The Queen In Waiting

Vinyl 3LP

Before Aretha Franklin rose to fame, she was signed to Columbia Records. This 3LP compilation album is a collection of some of Aretha's most notable songs during her time at Columbia from 1960 to 1965.  The Queen in Waiting highlights Franklin's jazz and big-band recordings, and includes the songs "Won't Be Long", "Walk On By", "Today I Sing The Blues" and "Try A Little Tenderness" a.o.

Tracklist

  1. Nobody Like You
  2. Once In A While
  3. Maybe I'm A Fool 
  4. Muddy Water
  5. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? (Alternate Version)
  6. Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
  7. Today I Sing The Blues
  8. Won't Be Long
  9. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
  10. Evil Gal Blues
  11. Lee Cross
  12. Walk On By 
  13. I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight)
  14. God Bless The Child
  15. Blue Holiday
  16. Looking Through A Tear
  17. Tiny Sparrow
  18. Here Today And Gone Tomorrow 
  19. Little Brown Book
  20. Without The One You Love
  21. This Bitter Earth 
  22. Just For A Thrill
  23. Skylark 
  24. Skylark (Alternate Version)
  25. Trouble In Mind 
  26. Runnin' Out Of Fools
  27. Drinking Again
  28. Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)
  29. What A Diff'rence A Day Made
  30. Soulville 
  31. You'll Lose A Good Thing
  32. Take A Look
  33. Cry Like A Baby 
  34. I Wish I Didn't Love You So
  35. Only The Lonely
  36. People
  37. Mockingbird
  38. Until You Were Gone
  39. My Coloring Book
  40. Try A Little Tenderness