アレサ・フランクリン　未発表音源も含む4CDボックスセット『Aretha』発売　1曲試聴可

アレサ・フランクリン（Aretha Franklin）の全キャリアを網羅したCD4枚組ボックスセット『Aretha』が海外で11月20日、日本で12月2日に発売。邦題は『アレサ〜ザ・グレイテスト・パフォーマンス』。リリース元はRhino／ワーナーミュージック。

ヒット曲に加え、未発表のデモや別ヴァージョン、レアリティ、ライヴ・パフォーマンス音源などを収録。全81曲収録。うち19曲はこれまでCDやデジタルではリリースされていない音源です。全曲リマスター・ヴァージョン。

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)