Episode 149: “Respect” by Aretha Franklin
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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We Meshler's a-Side
We Meshler had a problem, he wanted a full album to go with the single. But many of those musicians were employed more or less full time by Rick Hall. He knew that if Hall knew they were going to be working on a Neritha Franklin album without him, Hall would realise and not let them go. So instead, he invited them all up to New York to record an album by the great R&B saxophone player King Curtis. A quick set of instrumental cover versions of records several of them had played on for Atlantic.
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