ARETHA, arriving on November 20th on CD, vinyl, and digitally, is the first boxed set to span Aretha Franklin's entire career, including songs from every label she recorded with. Pre-order the album and listen to “My Kind Of Town (Detroit Is),” one of the unreleased songs in the collection, now: https://Aretha.lnk.to/ARETHA Among the collection’s 81 newly remastered tracks that are arranged in mostly chronological order, 19 are making their CD and digital debuts, including alternate versions of

"'Respect' became an anthem to us, and if you track that she went from the Jim Crow days to singing at the inauguration of the first black president, Aretha Franklin's music and life showed the growth and empowerment of blacks in America. She was our soundtrack." -Reverend Al Sharpton Check out this video highlighting Aretha’s legacy in the Civil Rights Movement, and how her anthem affected people around the world. | Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin's performances of the national anthem were renowned, but at the 1968 DNC, she faced a flood of racist criticism: thebea.st/2vTUm9n | The Daily Beast