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    Aretha Franklin recorded her album ‘Amazing Grace’ in LA

    Aretha Franklin recorded her album “Amazing Grace” live at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in South LA in 1972. She was already a big star when she recorded it.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 16, 2018 • 1 min read

    Aretha Franklin recorded her album “Amazing Grace” live at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in South LA in 1972. She was already a big star when she recorded it. But it became one of her most successful albums, capturing a singer in her prime, performing deeply meaningful music.

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    3. 16:07The long strange trip of a new California online privacy law
    4. 29:37For three men, a history of childhood trauma and love of skateboarding
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