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| Personnel Aretha Franklin vocals arranger piano celeste Rev James Cleveland vocals director piano Southern California Community Choir vocals Cornell Dupree guitar Ken Lupper organ Chuck Rainey bass Bernard Purdie drums Pancho Morales congas Producers Jerry Wexler Arif Mardin Aretha Franklin Reissue producers Patrick Milligan Reggie Collins This edition of AMAZING GRACE contains two unedited live performances recorded at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church Los Angeles California on January 13-14 1972 Includes liner notes by David Nathan Reggie Collins amp Patrick Milligan All tracks have been digitally remastered Long before she ascended the throne and donned the mantle of the Queen Of Soul Aretha Franklin was a child of the church Franklin s pedigree demanded such since her father was the famous Reverend C L Franklin and her mother was herself a gospel singer AMAZING GRACE was Lady Soul s return to her roots after hitting the secular stride of her fantastic strings of albums on Atlantic Recorded over two days at Los Angeles New Temple Missionary Baptist Church AMAZING GRACE finds Franklin backed by her studio band and joined by a choir led by family friend and gospel icon James Cleveland Franklin s singing is unfettered and filled with a spirit not heard in her secular material Most interesting is her seamless choice of material She gives pop songs by Marvin Gaye Wholy Holy and Carole King You ve Got A Friend a spiritual sheen placing them alongside more traditional fare by Clara Ward How I Got Over and Thomas Dorsey Precious Lord Take My Hand Equally impressive are Franklin s rich arrangements her interaction with the Southern California Community Choir and her often overlooked piano playing on such songs as Never Grow Old |
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