Aretha Franklin With The Ray Bryant Combo – Aretha
Label:
Fontana – TFL 5173, Fontana – 682 509 TL
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country:
UK
Released:
Feb 1962
Genre:
Jazz, Blues, Pop
Style:
Vocal, Ballad, Swing, Soul-Jazz
Tracklist
Position Title/Credits Duration
A1 Won't Be Long
Written-By – J. Leslie McFarland
A2 Over The Rainbow
Written-By – E. Y. Harburg*, H. Arlen*
A3 Love Is The Only Thing
Written-By – J. Leslie McFarland
A4 Sweet Lover
Written-By – J. Leslie McFarland, S. Wyche*
A5 All Night Long
Written-By – C. Lewis*
A6 Who Needs You?
Written-By – B. Holiday*, J. Burns*
B1 Right Now
Written-By – J. Leslie McFarland
B2 Maybe I'm A Fool
Written-By – J. Leslie McFarland
B3 It Ain't Necessarily So
Written-By – I. Gershwin-G. Gershwin*
B4 (Blue) By Myself
Written-By – J. Leslie McFarland, J. Bailey*
B5 Today I Sing The Blues
Written-By – C. Hamner*, C. Lewis*
Arranged By – Curtis Lewis (3) (tracks: A5, B6), J. Leslie McFarland (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B5)
Bass – Bill Lee (2) (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B4 to B6), Milt Hinton (tracks: A6, B2, B3)
Drums – Belton Evans (tracks: A1, A4, B4), Osie Johnson (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B6), Sticks Evans (tracks: A5, A6, B2, B3, B5)
Guitar – Lord Westbrook* (tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B6), Skeeter Best (tracks: B1)
Liner Notes – Frank Driggs
Photography By – Vernon Smith (2)
Piano – Aretha Franklin (tracks: A1, A6, B2, B3), Ray Bryant (tracks: A1, A2 to A5, B1, B4 to B6)
Saxophone [Tenor] – Al Sears (tracks: A5, A6, B2, B3, B5), Warren Luckey (tracks: B4)
Trombone – Quentin Jackson (tracks: A5, B5), Tyree Glenn (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B6)
Front laminated picture flipback sleeve.
Black and silver Fontana labels, slightly textured.
Different track list from the USA issue, the song "Are You Sure" is not included (it was B2 in Aretha Franklin With The Ray Bryant Combo - Aretha)
Other (Tax Code, embossed): O/T
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 682 509 1L
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 682 509 2L
Aretha Franklin With The Ray Bryant Combo - Aretha (LP, Album, Mono) (Fontana, F
Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it.
Sleeve: Very Good (VG)
Record has some very fine light surface wear and some quiet surface noise , Label has stikcer and small stamp mark present , Sleeve has some sticker residue front of sleeve , and some stickers present rear of sleeve , light stain wear and faint ring wear / edge wear (was part of BBC archive so vinyl has been well looked after)

