Etta James: At Last -1987 Chess Analog Reissue 12" Record

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1987 Analog Reissue of Classic 1960 Argo Release of Bandleader/Composer/Pioneering Blues/R & B Vocalist Etta James Entitled At Last!, Research and Coordination by Bob Schnieders, Album Originally Recorded in Chicago January thru October of 1960, Legendary Vocalist Etta James Sings on All Tracks Accompanied by the Riley Hampton Orchestra - "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." - Selections on Side 1 Are Sonny Thompson's Anything to Say You're Mine, P. Gayton/E. Bocage's My Dearest Darling, Ned Wever/Jean Schwartz/Milton Ager's Trust in Me, Barbara Bell/Anita Leonard/Louis Prima's Sunday Kind of Love and Lorenzo Manley's Tough Mary - Songs for Side 2 Are the Willie Dixon Standard I Just Want to Make Love to You, the Harry Warren/Mack Gordon Title Track, All I Could Do Is Cry, the Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler Classic Stormy Weather & Charles Clapp's Girl of My Dreams(Rendered as Boy of My Dreams)! - Used Copy, Cover has a Light Surface Ring with a Mark from a Price Tag, Side 1 Has a Few Light Marks, Side 2 Very Good++, Product Code CH-9266 - California Residents Add 9.75% Sales Tax - International S & H Extra -