Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo ) is the second studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on February 27, 1961 by Columbia Records. The album is Aretha's first release for Columbia, and is also known under its working title Right Now It's Aretha and sometimes simply as Aretha. Following in the footsteps of close friend Sam Cooke, Aretha was \"discovered\" by famed Columbia Records producer John H. Hammond, who on the cover notes of the 1973 edition of \"The Great Aretha Franklin: The First 12 Sides\" mentions, that she was in fact recommended by the composer Curtis Reginald Lewis. With the support of her father, Reverend C.L. Franklin, Aretha venured out to New York City's Columbia Record Studios to record her debut album for the label. Hammond paired Aretha Franklin with the Ray Bryant combo and arranger J. Leslie McFarland, while taking charge of the album's production, which was received to mixed reviews.The album showcases a young Aretha Franklin (only 18 years old, at the time of these recordings), covering a range of jazz and pop standards. Columbia Records couldn't clearly classify Aretha's sound, as either jazz or R&B. Aretha's subsequent albums would show her moving from the realms of both sounds, and audiences as she tries to define her \"own soulful sound\". Though rare to find an original 6-eye pressing on vinyl, Columbia Records re-released these sessions and retitled them as \"The Great Aretha Franklin: The First 12 Sides\", in 1972. The exact same recording \"The Great Aretha Franklin: The First 12 Sides\", was once more re-released on vinyl, this time in 1973 by CBS/Embassy, trademarks of Columbia Records, probably being a UK edition, which on the center label bears these identification numbers: EMB S-31006 (KC 31953). There are some minor changes in the track list for the 1973 edition as well. (See the separate track listing below the 1972 listing)."@en }
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- Aretha:_With_The_Ray_Bryant_Combo abstract "Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo ) is the second studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on February 27, 1961 by Columbia Records. The album is Aretha's first release for Columbia, and is also known under its working title Right Now It's Aretha and sometimes simply as Aretha. Following in the footsteps of close friend Sam Cooke, Aretha was \"discovered\" by famed Columbia Records producer John H. Hammond, who on the cover notes of the 1973 edition of \"The Great Aretha Franklin: The First 12 Sides\" mentions, that she was in fact recommended by the composer Curtis Reginald Lewis. With the support of her father, Reverend C.L. Franklin, Aretha venured out to New York City's Columbia Record Studios to record her debut album for the label. Hammond paired Aretha Franklin with the Ray Bryant combo and arranger J. Leslie McFarland, while taking charge of the album's production, which was received to mixed reviews.The album showcases a young Aretha Franklin (only 18 years old, at the time of these recordings), covering a range of jazz and pop standards. Columbia Records couldn't clearly classify Aretha's sound, as either jazz or R&B. Aretha's subsequent albums would show her moving from the realms of both sounds, and audiences as she tries to define her \"own soulful sound\". Though rare to find an original 6-eye pressing on vinyl, Columbia Records re-released these sessions and retitled them as \"The Great Aretha Franklin: The First 12 Sides\", in 1972. The exact same recording \"The Great Aretha Franklin: The First 12 Sides\", was once more re-released on vinyl, this time in 1973 by CBS/Embassy, trademarks of Columbia Records, probably being a UK edition, which on the center label bears these identification numbers: EMB S-31006 (KC 31953). There are some minor changes in the track list for the 1973 edition as well. (See the separate track listing below the 1972 listing).".