Etta James - Tell Mama - The Complete Muscle Shoals Sessions (LP 1968 Chess - CD Expanded 2001 MCA + Booklet) - Rare Soul (FLAC 410MB)

Born in 1938 & passed in 2012 Etta was a true soul lagend. Etta was discovered as a teenager by Johnny Otis, with her first hit in 1955. She recorded for Modern & Kent Records for the remainder of the 1950's. She signed with Chess in 1960, recording with them until 1976. From 1965 to the mid 1970's she battled heroin addiction, as did Esther Phillips , Billie Holiday & so many more sadly.... In 1978 she recorded the Jerry Wexler produced "Deep in the Night", which was her final recording until 1988, returning to the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios to record "Seven Years Itch". From 1988 through 2006, she recorded frequent albums. She was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. In 2008, the movie "Cadillac Records" told the story of her career through to the late 1970's, with her role being played by Beyoncé Knowles. With a staggering 50 studio albums & over 150 x 45,s she really left her mark on many of us with her powerful performances...........Leonard Chess dispatched Etta James to Muscle Shoals in 1967, and the move paid off with one of her best and most soul searing Cadet albums. Produced by Rick Hall, the resultant album boasted a relentlessly driving title cut, the moving soul ballad “I’d Rather Go Blind,” and sizzling covers of Otis Redding’s “Security” and Jimmy Hughes’ “Don’t Lose Your Good Thing,” and a pair of fine Don Covay compositions. The skin tight session aces at Fame Studios really did themselves proud behind Miss Peaches. This is a fantastic compilation of the tracks recorded by Etta at the famous Muscle Shoals Recording Studio's owned by the legendary Rick Hall. Every track is electric! Etta's performances are spinetingling. That big soulful voice is a true powerhouse. The musicianship is cookin' and the sound quality is awesome. The entire collection is charged with raw emotion. The band was recorded playing live with Etta and it gives a real raw authentic vibe. This is lightning in a bottle or at least originally caught on tape! Nobody knew when they bought the LP years ago that there were more tracks in the can. The album has gone into soul folklore, you listen to these tracks and a shiver runs up my spine anyway,she sure put the `S` in soul. I loved the LP but to have this expanded version is great!

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