“This will be the album...that will go down in history as both Aretha’s shining hour and the final breakthrough of black gospel music to mass appreciation.” -John Hammond, from his original liner notes. The first-ever release of both of the January 1972 concerts that were recorded and edited for her classic, Grammy®-winning Amazing Grace album. Remastered from the original tapes for best-ever sound and featuring deluxe packaging and newly penned liner notes, this expanded two-CD set includes live master takes, plus more than an hour’s worth of previously unreleased material comprised of additional alternate versions, an instrumental, a track featuring the choir that backed Aretha for her performances, and remarks by the Reverends James Cleveland and C.L. Franklin (Aretha’s father) - more than 150 minutes in all! An indispensable supplement to the original album.

“This will be the album...that will go down in history as both Aretha’s shining hour and the final breakthrough of black gospel music to mass appreciation.” -John Hammond, from his original liner notes. The first-ever release of both of the January 1972 concerts that were recorded and edited for her classic, Grammy®-winning Amazing Grace album. Remastered from the original tapes for best-ever sound and featuring deluxe packaging and newly penned liner notes, this expanded....+Read More...

“This will be the album...that will go down in history as both Aretha’s shining hour and the final breakthrough of black gospel music to mass appreciation.” -John Hammond, from his original liner notes. The first-ever release of both of the January 1972 concerts that were recorded and edited for her classic, Grammy®-winning Amazing Grace album. Remastered from the original tapes for best-ever sound and featuring deluxe packaging and newly penned liner notes, this expanded two-CD set includes live master takes, plus more than an hour’s worth of previously unreleased material comprised of additional alternate versions, an instrumental, a track featuring the choir that backed Aretha for her performances, and remarks by the Reverends James Cleveland and C.L. Franklin (Aretha’s father) - more than 150 minutes in all! An indispensable supplement to the original album.

“This will be the album...that will go down in history as both Aretha’s shining hour and the final breakthrough of black gospel music to mass appreciation.” -John Hammond, from his original liner notes. The first-ever release of both of the January 1972 concerts that were recorded and edited for her classic, Grammy®-winning Amazing Grace album. Remastered from the original tapes for best-ever sound and featuring deluxe packaging and newly penned liner notes, this expanded....+Read More...