Aretha Franklin - Soul '69 (1969)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "Ramblin'" 3:10
2. "Today I Sing the Blues" 4:25
3. "River's Invitation" 2:40
4. "Pitiful" 3:04
5. "Crazy He Calls Me" 3:28
6. "Bring It On Home to Me" 3:45
Side two
7. "Tracks of My Tears" 2:56
8. "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" 3:08
9. "Gentle on My Mind" 2:28
10. "So Long" 4:36
11. "I'll Never Be Free" 4:15
12. "Elusive Butterfly" 2:45
Aretha Franklin Band Members / Musicians
Aretha Franklin – vocals, piano (2,7,9)
Junior Mance – piano (1, 3-6, 8-11)
Spooner Oldham – organ (2,7)
Joe Zawinul – organ (5), piano, Fender Rhodes (6,12)
Kenny Burrell – guitar (1, 3-6, 8-11)
Jimmy Johnson – guitar (2,7)
Ron Carter – bass guitar (1, 3-6, 8-12)
Jerry Jemmott – bass guitar (2,7)
Tommy Cogbill – bass guitar (2,7)
Bruno Carr – drums (1, 3-6, 8,9, 12)
Roger Hawkins – drums (2,7)
Grady Tate – drums (10,11)
Jack Jennings – vibraphone (5,7,9,12)
Louie Goicdecha, Manuel Gonzales – percussion (5,7,12)
David Newman – tenor saxophone, flute
King Curtis, Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
George Dorsey, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Joe Newman, Bernie Glow, Richard Williams, Snooky Young, Ernie Royal – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Benny Powell, Thomas Mitchell – trombone
Evelyn Greene, Wyline Ivy - backing vocals
Produced by Jerry Wexler and Tom Dowd
Arrangements by Arif Mardin
Soul '69 is the 14th studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin released in 1969 by Atlantic Records, the album features covered material. The album charted at number 1 on Billboard's R&B albums chart and at number 15 on Billboard's Top Albums, but launched two largely unsuccessful singles, "Tracks of My Tears", which reached number 21 on "Black Singles" and number 71 on "Pop Singles", and "Gentle on My Mind", which charted at number 50 and number 76 respectively. The album was re-released on compact disc through Rhino Records in the 1990s.
