Aretha Franklin Queen In Waiting: The Columbia Years 1960-1965 (Limited Gold & Black Marble)

Release date:
May 5, 2023
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Limited edition of 2000 individually numbered copies on gold & black marbled 180-gram audiophile vinyl. Before Aretha Franklin rose to fame, she was signed to Columbia Records. This 3LP compilation album is a collection of some of Aretha's most notable songs during her time at Columbia from 1960 to 1965. The Queen in Waiting highlights Franklin's jazz and big-band recordings, and includes the songs "Won't Be Long", "Walk On By", "Today I Sing The Blues" and "Try A Little Tenderness" a.o.

Tracklist:
  • 1. Nobody Like You
  • 2. Once in a While
  • 3. Maybe I'm a Fool
  • 4. Muddy Water
  • 5. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? (Alternate Version)
  • 6. Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
  • 7. Today I Sing the Blues
  • 8. Won't Be Long
  • 9. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
  • 10. Evil Gal Blues
  • 11. Lee Cross
  • 12. Walk on By
  • 13. I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight)
  • 14. God Bless the Child
  • 15. Blue Holiday
  • 16. Looking Through a Tear
  • 17. Tiny Sparrow
  • 18. Here Today and Gone Tomorrow
  • 19. Little Brown Book
  • 20. Without the One You Love
  • 21. This Bitter Earth
  • 22. Just for a Thrill
  • 23. Skylark
  • 24. Skylark (Alternate Version)
  • 25. Trouble in Mind
  • 26. Runnin' Out of Fools
  • 27. Drinking Again
  • 28. Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)
  • 29. What a Diff'rence a Day Made
  • 30. Soulville
  • 31. You'll Lose a Good Thing
  • 32. Take a Look
  • 33. Cry Like a Baby
  • 34. I Wish I Didn't Love You So
  • 35. Only the Lonely
  • 36. People
  • 37. Mockingbird
  • 38. Until You Were Gone
  • 39. My Coloring Book
  • 40. Try a Little Tenderness