Aretha Franklin – Young, Gifted And Black

 

Atlantic Records 1972 – SD 7213

notes:

Young, Gifted and Black is the eighteenth studio album by American
singer-songwriter Aretha Franklin, released in early 1972, by Atlantic Records
Franklin won a 1972 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

credits

    Acoustic Guitar – Don Arnone (pistes : A2)
    Alto Flute – Hubert Laws (pistes : A2)
    Arranged By [Horn] – Tom Dowd (pistes : A3, B2)
    Arranged By [String, Horn & Woodwind] –
   Arif Mardin (pistes : A1, A2, A4 to B1, B3 to B6)
    Backing Vocals – Carolyn Franklin (pistes : A2, A3, A5, B2 to B4),
   Erma Franklin (pistes : A2, A3, A5, B2 to B4),
   J. R. Bailey* (pistes : B6), Margaret Branch (pistes : B4),
  Ronald Bright* (pistes : B6), Sammy Turner (pistes : B6),
    The Sweet Inspirations (pistes : A1, A4, A6, B6),
  The Sweethearts Of Soul (pistes : A2, A3, A5, B1 to B3, B5)
    Bass – Chuck Rainey (pistes : A2 to A5, B1, B3 to B6),
  Eric Gale (pistes : A1, A6), Robert Popwell (pistes : B2)
    Celesta [Celeste] – Aretha Franklin (pistes : A5)
    Concertmaster – Gene Orloff
    Drums – Al Jackson* (pistes : A1, A6), Bernard Purdie (pistes : A2, A3, A5,
     B1 to B3, B5), Ray Lucas (pistes : A4, B4, B6)
    Electric Piano, Organ – Donny Hathaway (pistes : A2, A3, A5, B2, B3)
    Flute – Hubert Laws (pistes : B1, B5)
    Guitar – Cornell Dupree (pistes : A2 to A5, B1 to B6),
   Hugh McCracken (pistes : A1, A6)
    Horns – The Memphis Horns (pistes : A3, B2)
    Horns [With] – Andrew Love (pistes : A3, B2), Wayne Jackson (pistes : A3, B2)
    Organ – Billy Preston (pistes : A4, B4, B6), Donny Hathaway (pistes : A1, A6)
    Percussion – Dr. John (pistes : A3), Mac Rebennack (pistes : A3), Robert Popwell (pistes : A3)
    Piano, Vocals – Aretha Franklin
    Trumpet, Soloist – Neal Rosengarden* (pistes : B3)
    Vibraphone – Neal Rosengarden* (pistes : A5)



Producer – Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd (pistes : A2 to A5, B1 to B6)
Recorded    August 12, 1970 – February 16, 1971
Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York (A1, A4, A6, B1, B4, B5, B6).
Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami (A2, A3, A5, B2, B3).

Recording engineers:
Gene Paul (A1, A4, A6, B1, B4, B5, B6).
Ron Albert, Howie Albert and Chuck Kirkpatrick (A2, A3, A5, B2, B3).
Engineers for additional recordings: Jimmy Douglass, Lew Hahn, Jack Adams, Don Cassale.

Background vocalists:
The Sweet Inspirations (A1, A4, A6, B6).
Erma Franklin, Carolyn Franklin and Margaret Branch (B4).
Erma Franklin, Carolyn Franklin & The Sweethearts of Soul (A2, A3, A5, B2, B3).
The Sweethearts of Soul (B1, B5).


tracklist:

A1        Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)
Written-By – Jim Doris
3:39
A2        Day Dreaming
Written-By – Aretha Franklin
3:58
A3        Rock Steady
Written-By – Aretha Franklin
3:12
A4        Young, Gifted And Black
Written-By – Nina Simone
3:32
A5        All The King's Horses
Written-By – Aretha Franklin
3:53
A6        A Brand New Me
Written-By – Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble, Theresa Bell
4:23
B1        April Fools
Written-By – Burt Bacharach & Hal David*
3:27
B2        I've Been Loving You Too Long
Written-By – Jerry Butler, Otis Redding
3:32
B3        First Snow In Kokomo
Written-By – Aretha Franklin
4:04
B4        The Long And Winding Road
Written-By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney*
3:36
B5        Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
Written-By – Thomas Bell*, William Hart
3:40
B6        Border Song (Holy Moses)
Written-By – Bernie Taupin, Elton John
3:19

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