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Songs of Faith: Aretha Gospel

Aretha Franklin

SKU: 7728075

Barcode: 602577280757

16.99 £24.00 £16.99
  • Genre: Soul / Funk
  • Label: UMC
  • Released Date: 20th March 2019
  • Buying Format:
    1LP
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Like many of her peers, Aretha Franklin’s career began in the church, and it is this period of her career that is the subject of this historical and captivating 1956 recorded album. With the aid of local Detroit record label JVB, primitive and basic recording equipment was installed into the New Bethel Baptist Church where her father was minister. Nine tracks were recorded, featuring a 14-year old Aretha on vocals and piano accompaniment, with others in the congregation offering words of encouragement during the course of the recording. The tracks “Never Grow Old” b/w “You Grow Closer” and “Precious Lord (Part One)” b/w “Precious Lord (Part Two)” comprised Aretha’s first two singles. Originally issued as Songs of Faith on Checker Records in 1965, MCA reissued the album on CD in 1991 as Aretha Gospel. Reissued here on vinyl for the first time in decades with restored audio, an essay by biographer David Ritz and a detailed history of the tracks’ various releases.

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Track Listings

There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood
Precious Lord (Part One)
Precious Lord (Part Two)
You Grow Closer
Never Grow Old
The Day Is Past And Gone
He Will Wash You White As Snow
While The Blood Runs Warm
Yield Not To Temptation

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