Original Album Classics

Compilation by Etta James

Released 27 January 2012

blues jazz r&b

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Tracklist

CD 1
1
Born Under a Bad Sign
3:29
2
I Want to Ta Ta You, Baby
5:56
3
Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
4:55
4
Running Out of Lies
5:03
5
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
7:01
6
Spoonful
4:09
7
Life, Love & The Blues
5:17
8
Hoochie Coochie Gal
4:25
9
Cheating in the Next Room
4:57
10
If You Want Me to Stay
5:21
11
The Love You Save May Be Your Own
4:01
12
I'll Take Care of You
4:59
CD 2
1
You Don't Know What Love Is
5:30
2
Good Morning Heartache
5:31
3
My Old Flame
6:21
4
Say It Isn't So
4:57
5
At Last
4:41
3.0 ★
6
Tenderly
5:28
7
I Only Have Eyes for You
6:37
8
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
6:27
9
You Go to My Head
4:22
10
Sunday Kind of Love
6:02
11
If It's the Last Thing I Do
5:49
12
Only Women Bleed
4:48
CD 3
1
Gotta Serve Somebody
6:48
2
Don't Let My Baby Ride
5:16
3
Rhymes
4:35
4
Try a Little Tenderness
4:47
5
Miss You
5:59
6
Hawg for Ya
3:45
7
You're Gonna Make Me Cry
6:17
8
Walking the Back Streets
7:07
9
Let's Straighten It Out
5:24
10
Born on the Bayou
4:41
11
Come Back Baby
5:57
12
Hound Dog
3:43
CD 4
1
This Bitter Earth
4:20
2
He's Funny That Way
6:00
3
In My Solitude
5:16
4
There Is No Greater Love
5:18
5
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
5:18
6
Love Letters
3:59
7
These Foolish Things
5:14
8
Come Rain or Come Shine
5:39
9
Don't Worry 'Bout Me
5:52
10
Cry Me a River
5:02
11
Don't Blame Me
5:01
12
My Man
5:09
13
Blue Gardenia
5:08
CD 5
1
Somebody to Love
5:48
2.0 ★
2
The Blues Is My Business
3:33
3
Leap of Faith
4:00
4
Strongest Weakness
4:50
5
Wayward Saints of Memphis
5:42
6
Lie No Better
3:31
3.0 ★
7
Trust Yourself
4:45
8
A Change Is Gonna Do Me Good
5:23
9
Old Weakness
3:12
10
Stacked Deck
8:01
11
On the 7th Day
5:01
12
Please, No More
4:40

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Release credits

Bobby Murray
guitar [1.2, 1.11-12, 3.1, 3.1-3, 3.3-4, 3.4-8, 3.8-9, 3.9-11, 3.11-12], solo [3.1, 3.3-4, 3.8-9, 3.11, 1.2, 1.11]
Cedar Walton
arranger [1-5, 7-13]
David K. Mathews
Wurlitzer electric piano [4-5, 10], clavinet [2], electric piano [2], keyboard [9], piano [6-8, 11-12]
Donto James
drums (drum set) [1-12], mix [1-12], percussion [1-5, 9], producer [1-12], recording [1.1-12, 3.1-12]
Dorothy Hawkins
background vocals [13]
Etta James
background vocals [1, 11], lead vocals
Goldman Redding
background vocals [1, 3, 11]
Jimmy Z
baritone saxophone [1-3, 5, 8, 11], harmonica [5-6], tenor saxophone [1-5, 8, 11]
Joe Chiccarelli
mix [1-12]
Josh Sklair
acoustic guitar [5, 9], arranger [6], electric guitar [5, 9], guitar [1, 3-4, 6-8, 10-12], keyboard [3], slide guitar [2], talkbox [9]
Lee Thornburg
horn [1, 4, 11], trumpet [1-3, 5, 7-8, 11], valve trombone [1-5, 7-8, 11]
Leo Nocentelli
guitar [2, 5, 10, 12], solo [2, 10, 12]
Mike Finnigan
Hammond organ [1-2, 4-5, 7-8], vocal [7]
Rick Baptist
flugelhorn [6]
Ron Powell
percussion [6]
Ross Locke
background vocals [1, 3], percussion [10]
Sametto James
assistant [1-12], bass [1-12], mix [1-12], producer [1-12]
Terrance Galloway
assistant [1-12]
Tom Poole
trumpet [1-5, 8, 11]

Issues

O
Original Album Classics
5x CD (1998-2003)
27 January 2012
O
Original Album Classics
5x CD
27 August 2013