Product details
- Label Chess
- Artist Etta James
- Format 1LP
- Country United States
- Released Date 2024
- Genre Blues
- Sealed Yes
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At Last! by Etta James.
Few debut albums arrive with the kind of quiet confidence that Etta James brought to "At Last!" This is the record where a young, ferociously talented singer stepped fully into her voice, moving fluidly between orchestral ballads, sultry blues, and heartbreak that still lands decades later. It remains one of the defining statements in her catalog, and it is easy to hear why on this pressing.
This particular edition is a Barnes & Noble Exclusive on red vinyl, a striking presentation for a record so steeped in mood and drama. The vinyl carries a slight transparency, so it catches the light beautifully when held up, and the outer plastic wears its hype sticker to mark the exclusive run. It is the kind of collectible that looks as distinctive on the shelf as it sounds on the turntable.
Side A opens with "Anything To Say You're Mine" before easing into the tender pull of "My Dearest Darling" and the shimmering "Trust In Me." Then comes "Sunday Kind Of Love," a slow, aching hymn to the sort of devotion that lasts past the weekend, delivered with the swelling strings and controlled longing that made James a singular interpreter of standards. "Tough Mary" closes the first side with a grittier edge, a reminder that behind the velvet there was always steel.
Flip to Side B and the temperature rises with "I Just Want To Make Love To You," a smoldering blues that shows off the raw, insistent side of her artistry. From there the album delivers its centerpiece, the title track "At Last," a song so completely owned by Etta James that it has become inseparable from her name. Its rising melody and hopeful resolution have soundtracked countless first dances and last calls, and it still stops a room every time the needle drops.
The back half sustains that emotional weight through "All I Could Do Was Cry," a bruised and towering ballad of loss, followed by a stately reading of "Stormy Weather" that leans into the sorrow at the heart of the classic. The set closes with "Girl Of My Dreams," rendered here as "Boy Of My Dreams," a fitting final flourish that sends the listener out on a note of yearning.
Together these ten songs capture an artist at the very start of a long, storied career, already in full command of blues, jazz, and pop torch balladry alike. Pressed on transparent red vinyl for this exclusive run, it is a handsome way to keep one of the great vocal albums close at hand.
Pressing Details:
Barnes & Noble Exclusive Red Vinyl. Hype sticker on outer plastic. Vinyl is slightly transparent.
Track Listing:
A1. Anything To Say You're Mine
A2. My Dearest Darling
A3. Trust In Me
A4. Sunday Kind Of Love
A5. Tough Mary
B1. I Just Want To Make Love To You
B2. At Last
B3. All I Could Do Was Cry
B4. Stormy Weather
B5. Girl Of My Dreams (rendered as Boy Of My Dreams)
Artist: Etta James
Format: 1LP
Genre: Blues
Label: Chess
Catalog Number: 0600753706763
Release Year: 2024
Country: United States
Condition: Sealed (New)
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