Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace mp3

Tracklist

Credits

• Choir – James Cleveland, The Southern California Community Choir
• Producer – Jerry Wexler
• Producer, Arranged By – Aretha Franklin
• Producer, Remix, Edited By – Arif Mardin

Notes

Laminated Gatefold cover.
Category on front and back sleeve: ATL 60 023 (2-906)
Category on label: ATL 60023 (2-906)

Barcodes

• Label Code (Side A Label): ST-A-722 493
• Label Code (Side B Label): ST-A-722 495
• Label Code (Side C Label): ST-A-722 496
• Label Code (Side D Label): ST-A-722 494
• Rights Society: GEMA

Companies

• Record Company – Kinney Music GmbH

Album

Amazing Grace is a live album by American soul singer Aretha Franklin. It was recorded in January 1972 at the New Temple Missionary Baptish Church in Los Angeles, with Reverend James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir accompanying Franklin in performance. The recording was originally released as a double album on June 1, 1972, by Atlantic Records. You're listening to Aretha Franklin sing Amazing Grace with James Cleveland and The Southern California Community Choir from the 1972 album 'Amazing Grace'. The resulting live album, Amazing Grace, recorded at Los Angeles New Temple Baptist Missionary Church, became her best-selling LP. Executive producer Jerry Wexler, himself an atheist, said the album relates to religious music in much the same way Michelangelos Sistine Chapel relates to religious art. In terms of scope and depth, little else compares to its greatness. That quote is from David Ritzs Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin, which provides a riveting portrait of the gospel masterpiece. Franklins brother Cecil put the album in context for Ritz: While Arethas career had finally. Amazing Grace Disc One by FRANKLIN, ARETHA. Originally released as a double LP in 1972, Amazing Grace cracked the Billboard Top Ten upon its release, making it one of the bestselling gospel records of all time. Grace was recorded in a large Baptist church with an ultraenthusiastic, loving audience in the pews and a full, funky, band as well as the Southern California Community Choir under the direction of her mentor Rev. Amazing Grace is the third live album by American singer Aretha Franklin. Released on June 1, 1972 by Atlantic Records, it ultimately sold over two million copies in the United States alone, earning a double platinum certification. As of 2017, it stands as the biggest selling disc of Franklin's entire fifty-plus year recording career as well as the highest selling live gospel music album of all time. It won Franklin the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance. The double album was recorded at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles during January 1972. Aretha Franklins live album Amazing Grace is a monumental release that captures how she transformed gospel LefevreGetty Images. Recorded at a Baptist church in South Los Angeles in 1972, the album is an artist reaching another level. Aretha Franklin. Amazing Grace. Aretha Franklin disproved the notion that once you leave the church, you can't go back. She returned in triumph on this 1972 double album, making what might be her greatest release ever in any style. Her voice was chilling, making it seem as if God and the angels were conducting a service alongside Franklin, Rev. James Cleveland, the Southern California Community Choir, and everyone else in attendance. Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace 1972. To favorites 0 Download album. Listen album. Soul Gospel. With the aid of Muscle Shoals backing band, the fervor shed developed during her early training in the church-namely, her rafter-shaking pipes and propulsive piano playing-had finally found its way into her secular recordings. But 1972s Amazing Grace saw her returning to church music: Over two nights in Los Angeles at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, she scaled the songs th. Amazing Grace is a filmed record of the two nights, in January 1972, during which Franklin recorded the gospel performances that became the celebrated live double album Amazing Grace. It remains not only the best-selling gospel record of all time, but the best-selling album of Franklins 50-year career. Music: Aretha Franklin, the Southern California Community Choir. With: Aretha Franklin, the Reverend James Cleveland, C. Franklin, the Southern California Community Choir. Music By: Want to read more articles like this one