Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings - 2024 report by Whydis
Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings
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Aretha's awe-inspiring (and Grammy-winning) 1972 gospel album ascended to #7 on the pop album charts and featured legendary performances of How I Got Over; You've Got a Friend , and her charting rendition of Wholy Holy . This 2-CD...
She wanted a CD with Amazing Grace and Precious Lord, Take my hand on it; both of these songs are on this CD
Precious Lord is NOT the traditional version; therefore she is not as pleased with it
"You've Got a Friend" with a modified lyric combined with Thomas A. Dorsey's "Precious Lord".
As you can see by the selections shown on this CD set (2 CDs), several songs are repeated; namely, What A Friend we Have in Jesus, Wholy Holy, My Sweet Lord & Precious Memoris.
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")
This is simply a masterpiece by the finest singer of our time.
After 16 years of catholic school training, of one thing I am sure, and that is.......being Baptist or Methodist would make me a better singer
Aretha Franklin ranks with Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald as one of the all-time great American singers, and this CD showcases her amazing pipes in a perfect setting: piano, organ, a bit of drums and guitar, but mostly the power of Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir carrying things along
One of the greatest singers in gospel is showcased on this album
Speaking of "weeping" this album never fails to make me do justthat as I'm listening to this beautiful choir,band and of courseAretha doing what she does best
Recorded live, with a few overdubs, during two nights at a church, she is backed by a great band, and a truly amazing choir
Aretha Franklin's voice soars and transports, and the choir behind her is extraordinary too.
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She is joined on occasion by the Reverend James Cleveland ( most notably on an awe-inspiring and spine tingling rendition of Precious Memories )
Other personal favorites are "Precious Memories"(Featuring Rev. James Cleveland)
This stuff ROCKS!Highlights include a compelling extended version of Precious Memories (with the Rev. James Cleveland) and an epic fourteen-minute rendition of Amazing Grace
Ms. Franklin sings "Precious Memories with Cleveland and does a fantastic version of "What A Friend We Have In Jesus
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I love her voice, but I could have done without all the talking in between songs
Choir directed by the Reverend James Cleveland on two consecutive nights, January 13 and 14, 1972.The CD has everything going for it: the enthusiasm of the audience, the spontaneity possible only in a live performance, the beautiful gospel piano accompaniment by Cleveland (except for two songs), the commentary by both Cleveland and Aretha's father, the Reverend C. L. Franklin ("Aretha never left the church"), the angelic voices of the choir and finally that voice
Her voice is amazing as she sings with Rev. James Cleveland and his mass choir
Aretha Franklin does have an 'anointed' voice singing praises to JESUS CHRIST.
I especially loved the song that the choir sang that backed Aretha as their introduction on both nights of this two night live recording.
the What's Going On Album) has always been one of my favorite songs, I liked it even more when Mavis Staples performed it on the Cosby Show
But when i got amazing grace: the complete recordings, i was very dissapointed, most because my favorite songs on the original recording; Old landmark and climbing higher mountain, have been replaced by different versions, which does not showcase Aretha`s vocal skills as they do on the original recording
Stunning vocals, beautiful remarks and well missed songs of my early years in the church choirs
Stunning vocals, beautiful remarks and well missed songs of my early years in the church choirs
One of the best gospel records out there, I never get sick of it
I had this recording on vinyl many years ago and lost it.
Who ever thought that a classic recording such as AMAZING GRACE could get better...but Rhino has done it
This is an excellent recording with all of the original power, grace and authenticity of the Queen of Soul singing the gospel of Jesus Christ as was captured on this live recording.
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Product Description
Aretha's awe-inspiring (and Grammy-winning) 1972 gospel album ascended to #7 on the pop album charts and featured legendary performances of How I Got Over; You've Got a Friend , and her charting rendition of Wholy Holy
This 2-CD set presents, for the first time, the entire unedited performance-at 27 tracks, it's nearly double the length of the original release!
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This Rhino re-release of Amazing Grace is at least as much a work of love as of marketing
The sound is beefier and clearer, but most importantly, the two-day church sessions are included
So, there's much more church (specifically, Reverend James Cleveland's marvelous orating) on the record, as well as contemporaryisms such as a cool organ rendition of George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord." Originally released as a double LP in 1972, Amazing Grace cracked the Billboard Top 10 on its release, making it one of the best selling gospel records of all time
Grace was recorded in a large Baptist church with an ultraenthusiastic audience in the pews, a full, funky band, and the Southern California Community Choir under the direction of Franklin's mentor, Cleveland
Her voice is melismatic and intensely emotional, yet pure and controlled, as if she is channeling the Holy Ghost
Franklin's father, the brilliant preacher Reverend C.L
Franklin, makes a brief, proud appearance, remarking, "She has never left the church!" Other highlights include the beautiful "Wholy Holy," an 11-minute, heart-stopping "Amazing Grace," and Inez Andrews's stirring "Mary, Don't You Weep." Way more than a return-to-the-roots record, this set is an inspired gospel-soul workout that arguably showcases Franklin's strongest singing ever