1962 Soul/ Pop LP Repressed on Heavyweigjht Vinyl Sealed - Aretha Serves Up Beautfully Crafted Standards -
The Electrifying Aretha Franklinindeed electrified audiences when it was released in 1962, winning Aretha top honors in DownBeat magazine's prestigious listeners' poll. Aretha's brief output for Columbia set the stage for her ascendance as the Queen of Soul at Atlantic Records. One can easily hear her divinely inspired soul fire, emerging interpretative grace and vocal sophistication.