Review: When Aretha Franklin passed away in August 2018, the world lost the Queen of Soul, acknowledged as the foremost female singer of her generation, selling over 75 million records over the course of her glittering career. With the knowledge that Franklin’s instantly-recognisable voice would never grace a new recording ever again, the sadness felt by soul fans at the time was acute. So it is with great finesse that History Of Soul presents yet another unheard Aretha live set, never before heard on a commercial LP. With pride, they boast that the recordings, made in a TV studio in Cologne during her first European tour in 1968, waft from the heart of soul's Golden Age.
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