Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Aretha Franklin (vocals, piano); Chips Moman, Phil Upchurch (guitar); Charlie Chalmers, Seldon Powell (tenor saxophone); Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute); Willie Bridges, Haywood Henry (baritone saxophone); Joe Newman (trumpet); Melvin Lastie (trumpet, cornet); Spooner Oldham (electric piano); Richard Tee (organ); Sylvester Rivers (keyboards); Ted Somers (vibraphone); Tommy Cogbill, Chuck Rainey (bass); Roger Hawkins, Harold Mason (drums); Ralph MacDonald, Poncho Morales (percussion); Erma Franklin, Pam Vincent, Margaret Branch, Brenda Bryant, Carolyn Franklin, Ann S. Clark, Sylvia Shemwell, The Kitty Haywood Singers, Deidre Tuck, Myrna Smith, Sammy Turner, Ronald Bright, J.R. Bailey, Almeida Lattimore, Evelyn Green, Wylene Ivy, Ellie Greenwich (background vocals). | | Additional guest artists: Cornell DuPree (guitar); Joe Farrell (tenor saxophone); Donny Hathaway (piano); Billy Preston (organ); The Sweet Inspirations, Judy Clay, Dee Dee Warwick, Gwen Guthrie (background vocals). | | Producers: Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager. | | Compilation producer: Yves Beauvais. | | Engineers: Rick Hall, Tom Dowd, Jerome Gasper, Ron Albert, Chuck Kirkpatrick, Lewis Hahn, Jean-Michel Poudubois, Gene Paul, Howard Albert, Chuck Kirkpatrick, Phil Schier, Ray Thompson, Phil Ramone, Lew Hahn, Frank Kejmar, Roger Anfinsen. | | Recorded from 1967-1976. | | Digitally remastered by Ted Jensen (July 1992, Sterling Sound, New York). | | Personnel: Aretha Franklin (vocals, piano); The Sweet Inspirations (vocals, background vocals); Ray Charles, James Cleveland (vocals); Duane Allman (guitar, slide guitar); Chips Moman, Cornell Dupree, Gary Thompson, Jimmy Johnson , David Spinozza, David T. Walker, Eddie Hinton, Eric Clapton, Hugh McCracken, Jerry Weaver, Jay Graydon, Joe South, Junior Mance, Lee Ritenour , Phil Upchurch, Jimmy O'Rourke, Charlie Freeman, Bobby Womack (guitar); Don Arnone (acoustic guitar); Ralph Burns (strings, French horn, drums); Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (strings, drums); Herbert Laws (alto flute); David "Fathead" Newman , Joe Farrell (saxophone); Phil Woods, George Dorsey (alto saxophone); Wayne Jackson (tenor saxophone, trumpet); Joe Arnold, King Curtis, Charles Chalmers (tenor saxophone, horns); Frank Wess, Lou Collins, Andrew Love, Seldon Powell, Ed Logan (tenor saxophone); Floyd Newman, Willie Bridges, Haywood Henry, Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone); Melvin Lastie (trumpet, cornet); Richard Gene Williams , Ernie Royal, Roger Hopps, Joe Newman , Ken Laxton, Snooky Young, Bernie Glow (trumpet); David Hood, Jimmy Cleveland, Thomas Mitchell, Urbie Green, Benny Powell, Jack Hale, Tony Studd (trombone); Spooner Oldham (piano, electric piano, organ, vibraphone); Barry Beckett (piano, electric piano); Bob James (piano); Dave Crawford, Kenneth Lupper, Donny Hathaway, Richard Tee, Truman Thomas, Billy Preston (organ); Clarence McDonald, Sylvester Rivers, Jim Dickinson, Mike Utley (keyboards); Kenneth Bichel (synthesizer, percussion); Jack Jennings, Neal Rosengarden, Warren Smith (vibraphone); Chuck Rainey (electric bass); Harold Mason, Ed Greene, Gene Chrisman, Grady Tate, Ronald "Tubby" Ziegler, Quinton Joseph, Al Jackson, Jr., Ray Lucas, Rick Marotta, Roger Hawkins, Sammy Creason, Tubby Ziegler, Bruno Carr (drums); Joe Clayton, Pancho Morales (congas); Manuel Gonzales, Dr. John Popwell, Louie Goicdecha, Ralph MacDonald, Robert Popwell, Gary Coleman (percussion); Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Dee Dee Warwick, Ellie Greenwich, Erma Franklin, The Sweethearts of Soul, Ronald Bright, Ann S. Clark, Pamela Vincent, Charnessa Jones, Judy Clay, Pat Lewis, Sammy Turner, Sylvia Shemwell, Almeda Lattimore, Brenda Bryant, Margaret Branch, Wyline Ivy, Carolyn Franklin (background vocals). | | Audio Mixer: Tom Dowd. | | Audio Remasterer: Ted Jensen. | | Liner Note Authors: Dave Marsh; David Nathan; David Ritz; Thulani Davis; Jerry Wexler; Arif Mardin; Tom Dowd. | | Recording information: A&R Studios, New York, NY; ABC Recording Studios, Glendale, CA; Atlantic Studios; Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, FL; Criteria Studios, Miami, FL; Curtom Studios, Chicago, IL; Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL; FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL; Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA; Filmore West, San Francisco, CA; New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, CA; Olympia Theater, Paris, France; Olympia Theatre, Paris, France [live]; Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA; Whitney Recording Studio, Glendale, CA; Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA. | | Arrangers: Ralph Burns; Aretha Franklin; Charles Chalmers. | | This four-disc box represents the cream of Aretha Franklin's canon. Initially signed to Columbia by the legendary John Hammond, Franklin spent her time floundering about as the label struggled to find a stylistic fit for her. When her contract was up, she signed with Atlantic and was immediately teamed up with producer Jerry Wexler. He promptly enlisted the musical magicians down in Alabama's Muscle Shoals studio as her back-up band. It was as if her bottled-up creativity had been let loose on an unsuspecting world. Like Ray Charles before her, Lady Soul uses her vibrant vocals and powerful piano playing to create a crossroads where musical genres met. Starting with the Gospel she cut her teeth on as a child, Franklin throws ingredients of soul, country, jazz and pop into a delicious musical gumbo. | | Aretha Franklin's amazing range allowed her to not only write much of her own material, but travel along and pick songs off a wide variety of musical trees. In addition to covering songs by Otis Redding and Don Covay, Franklin also dips into the catalogs of Nina Simone, Willie Nelson, The Beatles and Elton John. During her 12 years with Atlantic, the Queen Of Soul also took turns dabbling in material associated with Motown, Philly soul and Stax. QUEEN OF SOUL is essential listening. |
Musical Guests | | Ray Charles | | Cissy Houston | | Jimmy Johnson | | Joe South | | King Curtis | | Bobby Womack | | Duane Allman | | Ray Parker, Jr. |
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