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Aretha Franklin: Spirit in the Dark (SD 8265, Atlantic)

Vernon Gibbs, Columbia Daily Spectator, 29 September 1970

ARETHA FRANKLIN, once the undisputed Queen of Soul, still is the Queen though she doesn't sell million sellers the way she used to, and none of her recent efforts have had the incredible electric tinge that characterized 'Respect' and 'Think'.

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