The Chess Box (2000)

About this title: Etta James is one of the towering figures of the blues, the foremost female blues vocalist of the second half of the 20th century, and the foundation of her legacy is her recordings for Chess Records in the '60s. Despite her reputation and enduring popularity, Etta didn't receive a box set retrospective between 1988 and 1990, the time when Chess was honoring such heavyweights as Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Bo Diddley, and Willie Dixon with multi-disc retrospectives. They eased away from box sets during the '90s, only issuing a comprehensive double-disc Little Walter set early in ... read more

Tracks:

1. All I Could Do Was Cry [Davis/Gordy/Fuqua]
2. My Dearest Darling [Gayten/Bocage]
3. If I Can't Have You [Fuqua/James]
4. I Just Want to Make Love to You [Dixon]
5. Anything to Say You're Mine [Thompson]
6. In My Diary [Graham/Silverman]
7. Spoonful [Dixon]
8. A Sunday Kind of Love [Belle/Leonard/Prima]
9. At Last [Warren/Gordon]
10. Stormy Weather [Arlen/Koehler]
11. Trust in Me [Wever/Ager/Schwartz]
12. Don't Cry Baby [Bernie/Johnson/Unge]
13. Fool That I Am [Hunt]
14. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) [Arlen/Mercer]
15. Waiting for Charlie (To Come Home) [Bacharach/Hilliard]
16. Don't Get Around Much Anymore [Ellington/Russell]
17. Next Door to the Blues [Woods/Kirkland]
18. I Don't Want It
19. Something's Got a Hold on Me [Woods/Kirkland/Jame]
20. Stop the Wedding [Woods/Kirkland/John]
21. These Foolish Things [Marvell/Strachey/Li]
22. You Got Me Where You Want Me [Robey]
23. I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You) [Churchill]
24. Prisoner of Love [Robin/Columbo/Gaski]
25. Pushover [Clarke/Davis]
26. Be Honest With Me [Autry/Rose]
27. Would It Make Any Difference to You [Forshee]
28. Look Who's Blue [Gibson]
29. Pay Back [Davis]
30. Two Sides to Every Story [Clarke/Davis]
31. At Last [Warren/Gordon]
32. Baby, What You Want Me to Do [Live] [Reed]
33. Lovin' You More Every Day [Mitchell]
34. I Wish Someone Would Care [Kari/Thomas]
35. Bobby Is His Name [James/Townsend]
36. Only Time Will Tell [McAlister/Vail]
37. (I Don't Need Nobody to Tell Me) How to Treat My Man
38. In the Basement, Pt. 1 [Davis/Miner/Smith]
39. Lover Man [Davis/Ramirez/Sherm]
40. Do I Make Myself Clear? [DeMell/Parham]
41. I Perfer You [Dollison/Higgins]
42. It Must Be Your Love [Bernard/Dollison/Fo]
43. 842-3089 (Call My Name) [Higgins/Dollison/Fo]
44. I'd Rather Go Blind [Foster/Jordan]
45. Tell Mama [Carter/Daniel/Terre]
46. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man [Moman/Penn]
47. Security [Redding/Wessen]
48. I Worship the Ground You Walk On [Oldham/Penn]
49. You Took It
50. Almost Persuaded [Sherrill/Sutton]
51. You Got It [Covay]
52. Light My Fire [Morrison/Manzarek]
53. Slow and Easy [Randle]
54. The Soul of a Man [Sain]
55. Miss Pitiful [Redding/Cropper]
56. Losers Weepers, Pt. 1 [Bonds]
57. I Found a Love [Pickett/Schofield]
58. W-O-M-A-N [Hawkins/James/Mallo]
59. Never My Love [Addrisi/Addrisi/Dav]
60. Sail Away [Newman]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.