Precious Lord (Take My Hand) / You’ve Got a Friend (live, 1972-01: New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
~ Recording by Aretha Franklin
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.2 | Precious Lord (Take My Hand) / You’ve Got a Friend | 5:45 | Aretha Franklin | Amazing Grace | Aretha Franklin | Album + Live |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 2-906-2 |
| 1.5 | Precious Lord (Take My Hand) / You've Got a Friend | 5:37 | Aretha Franklin | Gospel Greats | Aretha Franklin | Album + Live |
| Flashback Records (reissue label, subsidiary of Rhino) | R2 75717 |
| 1.2 | Precious Lord (Take My Hand) / You’ve Got a Friend | 5:45 | Aretha Franklin | Amazing Grace | Aretha Franklin | Album + Live |
| Rhino (reissue label), Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | |
| 1.2 | Precious Lord, Take My Hand / You’ve Got a Friend (medley) | 5:45 | Aretha Franklin | Amazing Grace | Aretha Franklin with James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir | Album + Live |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label), Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | R1 906 |
| 1.2 | Precious Lord (Take My Hand) / You’ve Got a Friend | 5:45 | Aretha Franklin | Amazing Grace | Aretha Franklin | Album + Live |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-81324-2 |
Relationships
| assistant recording engineer: | Jimmy Douglass (engineer) Gene Paul George Piros |
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| recording engineer: | Ray Thompson (engineer) |
| producer: | Aretha Franklin Arif Mardin Jerry Wexler |
| mixer and editor: | Arif Mardin |
| bass guitar: | Chuck Rainey (American bassist) (from 1972-01-13 until 1972-01-14) |
| congas: | Pancho Morales (from 1972-01-13 until 1972-01-14) |
| drums (drum set): | Bernard “Pretty” Purdie (from 1972-01-13 until 1972-01-14) |
| guitar: | Cornell Dupree (from 1972-01-13 until 1972-01-14) |
| organ: | Ken Lupper (from 1972-01-13 until 1972-01-14) |
| piano: | Rev. James Cleveland (from 1972-01-13 until 1972-01-14) |
| background vocals: | Southern California Community Choir (from 1972-01-13 until 1972-01-14) |
| lead vocals: | Aretha Franklin (from 1972-01-13 until 1972-01-14) |
| chorus master: | Rev. James Cleveland (from 1972-01-13 until 1972-01-14) |
| recorded at: | New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1972-01-13 until 1972-01-14) |
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| recording of: | Take My Hand, Precious Lord (from 1972-01-13 until 1972-01-14: cover, live) You’ve Got a Friend (from 1972-01-13 until 1972-01-14: cover, live) |
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Related works
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
| lyricist and arranger: | Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) |
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| additional composer: | Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) |
| composer: | [traditional] (special purpose artist) |
| previously attributed to: | George Nelson Allen (American composer from the 1800s) |
| later translated versions: | 親愛主牽我手 |
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| arrangements: | Precious Lord, Take My Hand Take My Hand, Precious Lord |
You’ve Got a Friend
| lyricist and composer: | Carole King |
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| publisher: | Colgems-EMI Music Inc. Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. |
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| sub-publisher: | イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present) |
| later parody versions: | You've Got a Text |
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| later translated versions: | Du har en vän Eilses rändan taas Iemand die van je houdt T'as un ami Tens un amic Tot ik bij je ben Tu amigo fiel You’ve Got a Friend (Japanese version) |