At Last! ［LP+CD］

これはすごい!180g重量盤LPにて名盤復刻…だけじゃない、ボーナストラックがふんだんに収録されたCDまで付属の愛蔵版!

チェス・レコードを代表するブルースの女王=エタ・ジェイムスの名盤が復刻!
LPにはアルバム本編に加え、ボーナストラックとして同時期の彼女の名演の数々が追加収録!
さらにさらに!CDには名盤『The Second Time Around』がまるっと収録、でしかもその他に7曲のボーナストラックが収録(!!)、なんとも至れり尽くせりな一枚です!

After spending a few years in limbo after scoring her first R&B hits "Dance With Me, Henry" and "Good Rocking Daddy," Etta James returned to the spotlight in 1961 with her first Chess release, At Last. James made both the R&B and pop charts with the album's title cut, "All I Could Do Was Cry," and "Trust in Me." What makes At Last a great album is not only the solid hits it contains, but also the strong variety of material throughout. James expertly handles jazz standards like "Stormy Weather" and "A Sunday Kind of Love," as well as Willie Dixon's blues classic "I Just Want to Make Love to You." James demonstrates her keen facility on the title track in particular, as she easily moves from powerful blues shouting to more subtle, airy phrasing; her Ruth Brown-inspired, bad-girl growl only adds to the intensity. James would go on to even greater success with later hits like "Tell Mama," but on At Last one hears the singer at her peak in a swinging and varied program of blues, R&B, and jazz standards. ~ Stephen Cook