Aretha Now
Atlantic records 1968 SD 8186
notes:Aretha Now is the thirteenth studio album by American singer
Aretha Franklin, released in June, 1968 by Atlantic Records.
Quickly certified Gold, it eventually reached a million in US sales.
It was Aretha's fourth #1 on the R&B albums survey and reached
third place on Billboard's main album chart.
credits:
Aretha Franklin – lead vocals (all), piano (1–5, 7, 10)
Tommy Cogbill – guitar (1–3, 10), bass guitar (6, 8–9)
Carolyn Franklin – background vocals (6, 8–9)
Roger Hawkins – drums (all)
Jerry Jemmott – bass guitar (1–5, 7, 10)
Jimmy Johnson – guitar (1, 3, 5–6, 8–10)
Spooner Oldham – Hammond organ (1, 5), electric piano (3, 6–7, 10), piano (8)
The Sweet Inspirations – background vocals (all)
Bobby Womack – guitar (6, 8–9)
Horns:
Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
Willie Bridges – baritone saxophone (1, 3–5, 7, 10)
Charles Chalmers, Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
King Curtis, Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
Bernie Glow, Wayne Jackson, Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman – trumpet
Haywood Henry – baritone saxophone (6, 8)
Tony Studd – bass trombone
Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute
All arrangements by Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
Recorded December 16, 1967 – April 18, 1968 at Atlantic Studios,
(New York City, New York)
Tom Dowd – engineering
Producer Jerry Wexler
Recording dates:
New York, December 16/17, 1967: B1.
New York, December 19/20, 1967: B3,
New York, April 15, 1968: A1.
New York, April 16, 1968: A3, A5.
New York, April 17, 1968: A2, A4.
New York, April 18, 1968: B2, B5.
tracklist:
A1 Think
Written-By – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
A2 I Say A Little Prayer
Written By – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
A3 See Saw
Written-By – Don Covay, Steve Cropper
A4 Night Time Is The Right Time
Written-By – Lew Herman
A5 You Send Me
Written-By – Sam Cooke
B1 You're A Sweet Sweet Man
Written-By – Ronnie Shannon
B2 I Take What I Want
Written-By – David Porter, Isaac Hayes, Teenie Hodges*
B3 Hello Sunshine
Written By – King Curtis (2), Ron Miller
B4 A Change
Written-By – Clyde Otis, Dorian Burton
B5 I Can't See Myself Without You
Written-By – Ronnie Shannon