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Aretha Franklin: Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul

by Zeth Lundy

[26.Oct.07] :. Two-disc compilation offers up a wealth of demos, outtakes, alternate versions, and B-sides from Franklin's 1966-1974 Atlantic sessions.

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Soulful rejects from Aretha Franklin’s storied vault

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[15.Oct.07] :. With a couple of exceptions, Aretha Franklin - or as a poet once deftly described her, “aretha/crystal jukebox queen of hymn and him” - is like many of the other great pop, soul and jazz...

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Mum’s pretty much the word for Aretha Franklin

by Thor Christensen [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[25.Apr.07] :. Aretha Franklin plans to tell her life story twice—first in a stage musical due out next year, followed by a film version. But neither is likely to give the full picture. When it comes to...

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Aretha Franklin: The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960-1965)

by Mark Anthony Neal

[18.Oct.02] :. Arguably one of the most important recordings done by a black artists in the post-Civil Rights era, throughout Amazing Grace Franklin seamlessly weaves through traditional sacred recordings.

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