ARETHA FRANKLIN - ARETHA'S GREATEST HITS 1971 ATLANTIC MONO MIX PROMO ONLY LP

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 WELCOME TO BAD KITTY MUSIC!   TITLE: Aretha Franklin - Aretha's Greatest Hits
FORMAT: LP
PRESSING: Original U.S. Promotional Mono pressing with white Atlantic 'SAMPLE COPY NOT FOR SALE' labels
CATALOG NUMBER/ LABEL : 8295
MATRICES : Side 1 (A-13757 PR AT/DK) Etched                       Side 2 (A-13758 PR AT/DK) Etched
REVIEW: Aretha Franklin is one of the giants of soul music, and indeed of American pop as a whole. More than any other performer, she epitomized soul at its most gospel-charged. Her astonishing run of late-'60s hits with Atlantic Records -- "Respect," "I Never Loved a Man," "Chain of Fools," "Baby I Love You," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Think," "The House That Jack Built," and several others -- earned her the title "Lady Soul," which she has worn uncontested ever since. Yet as much of an international institution as she's become, much of her work -- outside of her recordings for Atlantic in the late '60s and early '70s -- is erratic and only fitfully inspired, making discretion a necessity when collecting her records.- Allmusic
This compilation pulls from her golden era of work for Atlantic Records.
RARE ORIGINAL U.S. MONO PROMOTIONAL PRESSING WITH WHITE ATLANTIC 'SAMPLE COPY NOT FOR SALE' LABELS. VINYL IN SUPERIOR CONDITION.
NOTE: This album was NEVER commercially released in MONO, and the only way to hear the MONO mix is through from the few original promotional copies that were pressed prior to its release.  (Notice the absence of the word "STEREO" from the label- see scan). By 1971, most record companies had stopped producing Mono stock copies of albums altogether, but a few promo copies were still being made in Mono, for those stations that had yet to start broadcasting in stereo.
CONDITION: (we visually grade albums according to Goldmine Standards, BUT questionable vinyl marks are also play-graded)
                        VINYL: Very Good Plus 
                        JACKET: Very Good Plus (with D.J. Copy Monaural sticker) 
                        SLEEVE: New (plain paper)
                        INSERT / EXTRAS : Very Rare Promo Only Mono Pressing
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