- A1: Nobody Like You
- A2: Once In A While
- A3: Maybe I'm A Fool
- A4: Muddy Water
- A5: Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? (Alternate Version)
- A6: Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) (No One Knows Better Than I)
- A7: Today I Sing The Blues
- A8: Won't Be Long
- B1: Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
- B2: Evil Gal Blues
- B3: Lee Cross
- B4: Walk On By
- B5: I Wonder (Where You Are Tonight) (Where You Are Tonight)
- B6: God Bless The Child
- C1: Blue Holiday
- C2: Looking Through A Tear
- C3: Tiny Sparrow
- C4: Here Today And Gone Tomorrow
- C5: Little Brown Book
- C6: Without The One You Love
- C7: This Bitter Earth
- D1: Just For The Thrill
- D2: Skylark
- D3: Skylark (Alternate Version)
- D6: Drinking Again
- E1: Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside) (Crying On The Inside)
- E2: What A Difference A Day Makes
- E3: Soulville
- E4: You'll Lose A Good Thing
- E5: Take A Look
- E6: Cry Like A Baby
- E7: I Wish I Didn't Love You So
- F1: Only The Lonely
- F2: People
- F3: Mockingbird
- F4: Until You Were Gone
- F5: My Coloring Book
- F6: Try A Little Tenderness
- D4: Trouble In Mind
- D5: Running Out Of Fools
Before Aretha Franklin rose to fame, she was signed to Columbia Records. This 3LP compilation album is a collection of some of Aretha's most notable songs during her time at Columbia from 1960 to 1965. The Queen in Waiting highlights Franklin's jazz and big-band recordings, and includes the songs "Won't Be Long", "Walk On By", "Today I Sing The Blues" and "Try A Little Tenderness" a.o.
The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years 1960-1965 is available as a 3LP limited edition of 2000 individually numbered copies on gold & black marbled vinyl and comes with three printed inner sleeves.




















