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Aretha Franklin With The Ray Bryant Combo / Aretha (2022 reissue)
  1. Won’t Be Long
  2. Over the Rainbow
  3. Love Is the Only Thing
  4. Sweet Lover
  5. All Night Long
  6. Who Needs You?
  7. Right Now
  8. Are You Sure
  9. Maybe I’m a Fool
  10. It Ain’t Necessarily So
  11. By Myself
  12. Today I Sing the Blues

ARETHA FRANKLIN WITH THE RAY BRYANT COMBO

Aretha Franklin With The Ray Bryant Combo / Aretha (2022 reissue)

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  • limited numbered 180g audiophile translucent red lp in gatefold

    Released: 18th Feb 2022

    £25.99
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The super talent Aretha Franklin just turned 18 years old when she recorded her album Aretha with The Ray Bryant Combo.

This 1961 album was her first album release on the Columbia label and showcases her covers of a range of jazz and pop standards. It was the material upon which Aretha’s soul kingdom and unique personal style were built. Producer John Hammond followed the formula he once prescribed for his “discovery” Billie Holiday: standards and blues with a jazz rhythm section plus horns and “head charts”.