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Today Warner announce the release of the Aretha Franklin boxed set, A Portrait Of The Queen, featuring five classic albums from the early ‘70s, plus bonus material of session alternates, outtakes, B-sides, and demos. Today Warner announce the release of the Aretha Franklin boxed set, A Portrait Of The Queen, featuring five classic albums from the early ‘70s, plus bonus material of session alternates, outtakes, B-sides, and demos.

The set features the Lady Soul’s five original studio albums from the first half of the ‘70s – This Girl’s In Love With You, Spirit In The Dark, Young, Gifted And Black, Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky) and Let Me In Your Life – and tracks her evolution as a singer/songwriter, showcases the fearlessness of her craft freely exploring genres and sounds, experimenting with writing and arranging various types of songs. The CD set includes bonus material collecting session alternates, outtakes, B-sides, and demos compiled with their accompanying albums, while the LP set includes a sixth LP of highlights from the bonus material.

The albums in both the vinyl and CD sets are remastered from the original analog master tapes by GRAMMY Award-winning engineers Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering and Michael Graves at Osiris Studio, respectively. Produced by Grammy Award-winning Cheryl Pawelski, the sets boasts extensive liner notes from Billboard’s Gail Mitchell and the British Ambassador of Soul David Nathan. Tracks: CD1
Son of a Preacher Man
Share Your Love with Me
Dark End of the Street
Let It Be
Eleanor Rigby
This Girl's in Love with You
It Ain't Fair
The Weight
Call Me
Sit Down and Cry
The Fool on the Hill (This Girl's in Love with You Outtake)
Pledging My Love / The Clock (2018 Mono Remaster) (Remaster)
You Keep Me Hangin' On (This Girl's in Love with You / Spirit in the Dark Outtake)
I'm Trying To Overcome (This Girl's in Love with You / Spirit in the Dark Outtake)
Are You Leaving Me (Demo)
CD2
Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)
Pullin'
You And Me
Honest I Do
Spirit in the Dark
When the Battle Is Over
One Way Ticket
Try Matty's
That's All I Want from You
Oh No Not My Baby
Why I Sing the Blues
You're Taking up Another Man's Place
My Way (Spirit in the Dark Outtake)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Long Version)
CD3
A Brand New Me
April Fools
I've Been Loving You Too Long
First Snow in Kokomo
The Long and Winding Road
Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
Border Song (Holy Moses)
Young, Gifted and Black
All the King's Horses
Rock Steady
Day Dreaming
Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)
My Cup Runneth Over (Young, Gifted and Black Outtake)
You're All I Need to Get By (Take 2)
Lean on Me
Heavenly Father (Young, Gifted and Black Outtake)
Spanish Harlem (Alternate Mix)
CD4
Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
Somewhere
So Swell When You're Well
Angel
Sister from Texas
Mister Spain
That's the Way I Feel About Cha
Moody's Mood
Just Right Tonight
Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)
Sweetest Smile and the Funkiest Style (Hey Now Hey The Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
The Boy from Bombay
This Is (Hey Now Hey The Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
Tree of Life (Hey Now Hey The Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
Do You Know (Hey Now Hey The Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
Can You Love Again (Hey Now Hey The Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
I Want to Be With You (Hey Now Hey The Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
CD5
Let Me In Your Life
Every Natural Thing
Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
I'm In Love
Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
The Masquerade Is Over
With Pen in Hand
Oh Baby
Eight Days on the Road
If You Don't Think
A Song for You
Suzanne (Hey Now Hey The Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
The Happy Blues (Let Me in Your Life Outtake)
At Last (Let Me in Your Life Outtake)
Love Letters (Let Me in Your Life Outtake)
Til It's Over (Demo)

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