Amazing Grace is a live album by Aretha Franklin with the Rev James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir .

It was recorded at at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles on January 13–14, 1972. The original double vinyl album was released in June 1972. This was the original release on CD.  In 1999 many more songs were added to create the Complete Recordings.

Aretha Franklin Amazing Grace

Set List

The original double vinyl album had the following songs:

Disc: 1

1. Mary, Don’t You Weep
2. Precious Lord, Take My Hand/You’ve Got A Friend
3. Old Landmark
4. Give Yourself To Jesus
5. How I Got Over
6. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
7. Amazing Grace

Disc: 2

1. Precious Memories
2. Climbing Higher Mountains
3. Remarks By Rev. C.L. Franklin
4. God Will Take Care Of You
5. Wholy Holy
6. You’ll Never Walk Alone
7. Never Grow Old

Amazing Grace Complete Recordings has the following:

Disc: 1

1. Organ Introduction (On Our Way)
2. Opening Remarks
3. On Our Way
4. Aretha’s Introduction
5. Wholy Holy
6. You’ll Never Walk Alone
7. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
8. Precious Memories
9. How I Got Over
10. A. Precious Lord, Take My Hand/ You’ve Got A Friend
11. Climbing Higher Mountains
12. Amazing Grace
13. My Sweet Lord (Instrumental)
14. Give Yourself To Jesus

Disc: 2
1. Organ Introduction (On Our Way)/Opening Remarks
2. On Our Way
3. Aretha’s Introduction
4. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
5. Wholy Holy
6. Climbing Higher Mountains
7. God Will Take Care Of You
8. Old Landmark
9. Mary, Don’t You Weep
10. Never Grow Old
11. Remarks By Reverend C.L. Franklin
12. Precious Memories
13. My Sweet Lord

These sets from the separate days have some duplicates and some different songs. On Our Way, Wholy Holy, What A Friend We Have In Jesus, Precious Memories, Climbing Higher Mountains and the instrumental My Sweet Lord are on both.

You’ll Never Walk Alone, How I Got Over, A. Precious Lord, Take My Hand/You’ve Got A Friend, How I Got Over and ironically Amazing Grace are only on the first CD.

God Will Take Care Of You, Old Landmark, Mary, Don’t You Weep and Never Grow Old are only on the second CD.

Performing this music we have:

Aretha Franklin – vocals, piano
Rev. James Cleveland – piano, vocals
Chuck Rainey – bass
Cornell Dupree – guitar
Kenneth Lupper – organ
Pancho Morales – percussion, conga
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie – drums
Southern California Community Choir – background vocals

Rev. C.L. Franklin makes the opening remarks.

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Buying Amazing Grace

To help you to find the album quickly and easily, I’ve given you the following links:

• Amazon.com as a CD or mp3
• Amazon.co.uk as a CD or mp3
• iTunes as a digital download
• eBay as a CD

It’s still worth checking around on the websites to make sure that there isn’t a more up-to-date or less expensive option.

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