Amazing Grace is Aretha's third live album, recorded at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles during January 1972. It ultimately sold over two million copies in the United States alone, earning a double platinum certification. As of 2015, it stands as the biggest selling disc of Franklin's entire fifty-plus year recording career as well as the highest selling live gospel music album of all time. It later went on to win Franklin the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace Label: Rhino Atlantic Format: WEB, 14 files FLAC, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 24bit 192kHz HDtracks Released: 2012 Originally released 1972 Genre: Gospel, Soul
Tracklist:
1 Mary Don't You Weep 7:32 2 Precious Lord, Take My Hand/You've Got A Friend 5:55 3 Old Landmark 2:56 4 Give Yourself to Jesus 5:24 5 How I Got Over 4:33 6 What a Friend We Have In Jesus 6:17 7 Amazing Grace 10:51 8 Precious Memories 7:27 9 Climbing Higher Mountains 3:02 10 Remarks by Reverend C.L. Franklin 1:46 11 God Will Take Care of You 8:59 12 Wholy Holy 5:35 13 You'll Never Walk Alone 6:40 14 Never Grow Old 9:53
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – vocals, piano Rev. James Cleveland – piano, vocals Rev. C.L. Franklin Chuck Rainey – bass Cornell Dupree – guitar Kenneth Lupper – organ Pancho Morales – percussion, conga Bernard "Pretty" Purdie – drums Southern California Community Choir – background vocals