Aretha Franklin - The First 12 Sides LP(1972) Label: Wax Love Records 2017 Reissue 1LP Limited to 500 copies Jazz Before Aretha hit big with her stomping southern soul sound in the late 60s, shed already had quite a career. Beginning as a gospel singer Franklin spent the early 60s recording in a variety of styles to varying success. While her other releases were overproduced and poppy, these very early recordings with the Ray Bryant group are beautiful jazz vocal stylings in the manner of