Aretha Franklin- Young, Gifted and Black (1972) Thanks, Mom and Dad, for the exposure... Wiki: Young, Gifted and Black is a soul album by Aretha Franklin, released in 1972. It takes its title from the Nina Simone song "To Be Young, Gifted and Black", which is included on the album. Young, Gifted and Black won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. In 2003 the TV network VH1 named it the 76th greatest album of all time. Track listing # Title Length 1. "Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)" 3:42 2. "Rock Steady" (Franklin) 3:59 3. "Day Dreaming" (Franklin) 3:13 4. "(To Be) Young, Gifted and Black" (Simone) 3:34 5. "All the King's Horses" 3:56 6. "A Brand New Me" (Bell/Butler/Gamble) 4:26 7. "April Fools" (Bacharach/David) 3:29 8. "I've Been Loving You Too Long" 3:36 9. "First Snow in Kokomo" (Franklin) 4:04 10. "The Long and Winding Road" (Lennon/McCartney, IIRC- Auria) 3:38 11. "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" 3:42 12. "Border Song (Holy Moses)" (Taupin) 3:19 Personnel (I just wanted you all to see this talent list) Dr. John - Percussion Aretha Franklin - Piano, Celeste, Piano (Electric), Vocals Donny Hathaway - Organ, Piano (Electric) Billy Preston - Organ Sammy Turner - Vocals (bckgr) Hubert Laws - Flute, Flute (Alto) Chuck Rainey - Bass J.R. Bailey - Vocals (bckgr) Carolyn Franklin - Vocals (bckgr) Erma Franklin - Vocals (bckgr) The Memphis Horns - Ensemble The Sweet Inspirations - Vocals (bckgr) Jack Adams - Engineer Howard Albert - Engineer Ron Albert - Engineer Don Arnone - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar Margaret Branch - Vocals (bckgr) Ann S. Clark - Vocals (bckgr) Cornell Dupree - Guitar Jimmy Douglass - Engineer Tom Dowd - Arranger, Producer Chuck Kirkpatrick - Engineer Eric Gale - Bass Lewis Hahn - Engineer Dan Hersch - Remastering Bill Inglot - Remastering Wayne Jackson - Trumpet Andrew Love - Sax (Tenor) Ray Lucas - Percussion, Drums Arif Mardin - Arranger, Producer, Remixing Michael Mazzarella - Research Hugh McCracken - Guitar Gene Orloff - Concert Master Gene Paul - Engineer Gary Peterson - Research Robert Popwell - Bass, Percussion Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - Percussion, Drums Neal Rosengarden - Percussion, Trumpet, Vibraphone Pat Smith - Vocals (bckgr) Jerry Wexler - Producer Mac Rebennack - Percussion Ronald Bright - Vocals (bckgr) Don Cassale - Engineer Al Jackson, Jr. - Drums David Nathan - Liner Notes Geoff Gans - Reissue Art Director Patrick Milligan - Research Howie Albert - Engineer Stanislaw Zagorski - Cover Design
Did Matt change the pic or something? Because other than being a little thin, ain't nothin' wrong with what I'm seein'...
Thanks- you've been showing up with the R&B selections quite a bit yourself. Older sibling, Black friends or musically diverse parents?
I checked out versions of those songs, too. When I tried to post the link to Itchycoo Park, it had been removed by youtube. I hadn't heard that song in a long time and it's been stuck in my head ever since I listened to it again. So, what 'best of CD' did you buy? I'm about to go in for some massive, expensive retrospective. Is this the guy you met in the bar? [youtube]yx27-tJmfSQ[/youtube]
Bloody fkcin Mr. Click Track himself. I know Moon was a tough act to follow, but Jones was about the worst guy they could have chosen.
I feel like I'm the designated picker of low hanging fruit. Oh well, works for me. No way this album should have slipped this long. Lennon's first solo album, filled with some of his best and rawest songwriting in a stripped down presentation. I guess Imagine gets more airplay these days, but this one is every bit as mandatory, IMO. Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon Write-up from TIME's 100 Alltime Albums thingy: [youtube]njG7p6CSbCU[/youtube] Working Class Hero [youtube]AvPOA-PtH14[/youtube] Mother (set to footage from Wings) [youtube]UuknBhy-lN4[/youtube] God (nice video edit)
I think it's called "essential collection" or something like that. A double CD, which reminds me that I haven't stuck the second side on yet. Given that I'd only ever heard of 3 or 4 or their songs I just went and found one CD that had them on. And it was a bargain £5 too. The funny things is that Lazy Sunday Afternoon is the one they are perhaps most remembered for here, and apparently they only did that as a joke, and got quite annoyed that the sound they became most associated with was a novelty track. I've found pictures of all of The Who's drummers, and he seems most likely. The problem is when he does publicity appearences these days he'll be smartly turned out. When I saw him he'd been drinking for three days and was rather worse for wear, spilling his beer down himself and unkempt to say the least, so didn't quite look the same. He could have just been some nutter with delusions, but he was so cut up by me not guessing who he was that I think he was genuine.
From the other thread, after Imagine was picked: Plastic Ono Band was the one I would have picked. High five.