Started recording in 1956 for Checker later Columbia  mainly with Gospel later blues and jazz & Pop too.
Success came with a change to ATLANTIC Records, who had the right concept to promote her distinguish voice.

Style-Genre: Soul , Gospel , R&B ;

Musicians:
Aretha Franklin - lead vocals;
Joe South, Jimmy Johnson - guitars; Tom Cogbill - bass; Roger Hawkins - drums;
Spooner Oldham, Truman Thomas - piano, organ, e-piano; Ted Somers: vibes;
King Curtis, Charles ACE Chalmers - tenor sax; Melvin Lastie - trumpet; Tony Studd - bass trombone;
Sweet Inspirations - backing vocals;

Producer: Jerry Wexler;  Engineered, arranged & directed by: Tom Dowd & Arif Mardin;
Strings & french horns arranged by: Ralph Burns;

Side1 :
Satisfaction  (Jagger-Richard)
You are my Sunshine  (Charles Mitchell & Jimmy Davis)
Never let me go  (Joe Scott)
96 Tears  (Rudy Martins)
Prove it  (Randy Evretts-Horace Ott)
Night Life  (Willie Nelson)

Side 2 :
Thats Life  (Kelly Gordon-Dean K.Thompson)
I wonder  (Cecil Gant-Raymond Leveen)
Aint Nobody  (Carolyn Franklin)
Going down slow  (arr. by: Aretha Franklin)
Baby, I love you  (Ronnie Shannon)

Zustandsbeschreibung / grading:

RECORD =

 vg  (many lines, sometimes noisy)

COVER  =

 vg+  (front little bit wavy & back looks aged) 

label red-plum