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Hardcover I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You: Aretha Franklin, Respect, and the Making of a Soul Music Masterpiece Book

ISBN: 0312318286

ISBN13: 9780312318284

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You: Aretha Franklin, Respect, and the Making of a Soul Music Masterpiece

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The album that earned soul legend Aretha Franklin her fist major hits, I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You was a pop and soul music milestone. Apart from its status as a hit record, the album also had a much wider cultural impact. By early 1967, when the album was released, the Civil Rights movement was already well underway and Aretha's new music gave it its theme song. The single Respect also became a passionate call to arms for the burgeoning feminist movement...Matt Dobkin has unearthed a wonderful story of the creation of an album that goes far beyond anything that's been written about The Queen of Soul or her music before. I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You is the story of a great achievement and includes scores of fresh interviews, including renowned producer Jerry Wexler and the session musicians from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, as well as Aretha's own musicians. It's also a biography of a star more complex and determined than her modern image as a diva indicates. Aretha, a teenage mother and daughter of a commanding preacher father, both rose above her circumstances and transformed them into art.

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Rated 4 stars
The stories behind the making of Respect, Dr. Feelgood, and I Never Loved a Man

"I Never Loved a Man" is a music journalist's take on Aretha Franklin's groundbreaking album. Dobkin comes from a background in opera writing, and he writes with great appreciation and sensitivity about the music. You can tell that he enjoys listening to the music and trying to conquer the challenging task of describing tones with prose. He also interviews some of the key figures in the story such as Jerry Wexler of Atlantic...

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A Day In The Life of Aretha

This book focuses on the career-making debut album of Aretha Franklin on Atlantic Records. A fascinating glimpse at the first-recorded track for the album, the title track, takes the reader back into a point in time when our country was on the verge of a musical revolution, never to look back. Pop music historians will savor the exquisite detail afforded the description of this initial music session held in Mussel Shoals,...

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I Need Aretha

If there is anything that remains constant in my life, it is knowing that Aretha Franklin is a sister spirit and that her voice can help to calm me in the most torrential times. It seems that when I listen to Aretha she is speaking directly to me, telling me she knows what I am going through and that everything will turn out fine. Matt Dobkin revisits the recording of a 1967 album that shot Aretha Franklin to the highest level...

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Very good book - Concentrates mostly on music!

Just read this after finding it in the library. The book is mostly about the recording of Aretha Franklin's "I Never Loved A Man" single and album. I love hearing the details about recording and music. The author has interviewed several of the original musicians, Jerry Wexler and even Ted White (Franklin's ex-husband). The book doesn't try to make anyone out to be totally bad. I was impressed by the author's take...

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