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Etta James - The Essential Etta James (Original Chess Masters) (1975)

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. All I Could Do Is Cry 2:55
  2. My Dearest Darling 3:02
  3. If I Can't Have You 2:52
  4. A Sunday Kind Of Love 3:18
  5. Anything To Say You're Mine 2:36
  6. At Last 3:01
  7. Seven Day Fool 3:00
  8. Trust In Me 2:59
  9. Don't Cry Baby 2:26
  10. Fool That I Am 2:57
  11. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) 3:27
  12. Waiting For Charlie (To Come Home) 2:07
  13. Something's Got A Hold On Me 2:49
  14. Next Door To The Blues 2:49
  15. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) 3:58
  16. Stop The Wedding 2:51
  17. Prisoner Of Love 2:13
  18. Pushover 2:54
  19. Would It Make Any Difference To You 2:38
  20. Pay Back 2:39
  21. Two Sides To Every Story 3:03
  22. Baby What You Want Me To Do 4:19
Volume 2
  1. In The Basement, Part One (With Sugar Pie Desanto) 2:22
  2. Loving You More Every Day 3:21
  3. Do I Make Myself Clear (With Sugar Pie Desanto) 3:00
  4. I Prefer You 3:05
  5. It Must Be Your Love 2:56
  6. 842-3089 (Call My Name) 3:00
  7. I'd Rather Go Blind 2:34
  8. Tell Mama 2:22
  9. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man 2:59
  10. Security 2:28
  11. Almost Persuaded 3:21
  12. You Got It 2:25
  13. Miss Pitiful 2:22
  14. Losers Weepers, Part One 2:59
  15. W.O.M.A.N. 3:15
  16. I Never Meant To Love Him 3:50
  17. You Can Leave Your Hat On 3:23
  18. God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind) 3:37
  19. All The Way Down 5:36
  20. Lovin' Arms 3:48
  21. Feeling Uneasy 2:50
  22. Let's Burn Down The Cornfield 3:45

Notes

Jan 1960-1975

The Essential Etta James comprises 44 tracks summarizing the long and brilliant Chess tenure of "Miss Peaches," Etta James, opening with her 1960 smash "All I Could Do Was Cry," and encompassing her torchy, fully orchestrated ballads "At Last," "My Dearest Darling," and "Trust in Me," and continuing on through her 1962 gospel-rocker "Something's Got a Hold on Me," the Chicago soul standouts "I Prefer You" and "842-3089," and her 1967 Muscle Shoals-cut smash "Tell Mama." A few of the '70s sides that conclude the two-disc set seem like filler when compared to what preceded them, but most of the essentials are aboard.