Aretha Franklin - Montreux Jazz Festival, Casino de Montreux, Montreux, Switzerland, 6-12-1971

Guest poster Fabio from Rio is in the process of making an interesting Aretha Franklin compilation. While I was helping him gather songs for that, I came across this concert. It was broadcast on T.V. in 1971, so the sound quality is excellent. However, it seems to have languished in obscurity as an audio bootleg. I'm hoping to help fix that with this post.

Franklin's peak years were 1967 to 1974. In terms of the song list, this was pretty standard for the time, and there's a lot of similarity with her 1971 live album, "Aretha Live at Fillmore West." But there are very few live recordings from that era with great sound quality, so I figure this is worth posting.

As a nice bonus, the leader of her band in this concert was saxophonist King Curtis, a star in his own right. He features prominently on the first two songs before Franklin even came to the stage, especially "Soul Serenade," which was a hit for him in 1964. Sadly, he died just two months later when he was stabbed by a stranger in New York City. 

This album is 54 minutes long. 

01 Soul Serenade [Instrumental] (Aretha Franklin)
02 Aretha Introduction [Instrumental] (Aretha Franklin)
03 Respect (Aretha Franklin)
04 [You Make Me Feel Like] A Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin)
05 I Say a Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin)
06 Call Me (Aretha Franklin)
07 Brand New Me (Aretha Franklin)
08 Share Your Love with Me (Aretha Franklin)
09 Don't Play That Song [You Lied] (Aretha Franklin)
10 Bridge Over Troubled Water (Aretha Franklin)
11 Dr. Feelgood [Love Is a Serious Business] (Aretha Franklin)
12 Spirit in the Dark (Aretha Franklin) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/FtxvfkAE

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/8YFwGQVz8UY0sPs/file

The cover image is a screenshot from this exact concert.