AS PICTURED: CONDITION RATINGS LISTED ABOVE
BRAND NEW - SEALED
Aretha Franklin – Spirit In The Dark
Label: Atlantic – RCV1 677115, Atlantic – 081227881542
Series: Vinyl Me, Please. Exclusive Pressing –
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Mono, Blue Galaxy, 180g
Country: US
Released: Apr 2022
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Soul
Tracklist
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A1
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Don't Play That Song
Written-By – Ahmet Ertegun, Betty Nelson
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2:48
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A2
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The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)
Written-By – Art Benson, Dale Petite
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4:40
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A3
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Pullin'
Written-By – Aretha Franklin
Written-By [Uncredited] – Carolyn Franklin, Jimmy Radcliffe
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3:32
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A4
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You And Me
Written-By – Aretha Franklin
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3:30
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A5
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Honest I Do
Written-By – Ewart Abner, Jr.*, Jimmy Reed
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3:10
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A6
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Spirt In The Dark
Written-By – Aretha Franklin
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3:59
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B1
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When The Battle Is Over
Written-By – Jessie Hill, Malcolm Rebennac*
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2:52
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B2
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One Way Ticket
Written-By – Aretha Franklin
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2:48
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B3
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Try Matty's
Written-By – Aretha Franklin
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2:28
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B4
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That's All I Want From You
Written-By – Fritz Rotter, M. Rotha
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2:38
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B5
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Oh No Not My Baby
Written-By – Carole King & Jerry Goffin*
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3:10
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B6
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Why I Sing The Blues
Written-By – B. B. King*, Dave Clark (8)
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3:08
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Companies, etc.
- Exclusive Retailer – Vinyl Me, Please
- Record Company – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Manufactured For – Rhino Entertainment Company
- Record Company – Warner Music Group
- Recorded At – Criteria Recording Studios
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
- Pressed By – GZ Media – 235137E
- Published By – Progressive (3)
- Published By – Leo Feist
- Published By – Pundit
- Published By – Conrad
- Published By – Ten East
- Published By – I Found It
- Published By – Weiss & Barry
- Published By – Screen Gems-Columbia
- Published By – Pamco
- Published By – Sounds Of Lucille
Credits
- Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Arif Mardin
- Backing Band – The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section* (tracks: A3, A5, B1, B5), The Dixie Flyers (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A6, B4)
- Backing Vocals [Vocal Backgrounds] – Almeda Lattimore (tracks: A1 to A3, B3 to B6), Brenda Bryant (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2, B5), Evelyn Green (tracks: A3, B3, B4, B6), Margaret Branch (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2, B5), Pat Lewis (tracks: A3, B3, B4, B6), The Sweet Inspirations (tracks: A4, A6), Wylene Ivy (tracks: A3, B3, B4, B6)
- Band [The Dixie Flyers], Bass – Tommy McClure (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A6, B4)
- Band [The Dixie Flyers], Drums – Sammy Creason (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A6, B4)
- Band [The Dixie Flyers], Guitar – Charlie Freeman (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A6, B4)
- Band [The Dixie Flyers], Keyboards – Jim Dickinson (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A6, B4), Mike Utley* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A6, B4)
- Band [The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section], Bass – David Hood (tracks: A3, A5, B1, B5)
- Band [The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section], Drums – Roger Hawkins (tracks: A3, A5, B1, B5)
- Band [The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section], Guitar – Eddie Hinton (tracks: A3, A5, B1, B5), Jimmy Johnson (4) (tracks: A3, A5, B1, B5)
- Band [The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section], Keyboards – Barry Beckett (tracks: A3, A5, B1, B5)
- Bass – Harold Cowart (tracks: B2, B3, B6)
- Design [Album Design] – Loring Eutemey
- Drums – Ray Lucas (tracks: B2, B6), Tubby Ziegler* (tracks: B3)
- Engineer [Re-mix Engineer] – Arif Mardin, James Douglass*, Tom Dowd
- Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Chuck Kirkpatrick, Lewis Hahn*, Ron Albert
- Guitar – Cornell Dupree (tracks: B2, B5, B6), Duane Allman (tracks: B1), Jimmy O'Rourke (tracks: B3)
- Lacquer Cut By – RKS*
- Mastered By – Ryan Smith (2)
- Organ – Dave Crawford (tracks: B2, B3, B6)
- Photography By [Backliner Photo] – Jim Marshall (3)
- Photography By [Cover Photo] – Stephen Paley
- Piano – Aretha Franklin (tracks: A1 to A6, B2 to B6)
- Producer – Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd
Notes
Hype sticker:
- First official mono vinyl release of Aretha's 1970 LP
- Mastered from the original mono master tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound
- Pressed on exclusive 180g blue galaxy vinyl
Atlantic Recording Corporation
This reissue ℗ & © 2022, 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Manufactured for Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company, 777 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90021
Made in Czech Republic
GEMA/BIEM
Recorded at Atlantic South-Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Publishers:
A1 – Progressive, BMI
A2 – Leo Feist, ASCAP
A3, A4, A6, B2, B3 – Pundit, BMI
A5 – Conrad, BMI
B1 – Ten East-I Found It, BMI
B4 – Weiss & Barry, BMI
B5 – Screen Gems-Columbia, BMI
B6 – Pamco-Sounds of Lucille, BMI
A3 is incorrectly credited to Aretha Franklin on the release.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A): RCV1-677115-A RKS STERLING 235137E1 1089868
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B): RCV1-677115-B RKS STERLING 235137E2 1089870
CONDITION RATINGS : G / G+ / VG / VG+ / VG++ / EX / EX+ / NM / NM+ / MINT
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