ETTA JAMES At Last ORIGINAL CHESS MASTERS SERIES FROM 87 ??????

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  ETTA JAMES At Last! ORIGINAL CHESS MASTERS SERIES FROM





A MINT MINUS ORIGINAL LP ON CHESS CH 9266

FROM 1987 AN ORIGINAL CHESS MASTERS SERIES REISSUE OF HER 1960 LP ON CHESS

10 TRACKS INCLUDE ANYTHING TO SAY YOU'RE MINE, MY DEAREST DARLING, TRUST IN ME, SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE, TOUGH MARY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU, AT LAST, ALL I COLD DO WAS CRY, STORMY WEATHER, GIRL OF MY DREAMS

COVER STOCK WITH LIGHT RUB AND RING WEAR AND AGE DISCOLORATION. BOTTOM LEFT CORNER WITH BEND MARK. CORNERS WITH SMALL ROUGH SPOTS AND OUTER LAYER LOSSES ON POINT. NOTWITHSTANDING, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, SO PLEASE DO LOOK AT THE COVER PHOTOS TO ASCERTAIN COVER CONDITION.

VIRGIN SPINDLE HOLE. THE HIGH LUSTER VINYL BLANK AT FIRST GLANCE OUT OF THE SLEEVE APPEARS UNUSUALLY PRISTINE AND TO HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYED, MUCH LESS TOUCHED, BEFORE NOW.

FROM A NOTED JAZZ REVIEWER'S PRIVATE COLLECTION

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FROM THE ALLMUSIC.COM WEBSITE:
review by Stephen Cook
After spending a few years in limbo after scoring her first R&B hits "Dance With Me, Henry" and "Good Rocking Daddy," Etta James returned to the spotlight in 1961 with her first Chess release, At Last. James made both the R&B and pop charts with the album's title cut, "All I Could Do Was Cry," and "Trust in Me." What makes At Last a great album is not only the solid hits it contains, but also the strong variety of material throughout. James expertly handles jazz standards like "Stormy Weather" and "A Sunday Kind of Love," as well as Willie Dixon's blues classic "I Just Want to Make Love to You." James demonstrates her keen facility on the title track in particular, as she easily moves from powerful blues shouting to more subtle, airy phrasing; her Ruth Brown-inspired, bad-girl growl only adds to the intensity. James would go on to even greater success with later hits like "Tell Mama," but on At Last one hears the singer at her peak in a swinging and varied program of blues, R&B, and jazz standards.

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