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LP " Aretha Now " Atlantic Records 1967
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credits:
Written-By – Don Covay, Steve Cropper
Aretha Franklin – lead vocals (all), piano (1–5, 7, 10)
Tommy Cogbill – guitar (1–3, 10), bass guitar (6, 8–9)
Carolyn Franklin – background vocals (6, 8–9)
Roger Hawkins – drums (all)
Jerry Jemmott – bass guitar (1–5, 7, 10)
Jimmy Johnson – guitar (1, 3, 5–6, 8–10)
Spooner Oldham – Hammond organ (1, 5), electric piano (3, 6–7, 10), piano (8)
The Sweet Inspirations – background vocals (all)
Bobby Womack – guitar (6, 8–9)
Horns:

Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
Willie Bridges – baritone saxophone (1, 3–5, 7, 10)
Charles Chalmers, Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
King Curtis, Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
Bernie Glow, Wayne Jackson, Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman – trumpet
Haywood Henry – baritone saxophone (6, 8)
Tony Studd – bass trombone
Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute

All arrangements by Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
recorded New York, April 16, 1968 at Atlantic Studios,
(New York City, New York)
Tom Dowd – engineering
Producer Jerry Wexler