Songs of Faith (Aretha Franklin album)

"Never Grow Old"
Songs of Faith
Live album by Aretha Franklin
Released	1965
Recorded	1956
Venue	New Bethel Baptist Church; (Detroit, Michigan)
Genre	Gospel
Length	31:29
Label	Checker
Producer	Joe Von Battle
Aretha Franklin chronology
Singles from Songs of Faith
	"Never Grow Old"; Released: 1956[1]; "Precious Lord"; Released: 1959[2];

Songs of Faith is the first live album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was released in 1965 by Checker Records.[3] The album was recorded in 1956 by J-V-B Records at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, when Franklin was aged 14.

Background

Aretha Franklin's recording career began in 1956 with the help of local record label J-V-B Records. Recording equipment was installed in the New Bethel Baptist Church and nine tracks were recorded, featuring Franklin on vocals and piano.[4] In 1956, J-V-B released Franklin's first single, "Never Grow Old", backed with "You Grow Closer". A second single, "Precious Lord (Part One)" backed with "Precious Lord (Part Two)" was issued in 1959. These four tracks, with the addition of "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood", were released on side one of the 1956 album, Spirituals (J-V-B 100), which was reissued in 1962 under the same title by Battle Records (Battle 6105).[5]

In 1965, Checker Records released Songs of Faith, featuring the five tracks from the 1956 Spirituals album, with the addition of four previously unreleased recordings.

Reissues

MCA reissued the original 9 track album on Compact Disc in 1991 as Aretha Gospel. After Aretha's passing in 2018, UMe/Geffen Records reissued it as Songs of Faith: Aretha Gospel.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood"	William Cowper	4:26
2.	"Precious Lord" (Part One)	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	3:23
3.	"Precious Lord" (Part Two)	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	2:51
4.	"You Grow Closer"	Joe B. Junior	2:43
5.	"Never Grow Old"	Traditional	2:55

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Day Is Past and Gone"	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey, Joe B. Junior, Isaac Watts	4:57
2.	"He Will Wash You White As Snow"	Joe B. Junior	4:18
3.	"While the Blood Runs Warm"	Ralph Bass, Sonny Thompson, Harold Smith	3:03
4.	"Yield Not to Temptation"	Sonny Thompson, Harold Smith, Horatio Richmond Palmer	2:56

References

"Aretha Franklin - Never Grow Old / You Grow Closer". Discogs. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
"Aretha Franklin - Precious Lord". Discogs. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
"Aretha Franklin - Songs Of Faith". Discogs. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
"Pickwick Group Ltd - Aretha Franklin - Songs Of Faith". www.pickwickgroup.com. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
"J.V.B./Battle Album Discography". www.bsnpubs.com. Retrieved 22 August 2018.

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[1] "Aretha Franklin - Never Grow Old / You Grow Closer". Discogs. Retrieved 22 August 2018.

[2] "Aretha Franklin - Precious Lord". Discogs. Retrieved 22 August 2018.

[3] "Aretha Franklin - Songs Of Faith". Discogs. Retrieved 22 August 2018.

[4] "Pickwick Group Ltd - Aretha Franklin - Songs Of Faith". www.pickwickgroup.com. Retrieved 22 August 2018.

[5] "J.V.B./Battle Album Discography". www.bsnpubs.com. Retrieved 22 August 2018.