Etta James - The Chess Box Set (2000)
BAND/ARTIST: Etta James
- Title: The Chess Box Set
- Year Of Release: 2000
- Label: Chess
- Genre: Blues/Soul-Blues
- Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log) / 320 kbps
- Total Time: 3:49:10
- Total Size: 1.36 GB/524 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
CD-1
01. All I Could Do Is Cry
02. My Dearest Darling
03. If I Can't Have You
04. I Just Want to Make Love To You
05. Anything to Say You're Mine
06. In My Diary
07. Spoonful
08. A Sunday Kind of Love
09. At Last
10. Stormy Weather
11. Trust In Me
12. Don't Cry Baby
13. Fool That I Am
14. One For My Baby (And One More For the Road)
15. Waiting for Charlie (to Come Home)
16. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
17. Next Door to the Blues
18. I Don't Want It
19. Something's Got a Hold On Me
20. Stop the Wedding
21. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
22. You Got Me Where You Want Me
23. I Want to Be Loved (But Only By You)
24. Prisoner of Love
25. Pushover
26. Be Honest With Me
CD-2
01. Would It Make Any Difference to You
02. Look Who's Blue
03. Payback
04. Two Sides (To Every Story)
05. At Last (Live)
06. Baby What You Want Me To Do (Live)
07. Lovin' You More Every Day
08. I Wish Someone Would Care
09. Bobby Is His Name
10. Only Time Will Tell
11. (I Don't Need Nobody To Tell Me) How To Treat My Baby
12. In the Basement, Part 1
13. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can He Be?)
14. Do I Make Myself Clear
15. I Prefer You
16. It Must Be Your Love
17. 842-3089 (Call My Name)
18. I'd Rather Go Blind
19. Tell Mama
20. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
21. Security
22. I Worship the Ground You Walk On
23. You Took It
24. Almost Persuaded
25. You Got It
26. Light My Fire
CD-3
01. Slow and Easy
02. Soul of a Man
03. Miss Pitiful
04. Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
05. I Found A Love
06. W.O.M.A.N.
07. Never My Love
08. I Never Meant to Love Him
09. You Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
10. Sail Away
11. Down So Low
12. All the Way Down
13. God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)
14. Feelin' Uneasy
15. St. Louis Blues
16. Gonna Have Some Fun Tonight
17. Let's Burn Down the Cornfield
18. Sookie Sookie
19. Out On the Street Again
20. Lovin' Arms
Etta sang, sizzled and swaggered her best during her 1960-1976 Chess period-which, at long last, is thoroughly anthologized here: 3 CDs with 72 tracks comprising all her key Chess sides, 10 unissued cuts and three singles not previously on any album! Joined by a 40-page booklet, this set includes 20 pop hits ( At Last; Tell Mama; Pushover; Trust in Me ), 24 R&B hits ( Don't Cry Baby; All I Could Do Was Cry; Stop the Wedding ), unissued covers of Light My Fire and Never My Love and more-close to four hours.
You can't have too much Etta James. Really. This long-overdue collection of the singer's Chess recordings includes much of her best work. Three CDs' worth. 72 tracks. Shivers abound just thinking about it. Of course, all the songs you'd expect are here: "I Just Want to Make Love to You," "Spoonful," "Something's Got a Hold on Me," "Tell Mama," and, naturally, "At Last," among many, many others. But you don't need me to convince you why Etta James is worth hearing; what you want to know is, is this box set worth the price? Well, it's got almost everything you'd find on At Last, James's first studio album and widely considered her best, and it includes the same material as Her Best, which up to now was hands-down the best introduction to the glory that is Etta James. But say you've already got that stuff, why would you want this? Well, first of all, the packaging is stellar. A 40-page booklet comes in a handsomely presented box, which contains a wealth of pictures, quotes, and perspectives that do much to illuminate what made James's 16-year period at Chess Records so special. There are definitely a few musical chestnuts here; several previously unreleased tracks, as well as a few that were released as singles only. Notable inclusions are a previously unreleased version of "You Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and a live version of "At Last." Whether or not it's possible to distill the work of a singer like Etta James down to three CDs, this is a very strong collection and an admirable effort to get the best of Etta all in one place. --Genevieve Williams
CD-1
01. All I Could Do Is Cry
02. My Dearest Darling
03. If I Can't Have You
04. I Just Want to Make Love To You
05. Anything to Say You're Mine
06. In My Diary
07. Spoonful
08. A Sunday Kind of Love
09. At Last
10. Stormy Weather
11. Trust In Me
12. Don't Cry Baby
13. Fool That I Am
14. One For My Baby (And One More For the Road)
15. Waiting for Charlie (to Come Home)
16. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
17. Next Door to the Blues
18. I Don't Want It
19. Something's Got a Hold On Me
20. Stop the Wedding
21. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
22. You Got Me Where You Want Me
23. I Want to Be Loved (But Only By You)
24. Prisoner of Love
25. Pushover
26. Be Honest With Me
CD-2
01. Would It Make Any Difference to You
02. Look Who's Blue
03. Payback
04. Two Sides (To Every Story)
05. At Last (Live)
06. Baby What You Want Me To Do (Live)
07. Lovin' You More Every Day
08. I Wish Someone Would Care
09. Bobby Is His Name
10. Only Time Will Tell
11. (I Don't Need Nobody To Tell Me) How To Treat My Baby
12. In the Basement, Part 1
13. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can He Be?)
14. Do I Make Myself Clear
15. I Prefer You
16. It Must Be Your Love
17. 842-3089 (Call My Name)
18. I'd Rather Go Blind
19. Tell Mama
20. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
21. Security
22. I Worship the Ground You Walk On
23. You Took It
24. Almost Persuaded
25. You Got It
26. Light My Fire
CD-3
01. Slow and Easy
02. Soul of a Man
03. Miss Pitiful
04. Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
05. I Found A Love
06. W.O.M.A.N.
07. Never My Love
08. I Never Meant to Love Him
09. You Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
10. Sail Away
11. Down So Low
12. All the Way Down
13. God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)
14. Feelin' Uneasy
15. St. Louis Blues
16. Gonna Have Some Fun Tonight
17. Let's Burn Down the Cornfield
18. Sookie Sookie
19. Out On the Street Again
20. Lovin' Arms
Etta sang, sizzled and swaggered her best during her 1960-1976 Chess period-which, at long last, is thoroughly anthologized here: 3 CDs with 72 tracks comprising all her key Chess sides, 10 unissued cuts and three singles not previously on any album! Joined by a 40-page booklet, this set includes 20 pop hits ( At Last; Tell Mama; Pushover; Trust in Me ), 24 R&B hits ( Don't Cry Baby; All I Could Do Was Cry; Stop the Wedding ), unissued covers of Light My Fire and Never My Love and more-close to four hours.
You can't have too much Etta James. Really. This long-overdue collection of the singer's Chess recordings includes much of her best work. Three CDs' worth. 72 tracks. Shivers abound just thinking about it. Of course, all the songs you'd expect are here: "I Just Want to Make Love to You," "Spoonful," "Something's Got a Hold on Me," "Tell Mama," and, naturally, "At Last," among many, many others. But you don't need me to convince you why Etta James is worth hearing; what you want to know is, is this box set worth the price? Well, it's got almost everything you'd find on At Last, James's first studio album and widely considered her best, and it includes the same material as Her Best, which up to now was hands-down the best introduction to the glory that is Etta James. But say you've already got that stuff, why would you want this? Well, first of all, the packaging is stellar. A 40-page booklet comes in a handsomely presented box, which contains a wealth of pictures, quotes, and perspectives that do much to illuminate what made James's 16-year period at Chess Records so special. There are definitely a few musical chestnuts here; several previously unreleased tracks, as well as a few that were released as singles only. Notable inclusions are a previously unreleased version of "You Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and a live version of "At Last." Whether or not it's possible to distill the work of a singer like Etta James down to three CDs, this is a very strong collection and an admirable effort to get the best of Etta all in one place. --Genevieve Williams
Blues | Soul | FLAC / APE | Mp3
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