UPC: 604988301328
Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: Mar 08, 2011
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Liner Note Author: Sam Hick.
This two-disc, 46-track set collects the best of Etta James' earliest sides for Modern Records in the mid- to late '50s, including her first recording, 1954's "Dance with Me Henry" (which was later renamed "The Wallflower" in the hopes that audiences would overlook the song's explicit subject matter); the sturdy "Good Rockin' Daddy"; and the raucous and impressive "Tough Lover," which was tracked in New Orleans with Lee Allen on sax. James left Modern in 1958, signing with Argo Records in 1960, and her LP with that label, At Last!, which was released that same year, is also included here in its entirety. James, of course, has had a long and varied career since, and her passionate singing has made her an American musical treasure. These sides started it all. ~ Steve Leggett
This two-disc, 46-track set collects the best of Etta James' earliest sides for Modern Records in the mid- to late '50s, including her first recording, 1954's "Dance with Me Henry" (which was later renamed "The Wallflower" in the hopes that audiences would overlook the song's explicit subject matter); the sturdy "Good Rockin' Daddy"; and the raucous and impressive "Tough Lover," which was tracked in New Orleans with Lee Allen on sax. James left Modern in 1958, signing with Argo Records in 1960, and her LP with that label, At Last!, which was released that same year, is also included here in its entirety. James, of course, has had a long and varied career since, and her passionate singing has made her an American musical treasure. These sides started it all. ~ Steve Leggett
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Wallflower
2 - Hold Me Squeeze Me
3 - Be Mine
4 - Hey Henry
5 - Crazy Feeling
6 - Good Rockin' Daddy
7 - That's All
8 - W-O-M-A-N
9 - I'm a fool
10 - My One and Only
11 - Tears of Joy
12 - Shortnin' Bread Rock
13 - Fools We Mortals Be
14 - Tough Lover
15 - Then I'll Care
16 - Good Lookin'
17 - Market Place
18 - Pick Up
19 - By the Light of the Silvery Moon
20 - Come What May
21 - Baby, Baby Every Nght
22 - Dance with Me Henry
23 - Strange Things Happening
Disc 2:
1 - If It Ain't One Thing
2 - I Hope You're Satisfied
3 - My Heart Cries
4 - If I Can't Have You
5 - Spoonful
6 - It's a Crying Shame
7 - Let Me Know
8 - Plum Nuts
9 - Nobody But You
10 - I'll Dry My Tears
11 - Seven Day Fool
12 - In My Diary
13 - You Can Count on Me
14 - Anything to Say You're Mine
15 - My Dearest Darling
16 - Trust in Me
17 - Sunday Kind of Love
18 - Tough Mary
19 - I Just Want to Make Love to You
20 - At Last
21 - All I Could Do Was Cry
22 - Stormy Weather
23 - Girl of My Dreams
1 - Wallflower
2 - Hold Me Squeeze Me
3 - Be Mine
4 - Hey Henry
5 - Crazy Feeling
6 - Good Rockin' Daddy
7 - That's All
8 - W-O-M-A-N
9 - I'm a fool
10 - My One and Only
11 - Tears of Joy
12 - Shortnin' Bread Rock
13 - Fools We Mortals Be
14 - Tough Lover
15 - Then I'll Care
16 - Good Lookin'
17 - Market Place
18 - Pick Up
19 - By the Light of the Silvery Moon
20 - Come What May
21 - Baby, Baby Every Nght
22 - Dance with Me Henry
23 - Strange Things Happening
Disc 2:
1 - If It Ain't One Thing
2 - I Hope You're Satisfied
3 - My Heart Cries
4 - If I Can't Have You
5 - Spoonful
6 - It's a Crying Shame
7 - Let Me Know
8 - Plum Nuts
9 - Nobody But You
10 - I'll Dry My Tears
11 - Seven Day Fool
12 - In My Diary
13 - You Can Count on Me
14 - Anything to Say You're Mine
15 - My Dearest Darling
16 - Trust in Me
17 - Sunday Kind of Love
18 - Tough Mary
19 - I Just Want to Make Love to You
20 - At Last
21 - All I Could Do Was Cry
22 - Stormy Weather
23 - Girl of My Dreams