Young, Gifted and Black

Tracklist

• 1
  Oh Me Oh My (I’m a Fool for You Baby)
  3:43
• 2
  Day Dreaming
  4:03
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Rock Steady
  3:15
  3.8 ★
• 4
  Young, Gifted and Black
  3:34
• 5
  All the King’s Horses
  3:55
• 6
  A Brand New Me
  4:27
  3.0 ★
• 7
  April Fools
  3:32
• 8
  I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
  3:35
• 9
  First Snow in Kokomo
  4:04
• 10
  The Long and Winding Road
  3:38
• 11
  Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
  3:42
• 12
  Border Song (Holy Moses)
  3:19

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Release credits

• Al Jackson, Jr.
  drums (drum set) [1, 6]
• Andrew Love
  tenor saxophone [3, 8]
• Ann S. Clark
  background vocals [2-3, 5, 7-9, 11]
• Aretha Franklin
  celesta [5], electric piano [7], lead vocals, piano
• Arif Mardin
  horn [1-2, 4-7, 9-12], mix [1-6, 12], producer, strings [1, 3, 8], woodwind [1, 3, 8]
• Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
  drums (drum set) [2-3, 5, 7-8, 11]
• Billy Preston
  organ [4, 10, 12]
• Carolyn Franklin
  background vocals [2-3, 5, 8-10]
• Chuck Kirkpatrick
  engineer [2-3, 5]
• Chuck Rainey
  bass [2-5, 7, 9-11], bass guitar [12]
• Cornell Dupree
  guitar [2-5, 7-12]
• Don Arnone
  acoustic guitar [2]
• Donny Hathaway
  electric piano [2], organ [1, 3, 5-6, 8-9]
• Dr. John
  percussion [3]
• Eric Gale
  bass [6], bass guitar [1]
• Erma Franklin
  background vocals [2-3, 5, 8-10]
• Gene Paul
  engineer [1, 4, 6, 12], recording [1, 4, 6-7, 10-12]
• Howard Albert
  engineer [2-3, 5]
• Hubert Laws
  alto flute [2], flute [7, 11]
• Hugh McCracken
  guitar [1, 6]
• J.R. Bailey
  background vocals [12]
• Jerry Wexler
  producer
• Margaret Branch
  background vocals [2-3, 5, 7-11]
• Neil Rosengarden
  solo [9], trumpet [9], vibraphone [5]
• Pat Smith
  background vocals [2-3, 5, 7-9, 11]
• Ray Lucas
  drums (drum set) [4, 10, 12]
• Robert Popwell
  bass [8], percussion [3]
• Ron Albert
  engineer [2-3, 5], recording [2-3, 5, 8-9]
• Ronnie Bright
  background vocals [12]
• Sammy Turner
  background vocals [12]
• The Sweet Inspirations
  background vocals [1, 4, 6, 12]
• Tom Dowd
  horn [3, 8], producer [2-5, 7-12]
• Wayne Jackson
  trumpet [3, 8]
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Issues

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  Y
  (Combined release view)
• 

  Y
  Young, Gifted and Black

  12" Vinyl
  24 January 1972
• 

  Y
  Young, Gifted and Black

  CD
  14 December 1993
• 

  Y
  Young, Gifted and Black

  CD
  1993
• 

  Y
  Young, Gifted and Black

  Digital Media
  15 July 2008
• 

  Y
  Young, Gifted and Black

  Digital Media
  24 July 2012
• 

  Y
  Young, Gifted and Black

  Digital Media (HDTracks 24bit 192kHz)
  24 July 2012
• 

  Y
  Young, Gifted and Black

  Digital Media