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Personnel: Aretha Franklin (vocals); Doc Powell, Georg Wadenius, Teddy F. White (guitar); George Young (soprano saxophone); Nat Adderley Jr. (keyboards); Marcus Miller (bass); Yogi Horton (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (bongos, congas, percussion); Steve Kroon (congas, triangle); Dave Carey (timpani); Tawatha Agee, Yvonne Lewis, Phillip Ballou, Brenda White, Michelle Cobbs, Fonzi Thorton, Luther Vandross, Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Darlene Love, Paulette McWilliams, Sandra Richardson, Brenda Corbett, Margaret Branch (background vocals). The Smith Connection: Michael Lovesmith, Danny Dedasual Smith, Arron T. Smith (background vocals). Reissue producer: Nedra Olds-Neal. Recorded at Mediasound, New York, New York and The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California. Digitally remastered by James P. Nichols (RCA Recording Studios, New York, New York). Personnel: Barry Finclair, Homer Mensch, Lamar Alsop, Manny Vardi, Lewis Eley, Kathryn Kienke, Julien Barber, Jonathan Abramowitz, Winterton Garvey, Jean Dane, Marilyn Wright, Richard Young , Judy Geist, Sue Prey, Guy Lumia, Harry Zaratzian, John Beal, John Pinavalle, Joseph Rabuskha, Alfred Brown , Sanford Allen, Elena Barere, Regis Iandiorio, Harold Kohon, Jesse Levy, Richard Sortomme, Kermit Moore, Margaret Ross , Jan Mullen (strings); James Pugh, George Young , Jon Faddis, Tom Malone, Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff, Greg Williams , Lou Marini, Ronnie Cuber, John Clark , Peter Gordon (horns). Audio Mixer: Michael Brauer. Liner Note Author: J. Matthew Cobb. Recording information: Mediasound, New York; Record Plant, Los Angeles; United Sound, Detroit. Photographer: Francesco Scavullo. GET IT RIGHT presents the '80s Aretha; the Aretha of "Jump to It," and "Freeway of Love." Having left behind the gritty soul and Gospel sounds of her early work as well as the discofied sounds of her late-'70s efforts, Franklin moved toward a funky, synth-oriented sound in the early-'80s. Though much of the rhythm and melody here is electronically derived, there's no lack of feeling in Franklin's performances. It's virtually impossible for Aretha to invest anything less than her all in a recording, and GET IT RIGHT is no exception. Most of the songs here were written by Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller (the former produced and the latter contributed bass and keys), and while the approach is straight-ahead '80s pop/R&B, the delivery is all Aretha, eminently soulful.
