Loved that she slowed this down to a blues/gospel song almost.

71-72,,,,,my absolute fave fave fave period of ReRe's music career. There was so much creativity coming out of her in those short two years.

Harlepolis said:

71-72,,,,,my absolute fave fave fave period of ReRe's music career. There was so much creativity coming out of her in those short two years.

Aretha seemed to be on another dimension during those years. Creatively and artistically her peak is between 1967 and 1973.

Love her live version of "Oh Me Oh My" here in '72:

Why do the companies let old footage sit in a warehouse somewhere deteriorating, when they can find a way to put it out. They don't have to release it to stores, but sell it on infomercials which is a cheaper way to get it out there. Only the people who want it will buy it, and they don't have to worry about distributors, returns, or stock collecting dust in a store.

MickyDolenz said:

Why do the companies let old footage sit in a warehouse somewhere deteriorating, when they can find a way to put it out. They don't have to release it to stores, but sell it on infomercials which is a cheaper way to get it out there. Only the people who want it will buy it, and they don't have to worry about distributors, returns, or stock collecting dust in a store.

I don't know. I'm just now seeing a lot of Aretha live that has NEVER been released on DVD and it needs to just so folks can be reminded why SO MANY female vocalists try SO HARD to emulate this woman. True her being alive still singing with whatever is in her heart is good but go back to the good old days when she vocally and entertainingly could do NO WRONG. She rocked the audience back in the day, we need to bring that back to the fray when discussing Aretha and not just because there is a possibility we may lose her in a few years.

This will be released soon...

The infamous shelved "Amazing Grace" film.

I do wish Hip-O compile a video set for her & Stevie Wonder like the ones they did for Rick James, Temptations, Otis, Curtis, Marvin & The Supremes.

Timmy84 said:

MickyDolenz said:

Why do the companies let old footage sit in a warehouse somewhere deteriorating, when they can find a way to put it out. They don't have to release it to stores, but sell it on infomercials which is a cheaper way to get it out there. Only the people who want it will buy it, and they don't have to worry about distributors, returns, or stock collecting dust in a store.

I don't know. I'm just now seeing a lot of Aretha live that has NEVER been released on DVD and it needs to just so folks can be reminded why SO MANY female vocalists try SO HARD to emulate this woman. True her being alive still singing with whatever is in her heart is good but go back to the good old days when she vocally and entertainingly could do NO WRONG. She rocked the audience back in the day, we need to bring that back to the fray when discussing Aretha and not just because there is a possibility we may lose her in a few years.

I'm not just talking about Aretha, but older acts in general, easpecially blues/jazz/R&B/soul/funk. You can probably find DVD's of Elvis Presley fishing or The Beatles sitting with a Guru. But black performers get ignored. Then if someone happens to have the footage (in 10th generation quality) and uploads it to Youtube, then they want to shut them down because of copyright infringement. It's not like whoever owns the footage was doing anything with it anyway, so they're not losing money.

Harlepolis said:

This will be released soon...

The infamous shelved "Amazing Grace" film.

I do wish Hip-O compile a video set for her & Stevie Wonder like the ones they did for Rick James, Temptations, Otis, Curtis, Marvin & The Supremes.

I'm gonna try to see if I can purchase that. Great material like this should be brought forth!

Timmy you are just givin me the ultimate ReRe clips. I'm still replaying that other one over and over.

musicjunky318 said:

Timmy you are just givin me the ultimate ReRe clips. I'm still replaying that other one over and over.

I've been kinda addicted to vintage ReeRee for a minute now.

Timmy84 said:

musicjunky318 said:

Timmy you are just givin me the ultimate ReRe clips. I'm still replaying that other one over and over.

I've been kinda addicted to vintage ReeRee for a minute now.

Timmy84 said:

Loved that she slowed this down to a blues/gospel song almost.

Ugh , She is to good so much love for her.