ARETHA FRANKLIN / A PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN / 1970-1974 (6LP BOXSET)

Includes these Studio Albums:

• THIS GIRL’S IN LOVE WITH YOU (1970)
• SPIRIT IN THE DARK (1970)
• YOUNG GIFTED AND BLACK (1972)
• HEY NOW HEY (THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKY) (1973)
• LET ME IN YOUR LIFE (1974)
• Plus BONUS LP OF RARITIES : A SIXTH BONUS LP of Session Alternates, Outtakes & Demos!

PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN! - 1970-1974 (6LP BOXSET)

FIVE CLASSIC ARETHA ALBUMS PRESENTING AN EARLY-’70S

Original Albums Remastered From the Analog Master Tapes by Grammy® Award-Winning Engineer, Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering Produced by Grammy® Award-Winner Cheryl Pawelski with Liner Notes from Billboard’s Gail Mitchell & British Ambassador of Soul, David Nathan.

Includes the hit Young, Gifted, & Black, released in 1972, which hit #2 on Billboard’s R&B albums survey and #11 on the Billboard Top 200 as well as being certified GOLD.

Aretha won the 1972 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance the album ranked at number 388 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Also includes This Girl’s In Love With You which features the first commercial release of “Let It Be,” and came out 2 months ahead of The Beatles. Both this album and Spirit In The Dark feature the Muscle Shoals Rhythm section and an appearance by Duane Allman. Along with production on both from Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd & Arif Mardin.

ARETHA FRANKLIN / A PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN / 1970-1974 (6LP BOXSET)