The Chess Box

Etta James - The Chess Box

The Chess Box
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Artist: Etta James
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-06-27
Music Label: Chess
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. All I Could Do Is Cry
  2. My Dearest Darling
  3. If I Can't Have You (duet with Harvey Fuqua)
  4. I Just Want To Make Love To You
  5. Anything To Say You're Mine
  6. In My Diary
  7. Spoonful (duet with Harvey Fuqua)
  8. A Sunday Kind Of Love
  9. 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 (Previously Unreleased)
  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 (Previously Unreleased)
  23. I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You)
  24. Prisoner Of Love
  25. Pushover
  26. Be Honest With Me (Previously Unreleased on Album)
Music CD 2
  1. Would It Make Any Difference To You
  2. Look Who's Blue (Previously Unreleased on Album)
  3. Pay Back
  4. Two Sides (To Every Show)
  5. At Last (Live - Previously Unreleased)
  6. Baby What You Want Me To Do (Live)
  7. Lovin' You More Every Day
  8. I Wish Someone Would Care
  9. Bobby Is His Name
  10. Only Time Will Tell
  11. (I Don't Need Nobody To Tell Me) How To Treat My Man
  12. In The Basement, Part 1 (Duet with Sugar Pie DeSanto)
  13. Lover Man
  14. Do I Make Myself Clear (Duet with Sugar Pie DeSanto)
  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 (Previously Unreleased on Album)
  23. You Took It (Previously Unreleased)
  24. Almost Persuaded
  25. You Got It
  26. Light My Fire (Previously Unreleased)
Music CD 3
  1. Slow And Easy (Previously Unreleased)
  2. Soul Of A Man (Previously Unreleased)
  3. Miss Pitiful
  4. Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
  5. I Found A Love
  6. W.O.M.A.N.
  7. Never My Love (Previously Unreleased)
  8. I Never Meant To Love Him
  9. You Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (Previously Unreleased)
  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. Let's Burn Down The Cornfield
  17. Gonna Have Some Fun Tonight
  18. Sookie Sookie
  19. Out On The Street Again
  20. Lovin' Arms

Music reviews of The Chess Box

Music Review: Excellent selection
Rating: 5 Stars

and good but brief notes. The 3 cd set and booklet is in a classy hardback book form with nice matt buff-colored paper, the cds set into the insides of the front and back covers. Thankfully session musicians as well as the producers are credited where possible.

The sound is good: I think you'd be proud to have this in your recorded music collection.

Description of The Chess Box

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
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

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