Her reign as the Queen of Soul will play out across 20 highlight tracks which span her entire career and features alternate versions of classic hits, rarities, and live tracks, like her stunning performance of (You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman at The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in 2015. Arranged in mostly chronological order Aretha opens with Never Grow Old which was released as part of her first single in 1956 by J.V.B Records and was recorded at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, where her father, C. L. Franklin, was the long-time pastor.
Among the collection’s 81 newly remastered tracks, 19 are making their CD and digital debuts, including alternate versions of classic hits, demos, rarities, and live tracks, like her stunning performance of (You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman at The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in 2015. To put Franklin’s life and career into perspective, the collection is accompanied by liner notes written by Rochelle Riley, author and director of arts and culture for the City of Detroit, and David Nathan, a music journalist and soul historian who interviewed Franklin more times than any other living writer.
Tracklist
1. Never Grow Old
2. You Grow Closer
3. Today I Sing The Blues
4. Won’t Be Long
5. Are You Sure
6. Operation Heartbreak
7. Skylark
8. Runnin’ Out Of Fools
9. One Step Ahead
10. (No, No) I’m Losing You
11. Cry Like A Baby
12. A Little Bit Of Soul
13. My Kind Of Town (Detroit Is) – Demo
14. Try A Little Tenderness – Demo
15. I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
16. Do Right Woman – Do Right Man
17. Respect
18. A Change Is Gonna Come
19. Chain Of Fools – Alternate Version
20. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – UK Single Version
21. (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
22. Ain’t No Way
23. My Song
24. You Send Me
25. The House That Jack Built
26. Tracks Of My Tears
27. Baby I Love You – Live
28. Son Of A Preacher Man
29. Call Me – Alternate Version
30. Let It Be
31. Young, Gifted And Black – Alternate Longer Take
32. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Long Version
33. It’s Not Unusual/See Saw – with Tom Jones
34. You're All I Need To Get By – Work Tape
35. Brand New Me – Work Tape
36. Spanish Harlem – Alternate Mix
37. Rock Steady – Alternate Mix/Take
38. Day Dreaming
39. Share Your Love With Me – Live
40. Don’t Play That Song – Live
41. Dr. Feelgood – Live
42. Spirit In The Dark (Reprise with Ray Charles) – Live
43. How I Got Over (Single Edit) – Live
44. Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes)
45. Somewhere – Alternate Version
46. Angel – Work Tape
47. The Boy From Bombay
48. Til It's Over – Demo
49. Oh Baby (a.k.a. “There’s Something Magic About You”) – Demo
50. Until You Come Back To Me – Work Tape
51. I’m In Love – Alternate Vocal
52. Without Love
53. Mr. D.J. (5 For The D.J.)
54. You
55. Something He Can Feel
56. Look Into Your Heart
57. Break It To Me Gently
58. When I Think About You
59. Almighty Fire (Woman Of The Future)
60. Ladies Only – Short Version
61. You Light Up My Life
62. Ooo Baby Baby – with Smokey Robinson
63. Amazing Grace
64. Think
65. I Say A Little Prayer – with Dionne Warwick
66. United Together
67. Jump To It
68. The Wind
69. Freeway Of Love
70. Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves – Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin
71. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) – Aretha Franklin and George Michael
72. Oh Happy Day – with Mavis Staples
73. A Rose Is Still A Rose
74. Someday We'll All Be Free
75. The Makings Of You
76. Nessun Dorma – Live
77. At Last – with Lou Rawls
78. You’ve Got A Friend – Ronald Isley featuring Aretha Franklin
79. Rolling In The Deep – The Aretha Version
80. My Country ’Tis Of Thee
81. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman – Live
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