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1	Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby) Written-By – Jim Doris	3:41
2	Day Dreaming Written-By – Aretha Franklin	3:59
3	Rock Steady Written-By – Aretha Franklin	3:13
4	Young, Gifted And Black Written-By – Nina Simone	3:34
5	All The King's Horses Written-By – Aretha Franklin	3:56
6	A Brand New Me Written-By – Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble, Theresa Bell	4:26
7	April Fools Written-By – Burt Bacharach/Hal David*	3:29
8	I've Been Loving You Too Long Written-By – Jerry Butler, Otis Redding	3:36
9	First Snow In Kokomo Written-By – Aretha Franklin	4:04
10	The Long And Winding Road Written-By – John Lennon/Paul McCartney*	3:38
11	Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) Written-By – Thomas Bell*, William Hart	3:42
12	Border Song (Holy Moses) Written-By – Elton John/Bernie Taupin*	3:19

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar – Don Arnone (tracks: 2)
• Arranged By [Horns] – Arif Mardin (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 12), Tom Dowd (tracks: 3, 8)
• Arranged By [Strings] – Arif Mardin
• Art Direction [Reissue] – Geoff Gans
• Backing Vocals – Carolyn Franklin (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 8 to 10), Erma Franklin (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 8 to 10), J.R. Bailey (tracks: 12), Ronald Bright* (tracks: 12), Sammy Turner (tracks: 12), The Sweet Inspirations (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 12), The Sweethearts Of Soul
• Backing Vocals [Sweethearts Of Soul, The] – Ann S. Clark (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7 to 9, 11), Margaret Branch (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7 to 9, 10, 11), Pat Smith (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7 to 9, 11)
• Bass – Chuck Rainey (tracks: 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 12), Eric Gale (tracks: 1, 6), Robert "Pops" Popwell* (tracks: 8)
• Celesta – Aretha Franklin (tracks: 5)
• Concertmaster – Gene Orloff
• Design [Original Cover] – Stanislaw Zagorski
• Drums – Al Jackson, Jr.* (tracks: 1, 6), Bernard Purdie (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11), Ray Lucas (tracks: 4, 10, 12)
• Electric Piano – Aretha Franklin (tracks: 7), Donny Hathaway (tracks: 2)
• Engineer [Additional] – Don Cassale*, Jack Adams, Jimmy Douglass, Lew Hahn
• Engineer [Recording] – Chuck Kirkpatrick, Gene Paul, Howard Albert, Ron Albert
• Flute – Hubert Laws (tracks: 2, 7, 11)
• Guitar – Cornell Dupree (tracks: 2 to 5, 7 to 12), Hugh McCracken (tracks: 1, 6)
• Horns – The Memphis Horns
• Liner Notes – David Nathan
• Organ – Billy Preston (tracks: 4, 10, 12), Donny Hathaway (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9)
• Percussion – Mac Rebennack (Dr. John)* (tracks: 3), Robert "Pops" Popwell* (tracks: 3)
• Photography By – Ken Cunningham
• Piano – Aretha Franklin (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 8 to 12)
• Producer – Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd (tracks: 2 to 5, 7 to 12)
• Remastered By – Bill Inglot, Dan Hersch
• Remix – Arif Mardin
• Research – Gary Peterson , Michael Mazzarella, Patrick Milligan
• Saxophone [Memphis Horns, The] – Andrew Love (tracks: 3, 8)
• Trumpet – Neal Rosengarden* (tracks: 9)
• Trumpet [Memphis Horns, The] – Wayne Jackson (tracks: 3, 8)
• Vibraphone – Neal Rosengarden* (tracks: 5)
• Vocals – Aretha Franklin

Notes

This album was originally released as Atlantic #7213, January 24, 1972.

Tracks recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City:
4, 10 (Aug. 12, 1970)
12 (Aug. 19, 1970)
1, 6 (Nov. 2, 1970)
7, 11 (Feb. 18/19, 1971)

Tracks recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami:
8, 9 (Jan. 27, 1971)
2, 3, 5 (Feb. 16, 1971)

Remastered at Digiprep.

© 1972 & 1993 Atlantic Recording Corp. Produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp.

Booklet:
Manufactured & Distributed by Rhino Records Inc.

Disc:
Made in Germany.

Back sleeve:
Made in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 8122-71527-2 7
• Other (Distribution Code): CA 835
• Other (Label Code): LC 2982
• Other (Rights Societies): GEMA / BIEM
• Matrix / Runout (CD Inner Ring): 812271527-2 WME

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 7213	Aretha Franklin	Young, Gifted And Black ‎(LP, Album, PR)	Atlantic	SD 7213	US	1972
LM 2466	Aretha Franklin	Young, Gifted And Black ‎(LP, Album, Unofficial)	Liming Record	LM 2466	Taiwan	1972
WPCR-27653	Aretha Franklin	Young, Gifted And Black ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Atlantic	WPCR-27653	Japan	2013
50.004	Aretha Franklin	Young, Gifted And Black ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	50.004	Venezuela	1972
SD 7213	Aretha Franklin	Young, Gifted And Black ‎(LP, Album, CP)	Atlantic	SD 7213	US	1972