ARETHA FRANKLIN~I NEVER LOVED A MAN~VERY RARE WHITE LABEL PROMO LP IN MONO~SOUL Product Description Aretha Franklin ‎– I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You Atlantic  8139
EXTREMELY RARE PROMO COPY FROM 1967 - 47 YEARS AGO! COVER IS IN VG+ CONDITION WITH A PARTIAL SPLIT ALONG THE TOP SEAM, A PARTIAL SPLIT AND WATER DAMAGE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. THE WHITE LABEL PROMO VINYL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH SOME LIGHT SURFACE SCRATCHES AND PRESSURE MARKS FROM STORAGE. THIS VERY EARLY PRESSING DOES NOT INCLUDE A STICKER HYPING "RESPECT" BECAUSE IT HAD YET TO BECOME A HIT!
Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler first heard of Aretha Franklin through a 1956 recording of "Precious Lord." Louise Bishop, wife of DJ Jimmy Bishop, recommended the singer to Atlantic. She signed with the label during the fall of 1966. Franklin's husband/manager Ted White asked songwriter Ronnie Shannon to write a song for his wife. Shannon let his imagination run wild, settling on an idea for a bluesy number that had a woman expressing the way she felt about her man. Recorded at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios with members of the Muscle Shoals rhythm section, "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" began to slowly pick up radio play in several markets including selling thousands of records during a Chicago snowstorm (an identifying mark of a hit record if there ever was one). By the following spring of 1967, the million-selling single had parked at number one R&B for seven weeks, while going to number nine pop. Its flipside, "Do Right Woman Do Right Man," charted number 37 R&B. The gold I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You LP also yielded the gold single "Respect" and "Dr. Feelgood."
Tracklist  A1Respect Composed By – Otis Redding 2:26 A2Drown In My Tears Composed By – Henry Glover 4:00 A3I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Loved You) Composed By – Ronny Shannon 2:47 A4Soul Serenade Composed By – Curtis Ousley, Luther Dixon 2:30 A5Don't Let Me Lose This Dream Composed By – Aretha Franklin, Ted White 2:22 A6Baby, Baby, Baby Composed By – Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin 2:48 B1Dr. Feelgood Composed By – Aretha Franklin, Ted White 3:18 B2Good Times Composed By – Sam Cooke 2:05 B3Do Right Woman - Do Right Man Composed By – Chips Moman, Dan Penn 3:15 B4Save Me Composed By – Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin, Curtis Ousley 2:20 B5A Change Is Gonna Come Composed By – Sam Cooke 4:15 Credits Arranged By, Directed By – Tom Dowd Backing Vocals – Carolyn Franklin Baritone Saxophone – Willie Bridges Bass – Tommy Cogbill Cornet – Melvin Lastie Design [Cover Design] – Loring Eutemey Drums – Gene Chrisman Engineer [Recording] – Arif Mardin, Tom Dowd Guitar – Chips Moman, Jimmy Johnson (4) Keyboards – Dewey Oldham* Photography [Cover] – Jerry Schatzberg Piano – Aretha Franklin Producer – Jerry Wexler Tenor Saxophone – Charles Chalmers, King Curtis Trumpet – Melvin Lastie  
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