Etta James - Live & Ready - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Coming at you Red, Hot and Live, Etta James takes you through some of her biggest hits with a truly unmissable performance for the history books. From the lung-bursting glory of InchDust Your BroomInch and InchCan't Turn You LooseInch to the slow and simmering numbers like InchI'd Rather Go BlindInch and InchDrown in My Own TearsInch, Etta's performance on this album hits like a true force of nature, and cements her place perhaps the greatest blues, rock, and R&B singer of all time.

One of America's greatest blues and R&B singers of all time - four time Grammy Award winner and Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame vocalist Etta James holds the distinction of influencing multiple genres of music including Soul, R&B, Rock N' Roll, Blues, Gospel and Jazz. The compilation presented here features the great Ms. James singing some of the greatest blues and R&B hits ever penned including T-Bone Walker's InchStormy Monday,Inch B.B. King's InchRock Me BabyInch and Otis Redding's InchCan't Turn You Lose.Inch All selections newly remastered.

Recorded between January and October 1960 and released by Argo Records (part of Chess Records) in 1961, at Last was Etta James debut studio album. She had already made a name for herself thanks to a succession of hit singles on the R&B chart, and four of these were to be found on her debut long player. Yet as impressive as the hits undoubtedly were, what made at Last stand head and shoulders above contemporary albums was the sheer variety of material, covering most musical bases such as blues and jazz with consummate ease. There is not a faulty performance to be found on any of the tracks, just as you might expect from an already seasoned performer such as Etta James. At Last has retained it's appeal, being regularly nominated and included into listings of the Top 500 albums of all time.