Aretha Franklin - A Portrait Of The Queen - 1970-1974 - Remastered Box Set (6LP Vinyl)

Aretha Franklin’s first five studio albums of the 1970s are collected in a new box set called A Portrait of the Queen 1970-1974.

The albums in question are This Girl’s In Love With You (1970), Spirit in the Dark (1970), Young Gifted and Black (1972), Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973) and Let Me In Your Life (1974). They have all been remastered from the analog master tapes by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

A Portrait of the Queen is available as a 6LP set or a 5CD box. The vinyl version has a bonus disc of “session alternates, outtakes & demos”.

Tracklist

LP 1
01. Son of a Preacher Man
02. Share Your Love With Me
03. Dark End of the Street
04. Let It Be
05. Eleanor Rigby
06. This Girl's in Love With You
07. It Ain't Fair
08. The Weight
09. Call Me
10. Sit Down and Cry

LP 2
01. Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
02. The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)
03. Pullin'
04. You and Me
05. Honest I Do
06. Spirit in the Dark
07. When the Battle Is Over
08. One Way Ticket
09. Try Matty's
10. That's All I Want from You
11. Oh No Not My Baby
12. Why I Sing the Blues

LP 3
01. Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)
02. Day Dreaming
03. Rock Steady
04. Young, Gifted and Black
05. All the King's Horses
06. A Brand New Me
07. April Fools
08. I've Been Loving You Too Long
09. First Snow in Kokomo
10. The Long and Winding Road
11. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
12. Border Song (Holy Moses)

LP 4
01. Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
02. Somewhere (Feat. Anneke Van Giersbergen)
03. So Swell When You're Well
04. Angel
05. Sister from Texas
06. Mister Spain
07. That's the Way I Feel About Cha
08. Moody's Mood
09. Just Right Tonight

LP 5
01. Let Me in Your Life
02. Every Natural Thing
03. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
04. I'm in Love
05. Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
06. The Masquerade Is Over
07. With Pen in Hand
08. Oh Baby
09. Eight Days On the Road
10. If You Don't Think
11. A Song for You

LP 6
01. Pledging My Love/The Clock
02. You're Taking Up Another Man's Place
03. Are You Leaving Me
04. You're All I Need to Get By (Take 2)
05. Spanish Harlem (Aretha 3, Rough Mix, Reel 12150)
06. Lean On Me
07. Sweetest Smile and the Funkiest Style
08. Do You Know
09. At Last
10. Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)
11. Til It's Over