Os primeiros albums dos anos 70 reunidos numa caixa.

Sai dia 1 de Dezembro a caixa A Portrait Of The Queen - 1970-1974, uma colecção com as primeiras gravações da Rainha da Soul na década de 70.

Inclui os álbuns This Girls In Love With You e Spirit In The Dark, ambos de 1970, Young, Gifted and Black, de 1973 e Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky), por fim Let Me In Your Life, de 1974.

O album This Girl’s In Love With You, inclui a primeira gravação comercial de Let It Be, dos Beatles, Paul McCartney mostrou a Aretha uma demo do tema e Aretha gravou, como o disco saiu 2 meses antes, 15 de Janeiro de 1970, do album dos Beatles, acabaria por ser a primeira edição oficial de Let It Be.

A Portrait Of The Queen vai sair numa edição com 6 LPs e 5 CDs, inclui 11 temas bonus, raridades e um livro com notas de Gail Mitchel e David Nathan.

LP 1: This Girl’s In Love With You (1970)
Side A:
1.Son Of A Preacher Man
2. Share Your Love With Me
3. Dark End Of The Street
4. Let It Be
Side B:
6. This Girl’s In Love With You
7. It Ain’t Fair
8. The Weight
9. Call Me
10. Sit Down And Cry

LP2: Spirit In The Dark (1970)
Side C:
1.Don’t Play That Song
2. The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday’s Kiss)
3. Pullin’
4. You And Me
5. Honest I Do
6. Spirit In The Dark
Side D:
7. When The Battle Is Over
8. One Way Ticket
9. Try Matty’s
10. That’s All I Want From You
11. Oh No Not My Baby
12. Why I Sing The Blues

LP3: Young Gifted And Black (1972)
Side E:
1.Oh Me Oh My (I’m A Fool For You Baby)
2. Day Dreaming
3. Rock Steady
4. Young Gifted And Black
5. All The King’s Horses
6. A Brand New Me
Side F:
7. April Fools
8. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
9. First Snow In Kokomo
10. The Long And Winding Road
11. Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
12. Border Song (Holy Moses)

LP4: Hew Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky) (1973)
Side G:
1.Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky)
2. Somewhere
3. So Swell When You’re Well
4. Angel
5. Sister From Texas
Side H:
6. Mister Spain
7. That’s The Way I Feel About Cha
8. Moody’s Mood
9. Just Right Tonight

LP 5: Let Me In Your Life (1974)
Side I:
1.Let Me In Your Life
2. Every Natural Thing
3. Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing
4. I’m In Love
5. Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)
6. The Masquerade Is Over
Side J:
7. With Pen In Hand
8. Oh Baby
9. Eight Days On The Road
10. If You Don’t Think
11. A Song For You

LP 6: Bonus Tracks- Rarities
Side K:
1.Pledging My Love/The Check
2. You’re Taking Up Another Man’s Place
3. Are You Leaving Me
4. You’re All I Need To Get By (Take 2)
5. Spanish Harlem
Side L:
1.Lean On Me
2. Sweetest Smile And The Funkiest Style
3. Do You Know
4. At Last
5. Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes)
6. Til It’s Over