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ARETHA FRANKLIN

ARETHA’S GREATEST HITS

 

Original 1971 album liner notes

 

Side One

 

1. SPANISH HARLEM  3:30

(By Jerry Leiber & Phil Spector) Hill & Range-Trio, BMI

Recorded at Atlantic South-Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida

Recording engineers: Ron Albert & Chuck Kirkpatrick

Strings and horns arranged by Arif Mardin

Produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd & Arif Mardin

 

2. CHAIN OF FOOLS  2:45

(By Don Covay) Pronto-14th Hour, BMI

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York, N.Y.

Recording engineer: Tom Dowd

Produced by Jerry Wexler

 

3. DON’T PLAY THAT SONG  2:48

(By Ahmet Ertegun & Betty Nelson) Hill & Range, BMI

Recorded at Atlantic South-Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida

Recording engineers: Ron Albert & Chuck Kirkpatrick

Horns arranged by Tom Dowd

Strings arranged by Arif Mardin

Produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd & Arif Mardin

 

4. I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER  3:30

(By Burt Bacharach & Hal David) Blue Seas-Jac, ASCAP

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York, N.Y.

Recording engineer: Tom Dowd

Produced by Jerry Wexler

 

5. DR. FEELGOOD  3:18

(By Aretha Franklin & Ted White) Pronto-14th Hour, BMI

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York, N.Y.

Recording engineer: Tom Dowd

Horns arranged by Tom Dowd, King Curtis & Arif Mardin

Produced by Jerry Wexler

 

6. LET IT BE  3:28

(By John Lennon & Paul McCartney) Maclen, BMI

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York, N.Y.

Recording engineers: Adrian Barber & Jerome Gasper

Produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd & Arif Mardin

 

7. DO RIGHT WOMAN – DO RIGHT MAN  3:15

(By Dan Penn & Chips Moman) Press, BMI

Recorded at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Recording engineer: Rick Hall

Produced by Jerry Wexler

 

Side Two

 

1. BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER  5:31

(By Paul Simon) Charing Cross, BMI

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York, N.Y.

Recording engineer: Gene Paul

Produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd & Arif Mardin

 

2. RESPECT  2:26

(By Otis Redding) East/Memphis-Time-Redwal, BMI

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York, N.Y.

Recording engineer: Tom Dowd

Horns arranged by Tom Dowd, King Curtis & Arif Mardin

Produced by Jerry Wexler

 

3. BABY I LOVE YOU  2:39

(By Ronnie Shannon) Pronto-14th Hour, BMI

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York, N.Y.

Recording engineer: Tom Dowd

Horns arranged Arif Mardin

Produced by Jerry Wexler

 

4. (You Make Me Feel Like) A NATURAL WOMAN  2:39

(By Gerry Goffin, Jerry Wexler & Carole King) Screen Gems-Columbia, BMI

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York, N.Y.

Recording engineer: Tom Dowd

Strings and horns arranged by Ralph Burns

Produced by Jerry Wexler

 

5. I NEVER LOVED A MAN (The Way I Love You)  2:47

(By Ronnie Shannon) Pronto-14th Hour, BMI

Recorded at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Recording engineer: Rick Hall

Horns arranged by Charles Chalmers

Produced by Jerry Wexler

 

6. YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY  3:34

(By Nickolas Ashford & Valerie R. Simpson) Jobete, BMI

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York, N.Y.

Recording engineer: Gene Paul

Strings arranged by Arif Mardin

Produced by Jerry Wexler & Arif Mardin

 

7. CALL ME  3:18

(By Aretha Franklin) Pundit, BMI

Recorded at Atlantic South-Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida

Recording engineers: Ron Albert, Chuck Kirkpatrick & Lewis Hahn

Strings and horns arranged by Arif Mardin

Produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd & Arif Mardin

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Cover Photo: Ken Cunningham

 

Cover Design: Loring Eutemey

 

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