Etta James - Heart and Soul / A Retrospective (CD)

Details: Being that her career has flowed through R&B, soul, blues, pop and jazz (and one label after another), Etta has not seen anyone try to tackle a truly comprehensive anthology. Now, we have it: 280 minutes of her finest Modern, Argo, Chess, Warner Bros., Fantasy, Island, Private Music and RCA Victor recordings from 1955 to 2008! At the tail end of that time frame: her unissued recording of Rodney Crowell's Ashes by Now. From the top: her first Top 10, the Wallflower, and a heap of hits and key album cuts: Good Rockin' Daddy; All I Could Do Was Cry; If I Can't Have You; My Dearest Darling; at Last; Trust in Me; Don't Cry Baby; Something's Got a Hold on Me; Stop the Wedding; Pushover ; tracks from her Grammy-winning Mystery Lady album; unreleased gems; duets with B.B. King, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Harvey Fuqua, Eddie "Clean head" Vinson and more. A 60-page booklet walks you through one of the most storied careers in American music.

Tracklist:

1. The Wallflower (Aka Roll with Me Henry)
2. Good Rockin' Daddy
3. Crazy Feeling
4. W-O-M-A-N
5. Tough Lover
6. The Pick Up
7. Every Night (Aka Baby Baby Every Night)
8. Sunshine of Love
9. Strange Things Happening Every Day
10. All I Could Do Was Cry
11. My Dearest Darling
12. If I Can't Have You
13. I Just Want to Make Love to You
14. My Heart Cries
15. Spoonful
16. A Sunday Kind of Love
17. At Last
18. Stormy Weather
19. Trust in Me
20. Don't Cry Baby
21. Fool That I Am
22. Waiting for Charlie (To Come Home)
23. Next Door to the Blues
24. Something's Got a Hold on Me
25. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
26. Stop the Wedding
27. Pushover
28. Would It Make Any Difference to You
29. Pay Back
30. Two Sides (To Every Story)
31. Baby What You Want Me to Do [Live]
32. Lovin' You More Every Day
33. I Wish Someone Would Care
34. Breaking Point
35. Only Time Will Tell
36. It's Here for You
37. Do I Make Myself Clear?
38. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)
39. In the Basement Pt. 1
40. I Prefer You
41. It Must Be Your Love
42. 842-3089 (Call My Name)
43. I'd Rather Go Blind
44. Tell Mama
45. Do Right Woman Do Right Man
46. The Same Rope
47. Security
48. Almost Persuaded
49. You Got It
50. The Soul of a Man
51. Miss Pitiful
52. Losers Weepers Pt. 1
53. I Found a Love
54. Never My Love
55. Sail Away
56. Down So Low
57. All the Way Down
58. God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)
59. Feelin' Uneasy
60. St. Louis Blues
61. Let's Burn Down the Cornfield
62. Lovin' Arms
63. Only Women Bleed
64. Take It to the Limit
65. Please Send Me Someone to Love [Live]
66. How Strong Is a Woman
67. Damn Your Eyes
68. Higher Ground
69. What's Wrong
70. I've Got Dreams to Remember
71. Whatever Gets You Through the Night
72. Out of the Rain
73. A Lover Is Forever
74. There's Something on Your Mind
75. The Man I Love
76. Don't Explain
77. Don't Go to Strangers
78. If I Had Any Pride Left at All
79. Love Letters
80. The Blues Is My Business
81. On the 7th Day
82. The Sky Is Crying
83. I Believe I Can Fly
84. Ashes By Now