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The Very Best Of Etta James: The Chess Singles [Box set]

~ Etta James
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  • Audio CD (30 May 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Commercial Marketing
  • ASIN: B0009F2C3Y
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 18,476 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc 1:

Extraits
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. All I Could Do Was Cry 2:55£0.69
Listen  2. If I Can't Have You 2:59£0.69
Listen  3. My Dearest Darling 3:02£0.69
Listen  4. Spoonful 2:46£0.69
Listen  5. At Last 2:59£0.69
Listen  6. I Just Want To Make Love To You 3:06£0.69
Listen  7. Trust In Me 2:59£0.69
Listen  8. Fool That I Am 2:57£0.69
Listen  9. Don't Cry Baby 2:25£0.69
Listen10. A Sunday Kind Of Love 3:16£0.69
Listen11. Something's Got A Hold On Me 2:48£0.69
Listen12. Waiting For Charlie (To Come Home) 2:06£0.69
Listen13. Stop The Wedding 2:51£0.69
Listen14. Next Door To The Blues 2:47£0.69
Listen15. Would It Make Any Difference To You 2:37£0.69
Listen16. In My Diary 2:34£0.59
Listen17. Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time) 3:06£0.69
Listen18. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) 4:00£0.69


Disc 2:

Extraits
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Pushover 2:55£0.69
Listen  2. Pay Back 2:38£0.69
Listen  3. Two Sides (To Every Story) 3:01£0.69
Listen  4. Baby What You Want Me To Do 4:17£0.69
Listen  5. Lovin' You More Every Day 3:22£0.69
Listen  6. Breaking Point 2:24£0.69
Listen  7. Bobby Is His Name 3:29£0.69
Listen  8. Do I Make Myself Clear 2:59£0.69
Listen  9. Only Time Will Tell 3:22£0.69
Listen10. In The Basement Part One 2:22£0.69
Listen11. I Prefer You 3:04£0.69
Listen12. It Must Be Your Love 2:55£0.69
Listen13. 842-3089 (Call My Name) 2:58£0.69
Listen14. I'd Rather Go Blind 2:34£0.69
Listen15. Tell Mama 2:20£0.69
Listen16. I Wish Someone Would Care 2:35£0.69
Listen17. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man 2:58£0.69
Listen18. Light My Fire 2:53£0.69


Disc 3:

Extraits
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Security 2:28£0.69
Listen  2. I'm Gonna Take What He's Got 2:33£0.69
Listen  3. I Worship The Ground You Walk On 2:24£0.69
Listen  4. You Got It 2:24£0.69
Listen  5. I Got You Babe 2:26£0.69
Listen  6. Almost Persuaded 3:20£0.69
Listen  7. Miss Pitiful 2:21£0.69
Listen  8. Tighten Up Your Own Thing 2:39£0.69
Listen  9. Loser's Weepers Part One 2:58£0.69
Listen10. I Found A Love 3:26£0.69
Listen11. Nothing From Nothing Leaves Nothing 3:35£0.69
Listen12. W.O.M.A.N. 3:13£0.69
Listen13. All The Way Down 5:34£0.69
Listen14. You Can Leave Your Hat On 3:22£0.69
Listen15. Out On The Street Again 4:17£0.69
Listen16. Lovin' Arms 3:46£0.59
Listen17. Never My Love 3:52£0.59


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5.0 out of 5 stars What a voice!, 4 Oct 2005
By Helen Ferry (Oxford, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
I bought this 3 disc compilation set over the single CD version, because it features all of the songs plus about 30 more for hardly any more money. Was it a good buy? You bet! Etta James is one of the best soul singers, especially if you like you soul a little bit on the bluesy side. 'At last' is worth the cost of the CD alone, but there are about 50 more great tracks in this set-you can't lose.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fully recommended, 11 May 2008
By Laurence Upton (Wilts, UK) - See all my reviews
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Etta James was with Chess for over fifteen years (appearing initially on their subsidiary labels Argo and Cadet) between 1960 and 1976, adapting and rolling with the times, trying out new ideas, never selling out, and making a heap of great blues and soul records. If squeezing fifteen years of material onto just three discs seems a tall order, imagine the absurdity of trying to compile The Best Of Etta James, which is a single CD of her Chess years. This box set represents far better value and is fully recommended, with just a couple of small caveats.

Firstly, there are too many mono mixes, even from the nineteen-seventies when stereo versions were prepared as a matter of course and are available elsewhere, and secondly, there is too little detailed documentation.

Finally, whilst I have no quarrel at all with the title, The Very Best Of Etta James, the subtitle The Chess Singles is just misleading. Some A-sides are absent, seven B-sides are included (just as well, as these include All I Could Do Was Cry, I Just Want To Make Love To You and I'd Rather Go Blind) and contrarily there are several album tracks and even a couple of outtakes that weren't released at the time at all. These include her brilliant version of Do Right Woman, Do Right Man recorded at Muscle Shoals and inexplicably left in the can until 1993.

This collection would be well complemented by Miss Etta James - The Complete Kent And Modern Recordings, the period before she signed to Chess. It's worth remembering that when these days artists are expected to be at their peak after one single, singers like Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone and Etta James had been learning their craft for several years before becoming established, and Etta James' first single appeared in 1955.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Etta collection, 4 Jul 2009
A great collection of tunes from Etta James, truly one of the great blues artists.
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