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25 EARLY 1960S CLASSICS INCLUDING 'AT LAST' AND 'I JUST WANNA MAKE LOVE TO YOU' FROM THE FIRST LADY OF CHESS RECORDS Etta James is now regarded as one of the great female vocalists in blues and soul music. Despite the numerous Grammys plus other awards and accolades that have followed in recent years, much of this reputation is based largely on the classic tracks she recorded for Chess in the early sixties, many of which are included in this collection.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Would highly recommend this CD to any etta or jazz fan. Her music is just fantastic and easy to listen to
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A nice, semi-three album compilation!
24 Mar 2012
Format:Audio CD
This Etta James compilation covers some of her Chess tunes (she recorded with no less than six record labels during her career).
Overall, it is a good overview of her career, definitely capturing her at her peak vocally.
All of these tunes appear on other CDs/albums, but it is a nice mix nevertheless. Her entire debut album, "At Last" appears here as well (including the extra bonus tracks that appeared on the 1999 CD re-issue for a total of 14 tracks). The remaining 9 tracks are culled from her 1961 albums entitled "The Second Time Around" and "Etta James".
There is the mix of tenderly sung love songs and her characteristic "bad-girl" growl tunes. Harmonious and melodic background singers are prominent as was the norm in the 1960s
Note the composition and performance collaboration with Harvey Fuqua and Willie Dixon. They are stellar.
This is a fine offering of three of her early Chess recording. It is by no means complete, but it is a worthy sampling of her music and a cost effective way to get nearly three albums worth of Etta James songs.
1. Girl of My Dreams (Boy of MyDreams)
2. All I Could Do Was Cry
3. Tough Mary
4. My Dearest Darling
5. Let Me Know
6. I Just Want to Make Love to You
7. If I Can't Have You
8. My Heart Cries
9. Plum Nuts
10. Spoonful
11. It's a Crying Shame
12. Nobody But You
13. I'll Dry My Tears
14. Seven Day Fool
15. Anything to Say You're Mine
16. In My Diary
17. You Can Count on Me
18. A Sunday Kind of Love
19. At Last
20. Stormy Weather
21. Trust in Me
22. Don't Cry Baby
23. Fool That I Am
Overall, it is a good overview of her career, definitely capturing her at her peak vocally.
All of these tunes appear on other CDs/albums, but it is a nice mix nevertheless. Her entire debut album, "At Last" appears here as well (including the extra bonus tracks that appeared on the 1999 CD re-issue for a total of 14 tracks). The remaining 9 tracks are culled from her 1961 albums entitled "The Second Time Around" and "Etta James".
There is the mix of tenderly sung love songs and her characteristic "bad-girl" growl tunes. Harmonious and melodic background singers are prominent as was the norm in the 1960s
Note the composition and performance collaboration with Harvey Fuqua and Willie Dixon. They are stellar.
This is a fine offering of three of her early Chess recording. It is by no means complete, but it is a worthy sampling of her music and a cost effective way to get nearly three albums worth of Etta James songs.
1. Girl of My Dreams (Boy of MyDreams)
2. All I Could Do Was Cry
3. Tough Mary
4. My Dearest Darling
5. Let Me Know
6. I Just Want to Make Love to You
7. If I Can't Have You
8. My Heart Cries
9. Plum Nuts
10. Spoonful
11. It's a Crying Shame
12. Nobody But You
13. I'll Dry My Tears
14. Seven Day Fool
15. Anything to Say You're Mine
16. In My Diary
17. You Can Count on Me
18. A Sunday Kind of Love
19. At Last
20. Stormy Weather
21. Trust in Me
22. Don't Cry Baby
23. Fool That I Am
LUV LUV LUV
2 May 2012
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So sad that Etta has passed on but will try to keep her alive with her music. She is an interesting artist whose voice changed with age but only got better on some of her songs. She has some songs that I think are absolutely the best and made her one of my very favorite female artists. Have seen her in person several times and was glad to hear that her CD's were just as rich as when listening to her in person.
She was a great one and hopefully her music with always be timeless.
She was a great one and hopefully her music with always be timeless.
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