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Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years

David Nathan, Goldmine, 8 July 1994

IN AN EFFORT to glorify the outstanding work that she did at Atlantic Records (1967-1979), musicologists and music industry pundits frequently refer to Aretha Franklin's six years at Columbia Records in less than flattering terms.

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