A Portrait of the Queen 1970-1974

Tracklist

• 12" Vinyl 1: THIS GIRL'S IN LOVE WITH YOU
• 1
  Son of a Preacher Man
  4.5 ★
• 2
  Share Your Love With Me
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Dark End of the Street
• 4
  Let It Be
  3.2 ★
• 5
  Eleanor Rigby
• 6
  This Girl’s in Love With You
• 7
  It Ain’t Fair
• 8
  The Weight
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Call Me
  4.5 ★
• 10
  Sit Down and Cry
• 12" Vinyl 2: SPIRIT IN THE DARK
• 1
  Don’t Play That Song
  4.0 ★
• 2
  The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday’s Kiss)
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Pullin’
  4.0 ★
• 4
  You and Me
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Honest I Do
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Spirit in the Dark
  3.5 ★
• 7
  When the Battle Is Over
  3.0 ★
• 8
  One Way Ticket
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Try Matty’s
  3.0 ★
• 10
  That’s All I Want From You
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Oh No Not My Baby
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Why I Sing the Blues
  4.0 ★
• 12" Vinyl 3: YOUNG GIFTED AND BLACK
• 1
  Oh Me Oh My (I’m a Fool for You Baby)
• 2
  Day Dreaming
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Rock Steady
  3.8 ★
• 4
  Young Gifted and Black
• 5
  All the King’s Horses
• 6
  A Brand New Me
  3.0 ★
• 7
  April Fools
• 8
  I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
• 9
  First Snow in Kokomo
• 10
  The Long and Winding Road
• 11
  Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
• 12
  Border Song (Holy Moses)
• 12" Vinyl 4: HEY NOW HEY (THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKY)
• 1
  Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Somewhere
• 3
  So Swell When You’re Well
• 4
  Angel
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Sister From Texas
• 6
  Mister Spain
• 7
  That’s the Way I Feel About Cha
• 8
  Moody’s Mood
• 9
  Just Right Tonight
• 12" Vinyl 5: LET ME IN YOUR LIFE
• 1
  Let Me in Your Life
• 2
  Every Natural Thing
• 3
  Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing
• 4
  I’m in Love
• 5
  Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)
  4.4 ★
• 6
  The Masquerade Is Over
• 7
  With Pen in Hand
• 8
  Oh Baby
• 9
  Eight Days on the Road
• 10
  If You Don’t Think
• 11
  A Song for You
• 12" Vinyl 6: BONUS TRACKS
• 1
  Pledging My Love/The Clock
• 2
  You’re Taking Up Another Man’s Place
• 3
  Are You Leaving Me
• 4
  You’re All I Need to Get By (take 2)
• 5
  Spanish Harlem (Aretha 3, Rough mix, Reel 12150)
• 6
  Lean on Me
• 7
  Sweetest Smile and the Funkiest Style
• 8
  Do You Know
• 9
  At Last
• 10
  Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)
• 11
  Til It’s Over

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Release credits

• Adrian Barber
  recording [4]
• Al Jackson, Jr.
  drums (drum set) [3.1, 3.6, 6.4]
• Almeda Lattimore
  background vocals [6.2, 2.1-2, 2.7-9, 2.12]
• Andrew Love
  flute [6], tenor saxophone [6.6, 3.3, 3.8]
• Ann S. Clark
  background vocals [3.2-3, 3.5, 3.7-9, 3.11, 5.2, 5.5, 5.7, 5.9]
• Aretha Franklin
  arranger [4.2-4, 6.10], celesta [5], electric piano [3.7, 5.10-11], lead vocals [3.1-12, 5.1-11], piano [6.1-4, 6.6-8, 6.10, 5.2, 5.5, 5.7-9, 2.1-12, 1.1-10, 3.1-12, 4.2-3], producer [4.1-9, 6.7-10, 5.1-11], vocal [2.1-12, 6.1-4, 6.6-10, 1.1-10, 4.3]
• Arif Mardin
  arranger [2, 5], horn [1-2, 4-7, 9-12], mix [2.1, 3.1-6, 3.12, 5.2-5], producer [1.1-10, 3.1-12, 5.1-11, 2.1-12, 6.1-2, 6.4, 6.6, 6.9], strings [3.1, 3.3, 3.8, 2.1, 6.6, 6.9], woodwind [1, 3, 8]
• Barry Beckett
  electric piano [3, 5, 7, 11], keyboard [1-3, 5-10], organ [6.1-2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11]
• Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
  drums (drum set) [5.2, 5.5, 5.7-11, 3.2-3, 3.5, 3.7-8, 3.11, 6.6]
• Billy Preston
  keyboard [7-8], organ [4, 10, 12], piano [9]
• Bob James
  keyboard [5.3, 6.9], organ [1]
• Brenda Bryant
  background vocals [1.9, 2.1-2, 2.7-8, 2.12, 6.2]
• Carolyn Franklin
  background vocals [6.4, 6.6, 3.2-3, 3.5, 3.8-10]
• Charlie Freeman
  guitar [1-2, 4, 6, 10]
• 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 [6.6, 5.2, 5.5, 5.7, 5.9, 3.2-5, 3.7, 3.9-11], bass guitar [12]
• Cissy Houston
  background vocals [5.3-4, 6.1, 1.9]
• Cornell Dupree
  guitar [6.2, 6.6, 2.8, 2.11-12, 3.2-5, 3.7-12, 5.2, 5.4, 5.7-11]
• Dave Crawford
  organ [8-9, 12]
• David Hood
  bass [1.1-3, 1.5-10, 6.1-2], electric bass guitar [3, 5, 7, 11]
• David Spinozza
  guitar [6.9, 5.1, 5.3-4, 5.6]
• Dee Dee Warwick
  background vocals [1]
• Deidre Tuck
  background vocals [4]
• Don Arnone
  acoustic guitar [2]
• Donny Hathaway
  electric piano [5.5, 5.8, 6.4, 3.2], keyboard [3, 7], organ [6.6, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5-6, 3.8-9], piano [4, 6]
• Dr. John
  percussion [3]
• Duane Allman
  guitar [1.7, 2.3, 2.5, 2.11], slide guitar [8]
• Ed Logan
  tenor saxophone [6]
• Eddie Hinton
  guitar [1.1, 1.3, 1.5-6, 1.9, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11, 6.1-2]
• Eric Gale
  bass [6.4, 3.6], bass guitar [1]
• Erma Franklin
  background vocals [6.6, 3.2-3, 3.5, 3.8-10]
• Ernie Royal
  solo [10], trumpet [10]
• Eumir Deodato
  electric piano [1], keyboard [9], strings [9]
• Evelyn Green
  background vocals [9]
• Gene Paul
  engineer [5.2, 5.8-11, 3.1, 3.4, 3.6, 3.12], recording [1, 4, 6-7, 10-12], remixer [1]
• Gwen Guthrie
  background vocals [4]
• Harold Cowart
  bass [8-9, 12]
• Howard Albert
  engineer [5.7, 3.2-3, 3.5]
• Hubert Laws
  alto flute [2], flute [7, 11]
• Hugh McCracken
  guitar [3.1, 3.6, 5.5, 6.4]
• J.R. Bailey
  background vocals [12]
• Jack Hale
  trombone [6]
• Jerome Gasper
  engineer [1, 8], recording [4]
• Jerry Weaver
  guitar [1]
• Jerry Wexler
  producer [1.1-10, 3.1-12, 5.1-11, 6.1-2, 6.4, 6.6, 6.9, 2.1-12]
• Jim Dickinson
  keyboard [1-2, 4, 6, 10]
• Jim O’Rourke
  guitar [9]
• Jimmy Johnson
  guitar [2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-6, 1.8-9, 6.1-2]
• Jimmy Mitchell
  baritone saxophone [6]
• 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 [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.9, 2.12, 1.8, 5.5]
• Margaret Branch
  background vocals [5.2, 5.5, 5.7, 5.9, 2.1-2, 2.7-8, 2.12, 3.2-3, 3.5, 3.7-11, 6.2]
• Myrna Smith
  background vocals [3]
• Neil Rosengarden
  solo [9], trumpet [9], vibraphone [5]
• Pancho Morales
  percussion [2, 9]
• Pat Lewis
  background vocals [2.9, 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 [4.2-3, 6.10], mix [4.2-4, 6.10], recording [4.1-9, 6.10], remixer [4.2-9, 6.10]
• Phil Woods
  alto saxophone [2]
• Quincy Jones
  arranger [4.2-4, 4.8-9, 6.10], conductor [2, 8-9], mix [4.2-3, 6.10], producer [6.7-8, 6.10, 4.1-9], remixer [4.2-9, 6.10]
• Ralph MacDonald
  percussion [1-4, 6, 8-11]
• Ray Lucas
  drums (drum set) [3.4, 3.10, 3.12, 2.8-9, 2.12]
• Richard Tee
  electric piano [2], keyboard [5.9-10, 6.9], organ [2, 5, 10-11], piano [1]
• Rick Marotta
  drums (drum set) [6.9, 5.1, 5.3-4, 5.6]
• Robert Popwell
  bass [8], percussion [3]
• Roger Hawkins
  drums (drum set) [6.1-2, 1.1-3, 1.5-10, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11]
• Roger Hopps
  trumpet [6]
• Ron Albert
  engineer [5.7, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.9, 2.12, 1.3, 3.2-3, 3.5], 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]
• Sammy Turner
  background vocals [12]
• Stanley Clarke
  bass [6.9, 5.1, 5.3-4, 5.6]
• Sylvia Shemwell
  background vocals [5.3, 6.1]
• The Sweet Inspirations
  background vocals [6.6, 1.1, 3.1, 3.4, 3.6, 3.12]
• Tom Dowd
  engineer [1, 8], horn [2.1, 3.3, 3.8], mix [2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.9, 2.12, 1.1, 1.3-4], producer [6.1-2, 6.6, 6.9, 1.1-10, 3.2-5, 3.7-12, 2.1-12, 5.7-8, 5.10-11]
• Tommy McClure
  bass [1-2, 4, 6, 10]
• Wayne Jackson
  flugelhorn [6], trumpet [3.3, 3.8, 6.6]
• William Eaton
  arranger [3-4]
• Willie Weeks
  bass [8, 10-11]
• Wylene Ivy
  background vocals [9]
• [unknown]
  horn [2], strings [9]
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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