Aretha

~ Release by Aretha Franklin (see all versions of this release, 12 available)

Tracklist

12" Vinyl 1
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A1Come to Me
additional recording engineer:
Lew Hahn
recording engineer:
Jeremy Smith (producer/engineer)
assistant engineer:
Michael O’Reilly (engineer) and Stewart Whitemore
producer:
Arif Mardin
mixer:
Lew Hahn, Arif Mardin and Gene Paul
bass guitar [bass]:
Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson)
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro
electric piano and synthesizer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
percussion:
George Devens
piano:
David Paich
background vocals:
Edie Lehmann, Marti McCall (session vocalist) and Myrna Mathews
lead vocals:
Aretha Franklin
arranger:
Arif Mardin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1980)
additionally recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recorded at:
Sound Lab Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
additionally edited at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Come to Me
lyricist and composer:
Gene Price (country/rockabilly singer/songwriter)
publisher:
Reservoir 416, Reservoir One America, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Tree Publishing Co., Inc., ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部, Acoustic Music, Inc. (work publisher) (from 1977 to ????), Buttercreek Music (from 1977 to present) and Dobbins Music (from 1977 to present)
3:42
A2Can’t Turn You Loose
additional recording engineer:
Lew Hahn
recording engineer:
Jeremy Smith (producer/engineer)
synthesizer programming:
Todd Cochran
assistant engineer:
Michael O’Reilly (engineer) and Stewart Whitemore
producer:
Arif Mardin
mixer:
Lew Hahn, Arif Mardin and Gene Paul
additional synthesizer:
Bob Christiansen and Steve Porcaro
bass guitar [bass]:
Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson)
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro
electric piano and synthesizer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
guitar:
Steve Lukather and David Williams (session guitarist and songwriter)
background vocals:
Estelle Brown, Brenda Corbett, Cissy Houston, Sylvia Shemwell and Myrna Smith
lead vocals:
Aretha Franklin
arranger:
Arif Mardin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (from 1980 until 1981)
additionally recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recorded at:
Sound Lab Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
additionally edited at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
I Can’t Turn You Loose
lyricist and composer:
Otis Redding
arranger:
川口義之
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc., East/Memphis Music Corp. (from 1969 to ????) and Time Music (from 1969 to ????)
3:55
A3United Together
engineer:
Lee DeCarlo and Frank Kejmar (engineer)
producer:
Chuck Jackson (songwriter/producer)
mixer:
Reggie Dozier
additional drums (drum set):
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew)
bass guitar [bass]:
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), James Jamerson, Sr. and Scott Edward (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie and Ed Green (drummer)
guitar:
Cornell Dupree, Paul Jackson, Jr. and Michael McGloiry
keyboard:
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), Aretha Franklin, Michael Lang (Session Musician) and Richard Tee
background vocals:
Estelle Brown, Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), Aretha Franklin, Cissy Houston, Chuck Jackson (songwriter/producer), Edie Lehmann, Marti McCall (session vocalist), Myrna Mathews, Sylvia Shemwell and Myrna Smith
lead vocals:
Aretha Franklin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1980)
recorded at:
The Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Whitney Studios in Glendale, California, United States
recording of:
United Together
writer:
Chuck Jackson (songwriter/producer) and Phil Perry (US R&B/jazz singer, songwriter & musician)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Jay’s Enterprises Inc., Phivin International Enterprises, Sony Tunes, Inc., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 and Days Interprise (from 1980 to ????)
5:02
A4Take Me With You
engineer:
Lee DeCarlo and Frank Kejmar (engineer)
producer:
Chuck Jackson (songwriter/producer)
mixer:
Reggie Dozier
additional drums (drum set):
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew)
bass guitar [bass]:
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), James Jamerson, Sr. and Scott Edward (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie and Ed Green (drummer)
guitar:
Cornell Dupree, Paul Jackson, Jr. and Michael McGloiry
keyboard:
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), Aretha Franklin, Michael Lang (Session Musician) and Richard Tee
background vocals:
Estelle Brown, Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), Aretha Franklin, Cissy Houston, Chuck Jackson (songwriter/producer), Edie Lehmann, Marti McCall (session vocalist), Myrna Mathews, Sylvia Shemwell and Myrna Smith
lead vocals:
Aretha Franklin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1980)
recorded at:
The Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Whitney Studios in Glendale, California, United States
recording of:
Take Me With You
writer:
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), Chuck Jackson (songwriter/producer) and Phil Perry (US R&B/jazz singer, songwriter & musician)
publisher:
Bright Moon Music, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Pepsongs, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 and Days Interprise (from 1980 to ????)
4:05
A5Whatever It Is
engineer:
Lee DeCarlo and Frank Kejmar (engineer)
producer:
Chuck Jackson (songwriter/producer)
mixer:
Reggie Dozier
additional drums (drum set):
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew)
bass guitar [bass]:
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), James Jamerson, Sr. and Scott Edward (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie and Ed Green (drummer)
guitar:
Cornell Dupree, Paul Jackson, Jr. and Michael McGloiry
keyboard:
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), Aretha Franklin, Michael Lang (Session Musician) and Richard Tee
background vocals:
Estelle Brown, Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), Aretha Franklin, Cissy Houston, Chuck Jackson (songwriter/producer), Edie Lehmann, Marti McCall (session vocalist), Myrna Mathews, Sylvia Shemwell and Myrna Smith
lead vocals:
Aretha Franklin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1980)
recorded at:
The Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Whitney Studios in Glendale, California, United States
recording of:
Whatever It Is
writer:
Mark Gray (US country music artist), Jerry Michael and Eddie Setser (In Groups: James Brown And The Dapps, Jellyroll, The Dapps)
publisher:
Bike Music, Bravo and Encore Music, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., ヤマハミュージックEH(CM), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部, ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, Fifty‐Grand Publishing Company (from 1980 to ????), Down ’n Dixie Music (from 1980 to present) and Irving Music, Inc. (from 1980 to present)
3:38
B1What a Fool Believes
additional recording engineer:
Lew Hahn
recording engineer:
Jeremy Smith (producer/engineer)
synthesizer programming:
Todd Cochran
assistant engineer:
Michael O’Reilly (engineer) and Stewart Whitemore
producer:
Arif Mardin
mixer:
Lew Hahn, Arif Mardin and Gene Paul
bass guitar [bass]:
Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson)
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro
electric piano and synthesizer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
guitar:
Steve Lukather and David Williams (session guitarist and songwriter)
solo alto saxophone:
David Sanborn
additional background vocals:
Hamish Stuart (Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer composer & producer)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Aretha Franklin
arranger:
Arif Mardin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1980)
additionally recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recorded at:
Sound Lab Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
additionally edited at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
What a Fool Believes
writer:
Ken Loggins and Mike McDonald (R&B & soul singer)
publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部, 日音 Synch事業部, Milk Money Music (in 1978) and Snug Music (in 1978)
5:12
B2Together Again
engineer:
Lee DeCarlo and Frank Kejmar (engineer)
producer:
Chuck Jackson (songwriter/producer)
mixer:
Reggie Dozier
additional drums (drum set):
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew)
bass guitar [bass]:
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), James Jamerson, Sr. and Scott Edward (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie and Ed Green (drummer)
guitar:
Cornell Dupree, Paul Jackson, Jr. and Michael McGloiry
keyboard:
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), Aretha Franklin, Michael Lang (Session Musician) and Richard Tee
background vocals:
Estelle Brown, Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), Aretha Franklin, Cissy Houston, Chuck Jackson (songwriter/producer), Edie Lehmann, Marti McCall (session vocalist), Myrna Mathews, Sylvia Shemwell and Myrna Smith
lead vocals:
Aretha Franklin
arranger:
Aretha Franklin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1980)
recorded at:
The Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Whitney Studios in Glendale, California, United States
recording of:
Together Again
writer:
Aretha Franklin, Chuck Jackson (songwriter/producer) and Phil Perry (US R&B/jazz singer, songwriter & musician)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Pepsongs, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, WC Music Corp., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 and Springtime Music, Inc. (from 1980 to present)
5:16
B3Love Me Forever
additional recording engineer:
Lew Hahn
recording engineer:
Jeremy Smith (producer/engineer)
assistant engineer:
Michael O’Reilly (engineer) and Stewart Whitemore
producer:
Arif Mardin
assistant mixer:
Joe Mardin
mixer:
Arif Mardin and Michael O’Reilly (engineer)
alto saxophone:
David Tofani
baritone saxophone:
Lew Delgatto
bass guitar [bass]:
Michael Porcaro
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro
French horn:
Peter Gordon (French hornist) and John Trevor Clark (flute & horn player)
guitar:
Steve Lukather and David Williams (session guitarist and songwriter)
organ:
David Paich
piano and lead vocals:
Aretha Franklin
solo tenor saxophone:
David “Fathead” Newman (American jazz saxophonist)
strings:
A. Brown (viola), A. Shulman (cellist, conductor and composer), F. Buldrini, F. Zlotkin (cellist), G. Tarack, H. Kohon, H. Lookofsky, J. Abramowitz, J. Barber, J. Malin, M. Takayama (violinist/violist/cellist), M. Wright and P. Dimitriades
tenor saxophone:
Michael Brecker (American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist and composer) and Seldon Powell
trombone:
Barry Rogers
trumpet:
Randy Brecker and Lou Soloff
background vocals:
Estelle Brown, Sylvia Shemwell and Myrna Smith
arranger:
Arif Mardin
concertmaster:
Gene Orloff
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1980)
additionally recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recorded at:
Sound Lab Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
additionally edited at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Love Me Forever
writer:
Rev. Patrick Henderson and Kenny Moore
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部, April–Blackwood Music (from 1979 to ????), Fingertips Music (from 1979 to present) and Monosteri Music (from 1979 to present)
3:34
B4School Days
engineer:
Lee DeCarlo and Frank Kejmar (engineer)
producer:
Aretha Franklin and Chuck Jackson (songwriter/producer)
mixer:
Reggie Dozier
additional drums (drum set):
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew)
bass guitar [bass]:
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), James Jamerson, Sr. and Scott Edward (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie and Ed Green (drummer)
guitar:
Cornell Dupree, Paul Jackson, Jr. and Michael McGloiry
keyboard:
Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), Aretha Franklin, Michael Lang (Session Musician) and Richard Tee
background vocals:
Estelle Brown, Tony Coleman (blues singer, member of The Knight Crew), Aretha Franklin, Cissy Houston, Chuck Jackson (songwriter/producer), Edie Lehmann, Marti McCall (session vocalist), Myrna Mathews, Sylvia Shemwell and Myrna Smith
lead vocals:
Aretha Franklin
arranger:
Aretha Franklin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1980)
recorded at:
The Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Whitney Studios in Glendale, California, United States
recording of:
School Days
lyricist and composer:
Aretha Franklin
publisher:
Springtime Music, Inc. (from 1980 to present)
4:58

Credits

Release

art direction and design:Ria Lewerke‐Shapiro (art direction, design)
copyrighted (©) by:Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1980)
mastered at:Sterling Sound (original NYC studio; split/relocated to Nashville and Edgewater in 2018) in Chelsea, New York, New York, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/10851296 [info]

Release Group

Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/122887 [info]
Wikidata:Q3622216 [info]