ボックスでは、1956年のデビュー・シングル「Never Grow Old」から、2015年のケネディ・センター名誉賞でのライヴ演奏(「(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman」)まで、アレサの全キャリアを年代順に、そしてすべてのレコードレーベルにわたって記録しています。
今回CDとデジタルで初めてリリースされる19曲の中には、アレサの自宅で録音された1966年の未発表デモ(「Try a Little Tenderness」「My Kind of Town (Detroit Is)」)が含まれています。このうち「My Kind of Town (Detroit Is)」が先行で公開されています
またクインシー・ジョーンズ(Quincy Jones)と70年代初期に録音した未発表音源3曲(「The Boy From Bombay」、「Somewhere」の別ヴァージョンほか)や、「Angel」「Until You Come Back to Me」「Brand New Me」の未発表音源などもあります。
同日にはボックスセットに加えて、ハイライト・ヴァージョン(1CD版と2LP版)も発売されます
■『Aretha』[4CD]
Disc One
1. “Never Grow Old” 2. “You Grow Closer” 3. “Today I Sing the Blues” 4. “Won’t Be Long” 5. “Are You Sure” 6. “Operation Heartbreak” 7. “Skylark” 8. “Runnin’ Out of Fools” 9. “One Step Ahead” 10. “(No, No) I’m Losing You” 11. “Cry Like a Baby” 12. “A Little Bit of Soul” 13. “My Kind of Town (Detroit Is)” – Demo * 14. “Try a Little Tenderness” – Demo * 15. “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” 16. “Do Right Woman – Do Right Man” 17. “Respect” 18. “A Change Is Gonna Come” 19. “Chain of Fools” – Alternate Version 20. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” – UK Single Version 21. “(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone” 22. “Ain’t No Way” 23. “My Song” 24. “You Send Me” 25. “The House That Jack Built” 26. “Tracks of My Tears”
Disc Two 1. “Baby I Love You” – Live 2. “Son of a Preacher Man” 3. “Call Me” – Alternate Version * 4. “Let It Be” 5. “Young, Gifted And Black” – Alternate Longer Take * 6. “Bridge Over Troubled Water” – Long Version 7. “It’s Not Unusual/See Saw” – with Tom Jones * (Originally Broadcast On This Is Tom Jones, October, 9, 1970) 8. “You’re All I Need to Get By” – Work Tape * 9. “Brand New Me” – Work Tape * 10. “Spanish Harlem” – Alternate Mix * 11. “Rock Steady” – Alternate Mix/Take 12. “Day Dreaming” 13. “Share Your Love With Me” – Live 14. “Don’t Play That Song” – Live 15. “Dr. Feelgood” – Live 16. “Spirit In The Dark” (Reprise with Ray Charles) – Live 17. “How I Got Over” (Single Edit) – Live 18. “Master of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes)”
Disc Three 1. “Somewhere” – Alternate Version * 2. “Angel” – Work Tape * 3. “The Boy From Bombay” * 4. “Til It’s Over” – Demo * 5. “Oh Baby” (a.k.a. “There’s Something Magic About You”) – Demo * 6. “Until You Come Back To Me” – Work Tape * 7. “I’m in Love” – Alternate Vocal 8. “Without Love” 9. “Mr. D.J. (5 For The D.J.)” 10. “You” 11. “Something He Can Feel” 12. “Look Into Your Heart” 13. “Break It to Me Gently” 14. “When I Think About You” 15. “Almighty Fire (Woman Of The Future)” 16. “Ladies Only” – Short Version 17. “You Light Up My Life” * 18. “Ooo Baby Baby” – with Smokey Robinson * (Originally Broadcast On Soul Train, December 1, 1979) 19. “Amazing Grace” (Originally Broadcast On Royal Variety Performance, November 23, 1980)
Disc Four 1. “Think” 2. “I Say a Little Prayer” – with Dionne Warwick * 3. “United Together” 4. “Jump to It” 5. “The Wind” 6. “Freeway of Love” 7. “Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves” – Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin 8. “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) – Aretha Franklin and George Michael 9. “Oh Happy Day” – with Mavis Staples (Live at New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit, MI – July 1987) 10. “A Rose Is Still a Rose” 11. “Someday We’ll All Be Free” 12. “The Makings of You” 13. “Nessun Dorma” – Live 14. “At Last” – with Lou Rawls * (Originally Broadcast On American Soundtrack: Rhythm, Love And Soul, March 2003) 15. “You’ve Got a Friend” – Ronald Isley featuring Aretha Franklin 16. “Rolling in the Deep” – The Aretha Version 17. “My Country ’Tis of Thee” 18. “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” – Live * (Originally Broadcast On The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, December 19. 2015)
■『Aretha』[1CD]
1. Never Grow Old 2. Today I Sing The Blues 3. One Step Ahead 4. I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) * 5. A Change Is Gonna Come * 6. Respect * 7. Chains Of Fools (Alternate Version) 8. Call Me (Alternate Version) 9. Rock Steady (Alternate Mix/Take) 10. How I Got Over (Live) (Single Edit) 11. Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) 12. Until You Come Back To Me (Demo) 13. Something He Can Feel 14. You Light Up My Life 15. Think 16. Freeway Of Love 17. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) – Aretha Franklin & George Michael 18. Someday We’ll All Be free 19. A Rose Is Still A Rose 20. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Live)