The Vinyl Countdown # 1730

Aretha Franklin, Aretha Now (1968)

You really can’t go wrong with the early Aretha Franklin albums – and that golden period 1967-1972 – amazing. What a line-up of songs and musicians. What great choices Aretha made – as a vocalist, as a writer, as a song interpreter, as a player; from the choice of her band-leaders and the musicians she worked with on do…