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

A1	Don't Play That Song Written-By – Ahmet Ertegun, Betty Nelson	2:48
A2	The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss) Written-By – Art Benson, Dale Petite	4:40
A3	Pullin' Written-By – Aretha Franklin Written-By [Uncredited] – Carolyn Franklin, Jimmy Radcliffe	3:32
A4	You And Me Written-By – Aretha Franklin	3:30
A5	Honest I Do Written-By – Ewart Abner, Jr.*, Jimmy Reed	3:10
A6	Spirit In The Dark Written-By – Aretha Franklin	3:59
B1	When The Battle Is Over Written-By – Jessie Hill, Malcolm Rebennac*	2:52
B2	One Way Ticket Written-By – Aretha Franklin	2:48
B3	Try Matty's Written-By – Aretha Franklin	2:28
B4	That's All I Want From You Written-By – Fritz Rotter, M. Rotha	2:38
B5	Oh No Not My Baby Written-By – Carole King & Jerry Goffin*	3:10
B6	Why I Sing The Blues Written-By – B. B. King*, Dave Clark (8)	3:08

Exclusive Retailer – Vinyl Me, Please
Record Company – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 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

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

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.

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

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Aretha Franklin - Spirit In The Dark (1970) - New LP Record 2022 Atlantic Vinyl Me Please Club Blue Galaxy 180 gram Vinyl - Soul / Rhythm & Blues