A Portrait of the Queen 1970-1974

Tracklist

• CD 1: This Girl’s in Love With You
• 1
  Son of a Preacher Man
  3:18
  4.5 ★
• 2
  Share Your Love With Me
  3:21
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Dark End of the Street
  4:43
• 4
  Let It Be
  3:32
  3.2 ★
• 5
  Eleanor Rigby
  2:37
• 6
  This Girl’s in Love With You
  4:00
• 7
  It Ain’t Fair
  3:23
• 8
  The Weight
  2:59
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Call Me
  3:57
  4.5 ★
• 10
  Sit Down and Cry
  3:53
• 11
  The Fool on the Hill
  3:31
• 12
  Pledging My Love / The Clock
  4:13
• 13
  You Keep Me Hangin’ On
  3:10
• 14
  I’m Trying to Overcome
  5:06
• 15
  Are You Leaving Me (demo)
  4:23
• CD 2: Spirit in the Dark
• 1
  Don’t Play That Song
  3:02
  4.0 ★
• 2
  The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday’s Kiss)
  4:42
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Pullin’
  3:37
  4.0 ★
• 4
  You and Me
  3:33
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Honest I Do
  3:20
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Spirit in the Dark
  4:03
  3.5 ★
• 7
  When the Battle Is Over
  2:43
  3.0 ★
• 8
  One Way Ticket
  2:52
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Try Matty’s
  2:32
  3.0 ★
• 10
  That’s All I Want From You
  2:43
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Oh No Not My Baby
  2:54
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Why I Sing the Blues
  3:07
  4.0 ★
• 13
  You’re Taking Up Another Man's Place
  3:29
• 14
  My Way
  4:08
• 15
  Bridge Over Troubled Water
  4:24
• CD 3: Young Gifted and Black
• 1
  Oh Me Oh My (I’m a Fool for You Baby)
  3:43
• 2
  Day Dreaming
  4:02
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Rock Steady
  3:15
  3.8 ★
• 4
  Young Gifted and Black
  3:35
• 5
  All the King’s Horses
  3:56
• 6
  A Brand New Me
  4:27
  3.0 ★
• 7
  April Fools
  3:30
• 8
  I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
  3:36
• 9
  First Snow in Kokomo
  4:03
• 10
  The Long and Winding Road
  3:38
• 11
  Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
  3:42
• 12
  Border Song (Holy Moses)
  3:23
• 13
  My Cup Runneth Over
  3:22
• 14
  You’re All I Need to Get By (take 2)
  3:37
• 15
  Lean On Me
  4:38
• 16
  I Need a Strong Man (The To-To Song)
  3:56
• 17
  Heavenly Father
  5:37
• 18
  Spanish Harlem (alternate mix)
  4:11
• CD 4: Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
• 1
  Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
  4:45
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Somewhere
  6:18
• 3
  So Swell When You’re Well
  4:18
• 4
  Angel
  4:31
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Sister From Texas
  3:13
• 6
  Mister Spain
  6:46
• 7
  That’s the Way I Feel About Cha
  7:08
• 8
  Moody’s Mood
  2:59
• 9
  Just Right Tonight
  7:46
• 10
  Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)
  3:27
• 11
  Sweetest Smile and the Funkiest Style
  3:48
• 12
  The Boy From Bombay
  3:22
• 13
  This Is
  3:38
• 14
  Tree of Life
  5:12
• 15
  Do You Know
  2:50
• 16
  Can You Love Again
  2:42
• 17
  I Want to Be With You
  6:01
• CD 5: Let Me in Your Life
• 1
  Let Me in Your Life
  3:31
• 2
  Every Natural Thing
  2:37
• 3
  Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing
  3:49
• 4
  I’m in Love
  2:51
• 5
  Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)
  3:27
  4.4 ★
• 6
  The Masquerade Is Over
  4:32
• 7
  With Pen in Hand
  5:08
• 8
  Oh Baby
  4:59
• 9
  Eight Days on the Road
  3:03
• 10
  If You Don’t Think
  3:53
• 11
  A Song for You
  5:35
• 12
  Suzanne
  5:13
• 13
  The Happy Blues
  2:29
• 14
  At Last
  3:25
• 15
  Love Letters
  4:03
• 16
  Til It’s Over (demo)
  3:02

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Release credits

• Adrian Barber
  recording [4]
• Al Jackson, Jr.
  drums (drum set) [1, 6, 14]
• Almeda Lattimore
  background vocals [1-2, 7-9, 12-14]
• Andrew Love
  flute [15], tenor saxophone [3, 8, 15]
• Ann S. Clark
  background vocals [5.2, 5.5, 5.7, 5.9, 3.2-3, 3.5, 3.7-9, 3.11]
• Aretha Franklin
  arranger [2-4, 10], celesta [5], electric piano [5.10-11, 3.7, 3.17], lead vocals [5.1-11, 3.1-12], piano [1.1-15, 5.2, 5.5, 5.7-9, 5.12-13, 2.1-14, 4.2-3, 4.10-11, 4.13-17, 3.1-17], producer [4.1-11, 4.13-17, 5.1-15], vocal [3.13-17, 4.3, 4.10-11, 4.13-17, 5.12-15, 2.1-14, 1.1-15]
• Arif Mardin
  arranger [2, 5], horn [1-2, 4-7, 9-12], mix [3.1-6, 3.12, 2.1, 5.2-5], producer [1.1-14, 2.1-14, 3.1-17, 5.1-11, 5.13-15], strings [3.1, 3.3, 3.8, 3.15, 2.1, 5.14-15], woodwind [1, 3, 8]
• Barry Beckett
  electric piano [3, 5, 7, 11], keyboard [1-3, 5-10], organ [2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11, 2.13, 1.12-14]
• Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
  drums (drum set) [3.2-3, 3.5, 3.7-8, 3.11, 3.15-17, 5.2, 5.5, 5.7-11, 5.13]
• Billy Preston
  keyboard [5.12, 4.11, 4.13-17], organ [4, 10, 12-13], piano [9]
• Bob James
  keyboard [3, 14-15], organ [1]
• Brenda Bryant
  background vocals [1.9, 2.1-2, 2.7-8, 2.12-14]
• Carolyn Franklin
  background vocals [2-3, 5, 8-10, 13-15]
• Charlie Freeman
  guitar [1-2, 4, 6, 10, 14]
• Chuck Kirkpatrick
  engineer [3.2-3, 3.5, 1.3, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.9, 2.12], recording [1]
• Chuck Rainey
  bass [3.2-5, 3.7, 3.9-11, 3.13, 3.15-17, 5.2, 5.5, 5.7, 5.9], bass guitar [12]
• Cissy Houston
  background vocals [1.9, 1.12, 5.3-4]
• Cornell Dupree
  guitar [5.2, 5.4, 5.7-11, 5.13, 2.8, 2.11-13, 3.2-5, 3.7-13, 3.15-17]
• Dave Crawford
  organ [8-9, 12]
• David Hood
  bass [1.1-3, 1.5-14, 2.13], electric bass guitar [3, 5, 7, 11]
• David Spinozza
  guitar [1, 3-4, 6, 14-15]
• Dee Dee Warwick
  background vocals [12]
• Deidre Tuck
  background vocals [4]
• Don Arnone
  acoustic guitar [2]
• Donny Hathaway
  electric piano [5.5, 5.8, 3.2, 3.14], keyboard [3, 7, 13], organ [1, 3, 5-6, 8-9, 15], piano [4, 6]
• Dr. John
  percussion [3]
• Duane Allman
  guitar [1.7, 1.13-14, 2.3, 2.5, 2.11], slide guitar [8]
• Ed Logan
  tenor saxophone [15]
• Eddie Hinton
  guitar [1.1, 1.3, 1.5-6, 1.9, 1.12-14, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11, 2.13]
• Eric Gale
  bass [6, 14], bass guitar [1]
• Erma Franklin
  background vocals [2-3, 5, 8-10, 13, 15]
• Ernie Royal
  solo [10], trumpet [10]
• Eumir Deodato
  electric piano [1], keyboard [14-15], strings [14-15]
• Evelyn Green
  background vocals [9, 14]
• Gene Paul
  engineer [3.1, 3.4, 3.6, 3.12, 5.2, 5.8-11], recording [1, 4, 6-7, 10-12], remixer [1]
• Gwen Guthrie
  background vocals [4]
• Harold Cowart
  bass [8-9, 12]
• Howard Albert
  engineer [3.2-3, 3.5, 5.7]
• Hubert Laws
  alto flute [2], flute [7, 11]
• Hugh McCracken
  guitar [5.5, 3.1, 3.6, 3.14]
• J.R. Bailey
  background vocals [12]
• Jack Hale
  trombone [15]
• Jerome Gasper
  engineer [1, 8], recording [4]
• Jerry Weaver
  guitar [11-12]
• Jerry Wexler
  producer [5.1-11, 5.13-15, 2.1-14, 1.1-14, 3.1-17]
• Jim Dickinson
  keyboard [1-2, 4, 6, 10, 14]
• Jim O’Rourke
  guitar [9]
• Jimmy Johnson
  guitar [2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11, 2.13, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-6, 1.8-9, 1.11-14]
• Jimmy Mitchell
  baritone saxophone [15]
• Joe Farrell
  flute [4.6, 5.5], solo [2, 5], tenor saxophone [4.4, 5.2]
• Judy Clay
  background vocals [3-4]
• Ken Bichel
  synthesizer [5]
• King Curtis
  tenor saxophone [2, 7-8, 10]
• Lew Hahn
  engineer [5.5, 1.8, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.9, 2.12]
• Margaret Branch
  background vocals [5.2, 5.5, 5.7, 5.9, 3.2-3, 3.5, 3.7-11, 2.1-2, 2.7-8, 2.12-14]
• Michael Utley
  keyboard [14]
• Myrna Smith
  background vocals [3]
• Neil Rosengarden
  solo [9], trumpet [9], vibraphone [5]
• Pancho Morales
  percussion [2, 9]
• Pat Lewis
  background vocals [2.9, 2.14, 1.9]
• Pat Smith
  background vocals [3.2-3, 3.5, 3.7-9, 3.11, 5.2, 5.5, 5.7, 5.9]
• Phil Ramone
  engineer [1, 3-4, 6]
• Phil Schier
  engineer [2-3, 10], mix [2-4, 10], recording [1-10], remixer [2-10]
• Phil Woods
  alto saxophone [2]
• Quincy Jones
  arranger [2-4, 8-10], conductor [2, 8-9], mix [2-3, 10], producer [5.12, 4.1-11, 4.13-17], remixer [2-10]
• Ralph MacDonald
  percussion [1-4, 6, 8-11, 13]
• Ray Lucas
  drums (drum set) [3.4, 3.10, 3.12-13, 2.8-9, 2.12]
• Richard Tee
  electric piano [2], keyboard [9-10, 13-15], organ [2, 5, 10-11], piano [1]
• Rick Marotta
  drums (drum set) [1, 3-4, 6, 14-15]
• Robert Popwell
  bass [8], percussion [3]
• Roger Hawkins
  drums (drum set) [1.1-3, 1.5-14, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11, 2.13]
• Roger Hopps
  trumpet [15]
• Ron Albert
  engineer [1.3, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.9, 2.12, 3.2-3, 3.5, 5.7], recording [3.2-3, 3.5, 3.8-9, 2.1]
• Ronnie Bright
  background vocals [12]
• Sammy Creason
  drums (drum set) [1-2, 4, 6, 10, 14]
• Sammy Turner
  background vocals [12]
• Stanley Clarke
  bass [1, 3-4, 6, 14-15]
• Sylvia Shemwell
  background vocals [1.12, 5.3]
• The Sweet Inspirations
  background vocals [1.1, 1.13-14, 2.14, 3.1, 3.4, 3.6, 3.12-13, 3.15]
• The Sweethearts of Soul
  background vocals [13, 16-17]
• Tom Dowd
  engineer [1, 8], horn [3.3, 3.8, 2.1], mix [2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.9, 2.12, 1.1, 1.3-4], producer [5.7-8, 5.10-11, 5.13-15, 2.1-13, 3.2-5, 3.7-13, 3.15-17, 1.1-14]
• Tommy McClure
  bass [1-2, 4, 6, 10, 14]
• Wayne Jackson
  flugelhorn [15], trumpet [3, 8, 15]
• William Eaton
  arranger [3-4]
• Willie Weeks
  bass [8, 10-11, 13]
• Wylene Ivy
  background vocals [9, 14]
• [unknown]
  horn [2.13, 5.13, 1.13-14], strings [14-15]
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Issues

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  A Portrait of the Queen 1970-1974

  5x CD
  1 December 2023
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  A Portrait of the Queen 1970-1974

  6x 12" Vinyl
  1 December 2023