| The Essential Etta James | 
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Category: Music
Artist: Etta James
Publisher: Chess
Studio: Chess
Manufacturer: Chess
Label: Chess
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.9
MPN: 9341
UPC: 076732934128
EAN: 0076732934128
ASIN: B000002OBX
Release Date: June 8, 1993
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Disc 1
| • | All I Could Do Was Cry - Etta James, Davis, Billy [3] | | • | My Dearest Darling - Etta James, Bocage, Eddie | | • | If I Can't Have You - Etta James, Fuqua, Harvey | | • | A Sunday Kind of Love - Etta James, Belle, Barbara | | • | Anything to Say You're Mine - Etta James, Thompson, Sonny | | • | At Last - Etta James, Gordon, Mack | | • | Seven Day Fool - Etta James, Davis, Billy [3] | | • | Trust in Me - Etta James, Ager, Milton | | • | Don't Cry Baby - Etta James, Bernie, Saul | | • | Fool That I Am - Etta James, Hunt, Floyd | | • | One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) - Etta James, Arlen, Harold | | • | Waiting for Charlie (To Come Home) - Etta James, Bacharach, Burt | | • | Something's Got a Hold on Me - Etta James, James, Etta | | • | Next Door to the Blues - Etta James, Kirkland, Leroy | | • | These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) - Etta James, Link, Harry | | • | Stop the Wedding - Etta James, Johnson, Freddy | | • | Prisoner of Love - Etta James, Columbo, Russ | | • | Pushover - Etta James, Clarke, Tony [2] | | • | Would It Make Any Difference to You - Etta James, Forshee, Bob | | • | Pay Back - Etta James, Davis, Billy [3] | | • | Two Sides to Every Story - Etta James, Clarke, Tony [2] | | • | Baby, What You Want Me to Do - Etta James, Reed, Jimmy [1] |
Disc 2
| • | In the Basement, Pt. 1 - Etta James, Davis, Billy [3] | | • | Loving You More Every Day - Etta James, Mitchell, James [Sa | | • | Do I Make Myself Clear? - Etta James, DeMell, Shena | | • | I Prefer You - Etta James, Dollison, Maurice | | • | It Must Be Your Love - Etta James, Bernard, Chuck | | • | 842-3089 (Call My Name) - Etta James, Dollison, Maurice | | • | I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James, Foster, Bill | | • | Tell Mama - Etta James, Carter, Clarence | | • | Do Right Woman, Do Right Man - Etta James, Moman, Chips | | • | Security - Etta James, Redding, Otis | | • | Almost Persuaded - Etta James, Sherrill, Billy | | • | You Got It - Etta James, Covay, Don | | • | Miss Pitiful - Etta James, Cropper, Steve | | • | Losers Weepers, Pt. 1 - Etta James, Bonds, Leon David | | • | W-O-M-A-N - Etta James, Hawkins, Dorothy | | • | I Never Meant to Love Him - Etta James, Carson, Ronald | | • | You Can Leave Your Hat On - Etta James, Newman, Randy | | • | God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind) - Etta James, Newman, Randy | | • | All the Way Down - Etta James, Lawrence, Trevor | | • | Lovin' Arms - Etta James, Jans, Tom | | • | Feeling Uneasy - Etta James, Lawrence, Trevor | | • | Let's Burn Down the Cornfield - Etta James, Newman, Randy |
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Amazon.com
Etta James is the dues-paying blues mama. Throughout her tragic and storied career, Miss Peaches has successfully delivered her growling soul and soaring vocals to everything from Chicago blues to pop. Her voice is one of the most distinctive in the entire blues canon and The Essential Etta James captures it in its prime; 44 tracks cover her best Chess Records work from 1960 to the early '70s. And though her early R&B hits for Modern like "Roll with Me Henry" are not here, just about everything else is: the supreme balladry of "All I Could Do Was Cry" and "At Last," the sassy bump of "Seven-Day Fool" and "Pushover," the raucous soul of "In the Basement," and even bell-bottomed funk of "All the Way Down." But the finest evidence of James's versatility can be heard in her outstanding Memphis soul covers of "Tell Mama" and "Security." There's a lot of Etta James out there, but this is likely the best compilation of her work you're going to find. --Ken Hohman
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Awesome music! December 27, 2007
This cd is perfect if you are looking for some jazzy sexy blues. Her voice gives me goosebumps! It will make anyone an instant Etta James fan.
Etta's best collection October 9, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you have not heard Etta James, you are missing the most soulful, funky, get on down and crank it out blues singer to ever grace the face of this earth. To me, this is her finest collection. Don't let your friends borrow it, if you ever want to see it again. It's that good, trust in me... ;)
Ken Holman needs to know his stuff before writing a review January 26, 2004
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
Ken while I agree with almost everything you say, I have to inform you of an error. The outstanding soul tune "Tell Mama" IS NOT the "Memphis Sound." It is in fact part of the immortal legacy of Rick Hall's FAME Studios in the Southern Soul Mecca of MUSCLE SHOALS, ALABAMA. Trust me check out the orginal liner notes. Or just check out the FAME Studios Website.
Oh, my, Miss Peaches... July 2, 2002
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is an excellent cross-section of Miss James' vocal ability. It's all here - smoke-filled standards, rockin' R&B, scorching soul, and yes indeed, torch songs to put modern "divas" to shame. Though Etta's voice has spectacular range and emotional drive, these recordings do not contain the shrill vocal calesthenics forced on us by the 90's pop divas. The result was this ultra-quality collection, which I guarantee you will never loan out, even to your best friend.
MAXIMUM ETTA; You Keep "Telling Me, Mama!!"! September 25, 2001
"Etta" Wails, "I'd Rather Go Blind", and ALL I can say is; "Yeah, me too, mama, PLEASE, just don't EVER render me "deaf"!! This "W.O.M.A.N."; can and DOES, "render me awestruck, not to mention, dumbstruck with her sheer "gutesy, simmering, beltin', sheer vocal force/power, and then DOES IT AGAIN, when she "ratches-down" that INCREDIBLE RANGE of her's (doesn't get any better than THIS, folks) and into her OWN "stylistic-trademark "cruise-control", to give us the treat of her "smooth, sly, earthy delivery of her "gentler?-side"; joking here, of course she does have it, and displays it, in all her multifaceted hues, and glory; her instintual brilliance of interpretation is unequaled, and unrivaled. THE MUSIC HEREIN. Well, the "raw jewels" at her absolute "zenith" are pretty much all here. Then they jusy casually drop in previous unreleased "gems", such as "I Never Meant To Love Him", now a personal fave of mine, and her OWN rendition of Aretha"s "Do Right Womam, Do Right Man"; and I'm certainly hard-pressed to say who's version is better. Different, not better. Two cds "chock-full", each containing 22 "cuts' and ALL "prime-Etta", in any style, or aproachto this staggering array of material. I take issue with "other prior posters" who said they weren't ALL "keepers", you can "Lose and Weep" all you want to. I can't find one "sub-standard" cut anywhere here. None. Personal fave "standouts": "Almost Persuaded", a blistering, searing "God"s Song" (That's Why I Love Mankind); and a true "barnburner" by anyone's standards, the aptly titled "Let's Burn Down The Cornfield"; and man, oh, man-does she EVER!! I certainly felt raw, and than "crispy" by the end of cd No. 2. (Appropriately, the "closer". Randy Newman has GOT to be "one proud papa" with these to two seminal/stellar "inteprets". Of course, by the end of this "rollercoaster-ride", over the course of these entire cds "contents", I was "slack-jawed"; and that's putting it lightly. Other noteables: "Waiting For Charlie (To Come Home)"; "Would It Make Any Difference To You", "Pushover""Payback", a bone-chilling rendition of "All The Way Down"; and "closer" on cd No.1, "Baby What You Want Me To Do"-LIVE! YEOWWW! This "comp." is a Very thrifty bargain at any price. Need I say it again? GET THIS "SET"!! You can't POSSIBLY lose. Promise!Lynn Luv, or; Nancy N.
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