At Last! The Stereo & Mono Versions + 4 Bonus Tracks

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Personnel includes: Etta James, Harvey Fuqua (vocals); Riley Hampton Orchestra. Producers: Leonard Chess, Phil Chess. Reissue producer: Andy McKaie. Originally released on Argo (4003). Includes liner notes by Andy McKaie. Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (MCA Music Media Studios, North Hollywood, California). When Etta James signed with Chess Records in 1960, the label decided to pair her raw, bluesy singing with a full backing band and lush orchestrations. AT LAST!, her Chess debut, shows the formula working to fine effect, as it highlights the singer's facility with different approaches including torchy balladry, jazz crooning, growling blues, and R&B shouting. She sounds equally at home on Willie Dixon stompers ("I Just Want To Make Love To You"), standards ("Stormy Weather"), and down-tempo soul workouts (the beautiful title track). James performs several duets with Moonglows vocalist (and then-boyfriend) Harvey Fuqua, including Dixon's "Spoonful," the duo's self-penned "My Heart Cries," and the chart-hit "If I Can't Have You." The emotionally wrenching "All I Could Do Is Cry" (the lyrics have the singer watching her beloved marry another), and soothing, romantic "Trust in Me" were hits on both the pop and R&B charts, assuring the singer's name recognition and paving the way for her future successes. AT LAST! is a fine set of R&B, blues, and jazz songs that showcase James's versatility and powerhouse pipes.

＜The Stereo Version＞
01 Anything To Say You're Mine
02 My Dearest Darling
03 Trust In Me
04 A Sunday Kind Of Love
05 Tough Mary
06 I Just Want To Make Love To You
07 At Last
08 All I Could Do Was Cry
09 Stormy Weather
10 Girl Of My Dreams [Rendered As "Boy Of My Dreams"]
＜The Mono Version＞
11 Anything To Say You're Mine
12 My Dearest Darling
13 Trust In Me
14 A Sunday Kind Of Love
15 Tough Mary
16 I Just Want To Make Love To You
17 At Last
18 All I Could Do Was Cry
19 Stormy Weather
20 Girl Of My Dreams [Rendered As "Boy Of My Dreams"]
Bonus Tracks:
21 If I Can't Have You
22 My Heart Cries
23 Spoonful
24 It's A Crying Shame