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While several best-ofs from Etta James' Chess period have been available over the years -- with the two-disc, 44-track Essential Etta James at the top of the list in giving the big picture -- this 20-track collection sweats that bigger picture down to bare essentials. For those wishing to finally sample Etta's classic period at Chess without opening the wallet for box set expense, this single-disc retrospective will fill the bill quite nicely. Featuring 20 of the tracks that appear on the double-disc Essential anthology without anything literally essential left off, this scintillating little disc now officially becomes the one-stop, first-time purchase in connecting with the emotional greatness inherent in Etta's siren song. There's plenty more after this to discover, but this is absolutely where you start.
© Cub Koda /TiVo
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Harry Warren, ComposerLyricist - Mack Gordon, ComposerLyricist - Riley Hampton, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Etta James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Gwen Gordy Fuqua, ComposerLyricist - Billy Davis, ComposerLyricist - Riley Hampton, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Etta James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Riley Hampton, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - HARVEY FUQUA, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Riley Hampton Orchestra, Orchestra - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barbara Belle, ComposerLyricist - Anita Leonard, ComposerLyricist - Stan Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - Louis Prima, ComposerLyricist - Riley Hampton, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Etta James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Riley Hampton, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Etta James, MainArtist - Edward Bocage, ComposerLyricist - Paul Gayten, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Leroy Kirkland, ComposerLyricist - Pearl Woods, ComposerLyricist - Al Duncan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Young, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Etta James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Reggie Boyd, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Mcauley Murphy, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Milton Ager, Composer - Jean Schwartz, Composer - Riley Hampton, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Etta James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ned Wever, Author - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Leroy Kirkland, ComposerLyricist - Pearl Woods, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Saul Bernie, ComposerLyricist - Stella Unger, ComposerLyricist - Riley Hampton, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Etta James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James P. Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Riley Hampton, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Etta James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Floyd Hunt, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Davis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bert Keyes, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Davis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Clarke, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Leroy Kirkland, ComposerLyricist - Pearl Woods, ComposerLyricist - Fred Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RALPH BASS, Producer - Freddy Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Davis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Raynard Miner, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Carl William Smith, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sugar Pie DeSanto, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Reed, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, MainArtist - RALPH BASS, Producer - The Kinfolks, Ensemble - Dana King, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Foster, ComposerLyricist - Ellington Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Rick Hall, Producer, Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Chalmers, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - David Hood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Varnell, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dewey Oldham, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Etta James, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Ray Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Banks, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Albert Lowe, Jr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Dawkins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rick Hall, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Otis Redding, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Margaret Wesson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gene Barge, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Etta James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RALPH BASS, Producer - Leon David Bonds, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmie Haskell, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - William D. Smith, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - GABRIEL MEKLER, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Trevor Lawrence, Producer, Assistant Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Arrias, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Etta James, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Catherine C. Williamson, ComposerLyricist - King Errisson, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Rice, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Waldman, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Marco, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wilbur Terrell, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Lewis Daniel, ComposerLyricist - Rick Hall, Producer, Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Clarence Carter, ComposerLyricist - Charles Chalmers, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - David Hood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Varnell, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dewey Oldham, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Etta James, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Ray Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Banks, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Albert Lowe, Jr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Dawkins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
While several best-ofs from Etta James' Chess period have been available over the years -- with the two-disc, 44-track Essential Etta James at the top of the list in giving the big picture -- this 20-track collection sweats that bigger picture down to bare essentials. For those wishing to finally sample Etta's classic period at Chess without opening the wallet for box set expense, this single-disc retrospective will fill the bill quite nicely. Featuring 20 of the tracks that appear on the double-disc Essential anthology without anything literally essential left off, this scintillating little disc now officially becomes the one-stop, first-time purchase in connecting with the emotional greatness inherent in Etta's siren song. There's plenty more after this to discover, but this is absolutely where you start.
© Cub Koda /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:51
- Main artists: Etta James
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Blues
© 1997 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1997 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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