LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• thoroughly ‘modern’ etta - here’s a long-overdue, definitive 2cd set containing one take of every recording ms james made for modern and kent records between 1954 and 1958, plus every surviving significant alternate take - remastered from the original modern tape sources. • this repertoire was recorded in new orleans and los angeles between 1954 and 1958, and features nothing but the cream of each city’s session musicians. • many of the tracks here are undisputed r & b hall of fame classics, including ‘the wallflower’ (a.k.a. roll with me henry), ‘good rockin’ daddy’, ‘the pick-up’ and the wild and crazy ‘tough lover’. • etta james is now rightly revered as one of r & b’s greatest ‘living legends’, her reputation assured by a catalogue that spans over half a century. these are the tracks that forged etta’s reputation as one of r&b’s all-time finest female talents. • this is the first time that they have all been reissued in the same place, at the same time - and they have never, ever sounded as good as they do here.
track listing:
cd 1 - the modern singles
1. the wallflower (unedited version) - etta james and the peaches 2. hold me, squeeze me - etta james and the peaches 3. hey henry 4. be mine 5. good rockin’ daddy 6. crazy feeling (with group) 7. w-o-m-a-n 8. that’s all 9. number one 10. i’m a fool 11. shortnin’ bread rock 12. tears of joy 13. tough lover 14. fools we mortals be 15. good lookin’ 16. then i’ll care 17. the pick up 18. market place 19. come what may 20. by the light of the silvery moon
cd 2 - the kent singles, album tracks and rarities
1. ‘baby baby’ every night 2. sunshine of love 3. how big a fool 4. if it ain’t one thing - betty & dupree (etta & harvey fuqua) 5. i hope you’re satisfied - betty & dupree (etta & harvey fuqua) 6. dance with me henry 7. don’t you remember 8. hickory dickory dock 9. nobody loves you like me 10. we’re in love - betty & dupree (etta & harvey fuqua) 11. you know what i mean 12. strange things happening 13. be my lovey dovey (rehearsal) 14. tough lover (take 2) 15. good lookin’ (take 8) 16. hey henry (alternate take of master) 17. crazy feeling (without group) 18. market place (alternate take) 19. hey henry (alternate version) 20. good rockin’ daddy (alternate mix) 21. how big a fool (harmony vocals version) 22. that’s all (alternate take)