Aretha in Paris

by Aretha Franklin

Overview

Atlantic's Jerry Wexler once said that this concert album was an embarrassment to him, criticizing the inferior band (actually they're the musicians who usually accompanied Aretha Franklin live in the late '60s). It isn't that bad; composed of her first few big singles and cuts from her first three albums, it doesn't match the classic studio versions and could be considered her least essential '60s Atlantic LP. That's not to say, though, that it doesn't sound pretty good, with fine if basic readings of a lot of her most popular late-'60s material, although the horns fall distressingly out of tune at a key point in the instrumental break of "Chain of Fools."

Product Details

Release Date:	12/13/1994
Label:	Atlantic
UPC:	0081227185220
catalogNumber:	71852
Rank:	57305

Tracks

1. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
2. Don't Let Me Lose This Dream
3. Soul Serenade
4. Night Life
5. Baby I Love You
6. Groovin'
7. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
8. Come Back Baby
9. Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)
10. Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)
11. I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
12. Chain of Fools
13. Respect

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Aretha Franklin   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Carolyn Franklin   Vocals,Background Vocals
Russell Conway   Trumpet
George Davidson   Drums
Charnessa Jones   Vocals,Background Vocals
Jerry Weaver   Guitar
Donald Walden   Tenor Saxophone
Gary Illingworth   Piano
Ron Jackson   Trumpet
Miller Brisker   Tenor Saxophone

Technical Credits

Aretha Franklin   Composer
King Curtis   Composer
Bernard DeBousson   Producer
Jerry Wexler   Producer
Frank Fenter   Producer
Jean-Michael Poudubois   Engineer
Luther Dixon   Composer
Coco Shinomiya   Art Direction
Ted White   Composer
Don Covay   Composer