Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted And Black (VINYL 2xLP Atlantic SD 7213) |

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Label:
Atlantic – SD 7213, Analogue Productions – APA 061-45
Series:
Atlantic 75 Audiophile Series
Format:
2 x Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Gatefold, 180g
Country:
US
Released:
Oct 3, 2025
Genre:
Funk / Soul
Style:
Soul
A1        Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)
Written-By – Jim Doris
3:39
A2        Day Dreaming
Written-By – Aretha Franklin
3:58
A3        Rock Steady
Written-By – Aretha Franklin
3:12
B1        Young, Gifted And Black
Written-By – Nina Simone
3:32
B2        All The King's Horses
Written-By – Aretha Franklin
3:53
B3        A Brand New Me
Written-By – Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble, Theresa Bell
4:23
C1        April Fools
Written-By – Burt Bacharach & Hal David*
3:27
C2        I've Been Loving You Too Long
Written-By – Jerry Butler, Otis Redding
3:32
C3        First Snow In Kokomo
Written-By – Aretha Franklin
4:04
D1        The Long And Winding Road
Written-By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney*
3:36
D2        Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
Written-By – Thomas Bell*, William Hart
3:40
D3        Border Song (Holy Moses)
Written-By – Bernie Taupin, Elton John
3:19
Record Company – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Record Company – Warner Music Group
Licensed From – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Marketed By – Analogue Productions
Manufactured For – Rhino Entertainment Company
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Pressed By – Quality Record Pressings
Printed By – Stoughton Printing Co.
Recorded At – Atlantic Studios
Recorded At – Criteria Recording Studios
Published By – Nootrac
Published By – Pundit
Published By – Ninandy
Published By – Assorted
Published By – Parabut
Published By – Blue Seas
Published By – Jac (3)
Published By – April (5)
Published By – East (2)
Published By – Time (9)
Published By – Maclen
Published By – Nickel Shoe
Published By – Bell Boy
Published By – Dick James
Mastered At – Cohearent Audio
Lacquer Cut At – Cohearent Audio
Acoustic Guitar – Don Arnone (tracks: A2)
Alto Flute – Hubert Laws (tracks: A2)
Arranged By [Horn] – Tom Dowd (tracks: A3, B2)
Arranged By [String, Horn & Woodwind] – Arif Mardin (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B1, B3 to B6)
Backing Vocals – Carolyn Franklin (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B2 to B4), Erma Franklin (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B2 to B4), J. R. Bailey* (tracks: B6), Margaret Branch (tracks: B4), Ronald Bright* (tracks: B6), Sammy Turner (tracks: B6), The Sweet Inspirations (tracks: A1, A4, A6, B6), The Sweethearts Of Soul (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B1 to B3, B5)
Bass – Chuck Rainey (tracks: A2 to A5, B1, B3 to B6), Eric Gale (tracks: A1, A6), Robert Popwell (tracks: B2)
Celesta [Celeste] – Aretha Franklin (tracks: A5)
Concertmaster – Gene Orloff
Design [Backliner] – Alyse Koylan
Design [Cover] – Stanislaw Zagorski
Drums – Al Jackson* (tracks: A1, A6), Bernard Purdie (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B1 to B3, B5), Ray Lucas (tracks: A4, B4, B6)
Electric Piano, Organ – Donny Hathaway (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B2, B3)
Engineer [Additional Recordings] – Don Cassale*, Jack Adams, Jimmy Douglass, Lew Hahn
Engineer [Recording] – Chuck Kirkpatrick (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B2, B3), Gene Paul (tracks: A1, A3, A6, B1, B4 to B6), Howie Albert* (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B2, B3), Ron Albert (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B2, B3)
Flute – Hubert Laws (tracks: B1, B5)
Guitar – Cornell Dupree (tracks: A2 to A5, B1 to B6), Hugh McCracken (tracks: A1, A6)
Horns – The Memphis Horns (tracks: A3, B2)
Horns [With] – Andrew Love (tracks: A3, B2), Wayne Jackson (tracks: A3, B2)
Lacquer Cut By – KPG*
Mastered By – Kevin Gray
Mixed By [Re-Mixed By] – Arif Mardin
Organ – Billy Preston (tracks: A4, B4, B6), Donny Hathaway (tracks: A1, A6)
Percussion – Dr. John (tracks: A3), Mac Rebennack (tracks: A3), Robert Popwell (tracks: A3)
Photography By – Ken Cunningham
Piano, Vocals – Aretha Franklin
Producer – Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd (tracks: A2 to A5, B1 to B6)
Trumpet, Soloist – Neal Rosengarden* (tracks: B3)
Vibraphone – Neal Rosengarden* (tracks: A5)
Tracks A1, A3, A6, B1, B4 to B6 were recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, N.Y.
Tracks A2, A3, A5, B2 & B3 were recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida.

Hubert Laws appears on this album through the courtesy of A&M Records.

Mastered and cut to lacquer from the original master tape.

First 2000 copies are numbered on the back of the jacket and pressed at Quality Record Pressings.
Unnumbered copies may be pressed at either Quality Record Pressings or RTI, which is only identified by the sticker on the outer plastic bag.
Rights Society (A1 to A6, B2 to B6): BMI
Rights Society (B1): ASCAP
Barcode (Text): 7 53088 75617 7
Barcode (Scanned, UPC_A): 753088756177

• Condition: NEW
• Format: Vinyl
• Format Detail: 2LP
• Genre: FUNK/SOUL