazz side of Aretha Franklin before she signed to Atlantic Records and became known as the Queen of Soul. Recorded between 1960 and 1962 in New York and split between orchestral and small group settings.

PERSONNEL & DATES:
ARETHA FRANKLIN - (lead vocals) on all tracks, plus:

ON TRACKS [A1], [A5] & [A6]: Orchestra conducted and arranged by Richard Wess.
New York, August 16, 1961.
ON TRACKS [A2] & [A9]: Tyree Glenn (tb), Chauncey “Lord” Westbrook (g), Ray Bryant (p), Bill Lee (b), Osie Johnson (d).
New York, August 1, 1960.
ON TRACK [A3]: Aretha Franklin (also piano), Bill Lee (b), Belton “Sticks” Evans (d).
New York, November 29, 1960.
ON TRACK [A4]: Lucky Warren (ts), Chauncey “Lord” Westbrook (g), Ray Bryant (p), Bill Lee (b), Belton “Sticks” Evans (d).
New York, December 19, 1960.
ON TRACKS [A7], [A8], [B1-B2] & [B9]: Orchestra conducted and arranged by Richard Wess.
New York, November 1961-January 1962.
ON TRACKS [B3-B8]: Orchestra conducted and arranged by Robert Mersey. New York, April-May 1962.

TRACKS:
A1 OPERATION HEARTBREAK
A2 TODAY I SING THE BLUES
A3 WON’T BE LONG
A4 IT AIN’T NECESSARILY SO
A5 I SURRENDER, DEAR
A6 ROCK-A-BYE YOUR BABY WITH
A7 DIXIE MELODY
A8 ROUGH LOVER
A9 IT’S SO HEARTBREAKIN’
10 OVER THE RAINBOW

B1 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN
B2 AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE
B3 TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
B4 WITHOUT THE ONE YOU LOVE
B5 DON’T CRY, BABY
B6 LOVER, COME BACK TO ME
B7 TROUBLE IN MIND
B8 GOD BLESS THE CHILD
B9 HARD TIMES