The Queen In Waiting : The Columbia Years 1960-1965

If you want a sampling of Aretha’s music before she became a star, you’ll find the best selection on ‘The Queen Is Waiting’. Aretha's early recordings, remastered and sounding better than ever. Aretha plays piano on a few cuts and her singing is pure. There are so many treasures here, including her own song “Without The One You Love” and a stunning performance of Billy Strayhorn's "My Little Brown Book". Aretha's early pop Columbia recordings are just as magnificent as the Atlantic R&B titles that made her a superstar, but in a very different context, on several songs surrounded by a jazz quartet. "Running Out Of Fools", one of her best, was even covered by Elvis Costello.

Tracklist

Disc 1

1-1.   Nobody Like You
1-2.   Once In A While
1-3.   Maybe I'm A Fool
1-4.   Muddy Water
1-5.   Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home (Alternate Version)
1-6.   Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
1-7.   Today I Sing The Blues
1-8.   Won't Be Long
1-9.   Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
1-10.   Evil Gal Blues
1-11.   Lee Cross
1-12.   Walk On By
1-13.   I Wonder (Where You Are Tonight)
1-14.   God Bless The Child
1-15.   Blue Holiday
1-16.   Looking Through A Tear
1-17.   Tiny Sparrow
1-18.   Here Today And Gone Tomorrow
1-19.   Little Brown Book
1-20.   Without The One You Love

Disc 2

2-1.   This Bitter Earth
2-2.   Just For A Thrill
2-3.   Skylark
2-4.   Skylark (Alternate Version)
2-5.   Trouble In Mind
2-6.   Runnin' Out Of Fools
2-7.   Drinking Again
2-8.   Laughing On The Outside
2-9.   What A Diff'rence A Day Makes
2-10.   Soulville
2-11.   You'll Lose A Good Thing
2-12.   Take A Look
2-13.   Cry Like A Baby
2-14.   I Wish I Didn't Love You So
2-15.   Only The Lonely
2-16.   People (From Funny Girl)
2-17.   Mockingbird
2-18.   Until You Were Gone
2-19.   My Colouring Book
2-20.   Try A Little Tenderness