Mastermind Behind Aretha Franklin’s 80s Comeback

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  @VertexEffectsInc · 1 year ago · pinned

  <b>TABLE OF CONTENTS</b><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo">00:00</a> - How Narada Introduced To Aretha Franklin<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=62">01:02</a> - Narada&apos;s Early Pop Productions<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=168">02:48</a> - Narada&apos;s First Phone Call With Aretha<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=220">03:40</a> - Quincy Jones&apos; Advice For Narada<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=256">04:16</a> - Writing &quot;Freeway Of Love&quot;<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=330">05:30</a> - How Narada Wrote Demos For Aretha<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=380">06:20</a> - Aretha&apos;s Professionalism<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=470">07:50</a> - Narada&apos;s Recording Process<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=596">09:56</a> - Earning Aretha&apos;s Respect As A Young Producer<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=680">11:20</a> - The Role Comfort Food In An Aretha Session<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=720">12:00</a> - The Magic Microphone<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=800">13:20</a> - How Narada Knows If He Has A Hit<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=825">13:45</a> - Narada&apos;s FAST Editing Process<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=990">16:30</a> - Recording &quot;I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)&quot;<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=1110">18:30</a> - Firework Ending on &quot;I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)&quot;<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=1170">19:30</a> - Aretha&apos;s 1st Pop Grammy<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64Gtu1BeDo&amp;t=1210">20:10</a> - Narada&apos;s Musical &quot;Gumbo&quot;

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• TH

  @TheNelsonmonteiro · 1 year ago

  3 kinds of professionals that fascinate me: music producers, movie directors and architects.<br>They are good with details....

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• RE

  @rellenoz · 1 year ago

  Stacey Lattisaw was WONDERFUL. I still listen today.

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• KA

  @kanagawa2008 · 1 year ago

  Anyone with the slightest interest in 80-90&apos;s pop/R&amp;B/rock music needs to know the name Narada Michael-Walden. He was behind some of the most played songs on the radio .

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• DO

  @donovanmakesmusic · 1 year ago

  This was a masterclass more than an interview! This was great🔥

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• JR

  @jrblack9876 · 1 year ago

  Thank you Narada for remembering STACEY LATTISAW!! I love your work with her and Aretha did too, it is in her book.

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• ST

  @strauqq1 · 1 year ago

  This guy&apos;s a damn legend

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• JU

  @JustB-cuz · 1 year ago

  Pink Cadillac captured the energy of the many highways thru the city. We used to see Aretha at festivals and in the night clubs. Detroit was her city.

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• DE

  @deewoo2776 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I wished Narada Michael Walden had mentioned Phyllis Hyman&apos;s name when he mentioned Angela Bofill. He produced their albums back to back in the early 1980s. I still listen to Naradas solo albums. He is a very talented drummer. I call him the best hidden gem of a super music producer¹¹

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• JA

  @javieravalentin · 1 year ago

  I wish more people talk to him and ask him about his work with Angela Bofill! There&apos;s so little out there when it comes to Angela Bofill stories!

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• ZA

  @zack-nyc · 1 year ago

  Narada is an incredible storyteller. I can listen to him for hours. And in finding all his recent and past interviews in the last couple of days I have. And even though I’ve heard the same story countless times, every time it’s like I’ve never heard it before. Just keeps me wanting more. That’s a gift.

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• TJ

  @tjnugent62 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Narada is a great man. &nbsp;The guy who played guitar on all of that album was Corrado Rustici. &nbsp;He is a brilliant Italian session man and mega hit producer in Europe He produced Zucchero Fornaciari &nbsp;and Luciano Ligabue.

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