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Thursday, November 26th, 2009 by Mixmaster
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Aretha At Her Peak, part 2
By Mark Anthony Neal During those two nights in January of 1972, the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles was the site of something truly amazing. The song list from the first night of the live recording session for Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace album reveals the eclecticism that would become the hallmark of Franklin’s ...
Aretha At Her Peak, part 1
By Mark Anthony Neal In January of 1972, two months short of her 30th birthday, Aretha Franklin walked into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles to record a live gospel album. Backed by the Southern California Community Choir, under the direction of her longtime friend and mentor the Reverend James Cleveland, Franklin’s ...








