MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Gatefold
CONDITION COVER M mint
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo, Insert
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE arethafranklin.net
Margaret Branch - background vocals
Brenda Bryant - background vocals
Ray Charles - piano, vocals
Lou Collins - tenor sax
Tom Dowd - horn arrangements
Cornell Dupree - guitar
Aretha Franklin - piano, vocals
Jack Hale - trombone
Roger Hopps - trumpet
Wayne Jackson - trumpet
Jerry Jemmott - bass
King Curtis - orchestra leader, soprano sax, tenor sax
Andrew Love - tenor sax
Arif Mardin - horn arrangements, strings, synthesizer
Jimmy Mitchell - baritone sax
Pancho Morales - congas, percussion
Billy Preston - keyboards, organ
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - drums
Pat Smith - background vocals
The Sweethearts of Soul - background vocals
Truman Thomas - keyboards, piano
respect - 3:53
love the one you're with - 4:15
bridge over troubled water - 5:55
eleanor rigby - 2:33
make it with you - 4:33
don't play that song - 3:16
dr. feelgood - 7:06
spirit in the dark - 5:33
spirit in the dark (reprise with ray charles) - 8:53
reach out and touch (somebody's hand) – 2:35
Live recordings come up with extremely different results: most of them land in the rubbish bin, some of them are available as bootleg copies when a star’s career has ended and are passed on conspiratorially from one excited collector to another
Only a very few conserve real spirit and sheer enthusiasm, which no arranger or sound mixer can conjure up in the studio
But even more sensational was Aretha Franklin’s guest appearance at the Fillmore West, the legendary concert hall in San Francisco, which closed down shortly afterwards
Everyone knew who was going to perform, and yet everything was quite different on these three nights in the spring of 1971: her usual show band was left behind in Detroit and she appeared with King Curtis And The Kingpins – one of the most impressive bands around – accompanied by the trailblazers Cornel Dupree (g) and Bernard Purdie (dr)
The Memphis Horns, a fantastic horn section, blast away in the background, their keen as a razor backings rising up to soaring heights
From Billy Preston’s fingertips on the organ flows an aura of spiritual energy and Ray Charles, who by chance (but how fortuitous!) was among the audience also got his appearance in the telling title "Spirit In The Dark"
No words need be lost about the queen on the cover
For without the superb albums of the late Sixties, Aretha Franklin would never have become the USA’s first sister of soul nor would she have appeared in the Fillmore West
RECORDING February 1975 live at Fillmore West San Francisco
ENGINEERING Ray Thompson
LABEL Atlantic
RE MASTERING --
RE RELEASED January 2014
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas Germany
MADE IN Germany
STYLE Rhythm & Blues / Soul
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
