Track Listing
DISC 1: THURSDAY NIGHT SHOW (1/13/72):
1. Organ Introduction (On Our Way) - (with Ken Lupper)
2. Opening Remarks - (with Reverend James Cleveland)
3. On Our Way - (with Southern California Community Choir)
4. Aretha's Introduction - (with Reverend James Cleveland)
5. Wholy Holy
6. You'll Never Walk Alone
7. What a Friend We Have in Jesus
8. Precious Memories - (with Reverend James Cleveland)
9. How I Got Over
10. Precious Lord, Take My Hand / You've Got A Friend
11. Climbing Higher Mountains
12. Amazing Grace
13. My Sweet Lord - (TRUE instrumental)
14. Give Yourself to Jesus
DISC 2: FRIDAY NIGHT SHOW (1/14/72):
1. Organ Introduction (On Our Way) / Opening Remarks - (with Ken Lupper/Reverend James Cleveland)
2. On Our Way - (with Southern California Community Choir)
3. Aretha's Introduction - (with Reverend James Cleveland)
4. What a Friend We Have in Jesus
5. Wholy Holy
6. Climbing Higher Mountains
7. God Will Take Care of You
8. Old Landmark
9. Mary, Don't You Weep
10. Never Grow Old
11. Remarks by Reverend C.L. Franklin
12. Precious Memories - (with Reverend James Cleveland)
13. My Sweet Lord - (TRUE instrumental)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Bernard Purdie, Chuck Rainey, Cornell Dupree, Reverend James Cleveland | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Aretha Franklin (vocals, arranger, piano, celeste); Rev. James Cleveland (vocals, director, piano); Southern California Community Choir (vocals); Cornell Dupree (guitar); Ken Lupper (organ); Chuck Rainey (bass); Bernard Purdie (drums); Pancho Morales (congas).
Producers: Jerry Wexler, Arif Mardin, Aretha Franklin.
Reissue producers: Patrick Milligan, Reggie Collins.
This edition of AMAZING GRACE contains two unedited live performances recorded at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, California on January 13-14, 1972. Includes liner notes by David Nathan, Reggie Collins & Patrick Milligan.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Long before she ascended the throne and donned the mantle of the Queen Of Soul, Aretha Franklin was a child of the church. Franklin's pedigree demanded such, since her father was the famous Reverend C.L. Franklin, and her mother was herself a gospel singer. AMAZING GRACE was Lady Soul's return to her roots after hitting the secular stride of her fantastic strings of albums on Atlantic.
Recorded over two days at Los Angeles' New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, AMAZING GRACE finds Franklin backed by her studio band and joined by a choir led by family friend and gospel icon James Cleveland. Franklin's singing is unfettered and filled with a spirit not heard in her secular material. Most interesting is her seamless choice of material. She gives pop songs by Marvin Gaye ("Wholy Holy") and Carole King ("You've Got A Friend") a spiritual sheen, placing them alongside more traditional fare by Clara Ward ("How I Got Over") and Thomas Dorsey ("Precious Lord, Take My Hand"). Equally impressive are Franklin's rich arrangements, her interaction with the Southern California Community Choir, and her often overlooked piano playing on such songs as "Never Grow Old."
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