Carolyn Franklin – I’d Rather Be Lonely (1973/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 40:11 minutes | 1,45 GB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy
Classic soul from Aretha Franklin’s hip sister – and quite possibly the most unified of all the Carolyn Franklin albums for RCA! This set’s got some great arrangements from Wade Marcus – who blends together strings and soul in that solid way that Arif Mardin was using with Aretha at the start of the 70s – a move away from more southern-styled soul, into a rich, mature sound that showed a whole new side of Carolyn’s talents. There’s some great keyboards in the mix, slinking nicely alongside the vocals – which themselves still show the Franklin family roots, packed with power and plenty of depth. Titles include “As Long As You Are There”, “My Heart Sings”, “Dad”, “I Want To Be With You”, “Boy I Love You”, “As Long As You Are There”, and “Darling I’d Rather”.
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Carolyn Franklin – Chain Reaction (1970/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 36:12 minutes | 1,39 GB | Genre: Soul, R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy
Aretha Franklin’s youngest sister, Carolyn Franklin wrote some moderately successful songs for both herself and her other sister Erma. “Without Love,” “Baby Baby Baby,” “I Was Made for You,” and “Sing It Again-Say It Again” are among the various Carolyn Franklin compositions. She was one of Aretha’s background vocalists five years, and also recorded as a solo artist for RCA. Her most successful release was “It’s True I Gonna Miss You,” which reached #23 on the R&B charts in 1969. She died of cancer in 1988.
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