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1	–Etta James	At Last Arranged By [Orchestra Arranged By], Conductor [Orchestra Conducted By] – Riley HamptonWritten-By – Harry Warren , Mack Gordon
2	–Etta James	All I Could Do Is Cry Arranged By [Orchestra Arranged By], Conductor [Orchestra Conducted By] – Riley HamptonWritten-By – Berry Gordy, Jr.*, Billy Davis , Gwen Gordy Fuqua
3	–Etta James Duet With Harvey Fuqua	If I Can't Have You Arranged By [Orchestra Arranged By], Conductor [Orchestra Conducted By] – Riley HamptonWritten-By – Etta James, Harvey Fuqua
4	–Etta James	A Sunday King Of Love Arranged By [Orchestra Arranged By], Conductor [Orchestra Conducted By] – Riley HamptonWritten-By – Anita Leonard, Barbara Belle, Louis Prima, Stan Rhodes
5	–Etta James	My Dearest Darling Arranged By [Orchestra Arranged By], Conductor [Orchestra Conducted By] – Riley HamptonWritten-By – Edwin Bocage, Paul Gayten
6	–Etta James	Something's Got A Hold On Me Written-By – Etta James, Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods
7	–Etta James	Trust In Me Arranged By [Orchestra Arranged By], Conductor [Orchestra Conducted By] – Riley HamptonWritten-By – Jean Schwartz, Milton Ager, Ned Weaver*
8	–Etta James	Next Door To The Blues Written-By – Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods
9	–Etta James	Don't Cry Baby Arranged By [Orchestra Arranged By], Conductor [Orchestra Conducted By] – Riley HamptonWritten-By – Jimmy Johnson*, Saul Bernie, Stella Unger
10	–Etta James	Fool That I Am Arranged By [Orchestra Arranged By], Conductor [Orchestra Conducted By] – Riley HamptonWritten-By – Floyd Hunt
11	–Etta James	Two Sides To Every Story Written-By – Billy Davis , Tony Clarke
12	–Etta James	Pushover Written-By – Billy Davis , Tony Clarke
13	–Etta James	Stop The Wedding Written-By – Freddy Johnson, Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods
14	–Etta James Duet With Sugar Pie DeSanto	In The Basement, Part One Producer – Billy Davis Written-By – Billy Davis , Carl Smith , Raynard Miner
15	–Etta James	Baby, What You Want Me To Do (Live) Bass – Marion WrightDrums [Either Freeman Brown or Richard Waters] – Freeman Brown, Richard Waters Guitar – David Walker*Organ – Vonzell CooperTenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Gavrell CooperWritten-By – Jimmy Reed
16	–Etta James	I'd Rather Go Blind Drums – Roger HawkinsElectric Bass – David HoodGuitar – Albert Lowe, Jr.*, Jimmy Ray Johnson*Organ – Carl Banks Organ, Piano – Dewy Oldham*Producer – Rick Hall & StaffSaxophone [Saxes] – Aaron Varnell, Charles Chalmers, Floyd NewmanTrumpet – Gene "Bowlegs" Miller*Written-By – Billy Foster, Ellington Jordan
17	–Etta James	Security Bass – David HoodDrums – Roger Dawkins*Guitar – Albert Lowe, Jr.*, Jimmy Ray Johnson*Organ – Barry BeckettPiano – George Davis Producer – Rick Hall & StaffSaxophone [Saxes] – Aaron Varnell, Charles Chalmers, James MitchellTrumpet – Gene "Bowlegs" Miller*Written-By – Margaret Wesson, Otis Redding
18	–Etta James	Loser's Weepers, Part One Written-By – Leon David Bonds
19	–Etta James	All The Way Down Bass – Chuck RaineyCongas [Conga] – King Errison*Drums – Kenny RiceGuitar – Ken MarcoKeyboards – William D. Smith*Producer – Gabriel MeklerWritten-By – Catherine C. Williamson, Gabriel Mekler, Trevor Lawrence
20	–Etta James	Tell Mama Drums – Roger HawkinsElectric Bass – David HoodGuitar – Albert Lowe, Jr.*, Jimmy Ray Johnson*Organ – Carl Banks Organ, Piano – Dewy Oldham*Producer [Produced By] – Rick Hall & StaffSaxophone [Saxes] – Aaron Varnell, Charles Chalmers, Floyd NewmanTrumpet – Gene "Bowlegs" Miller*Written-By – Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Wilbur Terrell

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Universal Music International Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Universal Music International Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Universal Records Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Universal Records Inc.
• Recorded At – The New Era Club, Nashville
• Remastered At – MCA Music Media Studios
• Published By – Arc Music Corp.
• Published By – Blackwood Music Inc.
• Published By – Cashew Music
• Published By – Chappell & Co.
• Published By – Chevis Publishing Corp.
• Published By – Conrad Music
• Published By – EMI Feist Catalog, Inc.
• Published By – Irving Music, Inc.
• Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
• Published By – Liaison II Publishing
• Published By – Longtitude Music Co.
• Published By – Mid-Summer Night Music
• Published By – Regent Music Corp.
• Published By – Salaam Music
• Published By – Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
• Published By – Seeds Of Reed Music
• Published By – Warner Bros. Inc.
• Made By – Universal M & L, Germany

Credits

• Compiled By, Compilation Producer [Produced By] – Andy McKaie
• Design, Art Direction – Eyetoeye.com*
• Liner Notes – Peter Grendysa
• Photography By – Chess Files, Jim Marshall , MCA*, Ray Avery
• Photography By [Photo Research] – Geary Chansley
• Remastered By [Assembled By] – Paul Elmore
• Remastered By [Digitally Remastered By] – Erick Labson

Notes

℗ & © 1997 Universal Music International Ltd. Made in the EU. (printed on the right hand side of the back cover)
℗ & © 1997 Universal Records Inc. Made in the EU (printed on the disc media label)
℗ © 1997 Universal Music International Ltd. (printed on page 10 of the booklet)

The catalog number: MCD 09367 is printed on the rear of the digipak, on both spines, on the disc media label and on page 10 of the booklet. The catalog number: 329 367-2 is printed on the rear of the digipak and on both spines.

Similar to Etta James - Her Best, however that release is an EDC, Germany pressing.

Packaging: Six-panel digipak with a black tray and a 12-page booklet. Included with the booklet is a "Chess Legendary Master Series" catalog as a leaflet letter-folded forming six panels.

32 bit digitally re-mastered

All tracks recorded in Chicago except as noted.
Tracks One through Thirteen Produced by Ralph Bass or Billy Davis.
Digitally remastered by Erick Labson, Assembled by Paul Elmore, MCA Music Media Studios, No. Hollywood, CA
Sources: The Chess Files; "Chess R&B: A Discography of the Artists on the Chess Labels 1947 to 1975" by Les Fancourt; "The Chess Labels - A Discography, Vols. One and Two" by Michael Ruppli (Greenwood Press)

Track 1: Published by Feist Catalog, Inc., ASCAP. Recorded October 1960. Originally Argo single 5380
Track 2: Published by Jobete Music, Co., Inc./Stone Agate Music, ASCAP/BMI. Recorded January, 1960. Originally Argo single 5359
Track 3: Published by Liaison II Publishing/Arc Music Corp., BMI. Recorded May, 1960. Originally Chess single 1760
Track 4: published by MCA Music Publishing, A Division of MCA, Inc., ASCAP. Recorded October, 1960. Originally Argo single 5393
Track 5: Published by Arc Music Corp., BMI. Recorded May, 1960. Originally Argo single 5363
Track 6: Published by Longitude Music Co., BMI. Recorded December, 1961. Originally Argo single 5409
Track 7: Published by Warner Bros. Inc., ASCAP. Recorded October, 1960. Originally Argo single 5385
Track 8: Published by Longitude Music Co., BMI. Recorded December, 1961. Originally Argo single 5424
Track 9: Published by Warner Bros. Inc., ASCAP. Recorded March, 1961. Originally Argo single 5393
Track 10: Published by Chappell & Co., ASCAP. Recorded March, 1961. Originally Argo single 5390
Track 11: Published by Chevis Publishing Corp./Salaam Music BMI. Recorded June, 1963. Originally Argo single 5452
Track 12: Published by Chevis Publishing Corp., BMI. Recorded November 14, 1962. Originally Argo single 5437
Track 13: Published by Longitude Music Co., Inc., BMI. Recorded July 27-29, 1962. Originally Argo single 5418
Track 14: Published by Chevis Publishing Corp., BMI. Recorded April 1966. Originally Cadet single 5539
Track 15: Published by Conrad Music, A Division of Arc Music Corp./Seeds Of Reed Music, BMI. Recorded live at The New Era Club, Nashville, September 27-28, 1963. Originally on Argo LP 4032, "Etta James Rocks The House"/Edited version Argo single 5459
Track 16: Published by Arc Music Corp., BMI. Recorded Muscle Shoals, Alabama, August 23, 1967. Originally Cadet single 5578
Track 17: Published by Irving Music, Inc., BMI. Recorded Muscle Shoals, Alabama, December 6, 1967. Originally on Cadet LP 802, "Tell Mama"/Also Cadet single 5594
Track 18: Published by Regent Music Corp., BMI. Recorded Los Angeles, June 19, 1970. Originally Cadet single 5676
Track 19: Published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Mid-Summer Night Music/Cashew Music/Regent Music Corp., ASCAP/BMI. Originally Chess single 2144
Track 20: Published by Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc., BMI. Recorded Muscle Shoals, Alabama, August 24, 1967. Originally Cadet single 5578

Track 6 "Something's Got A Hold On Me" lists the personnel as possibly John Young (piano); Matt Murphy (guitar); Reggie Boyd (bass); Al Duncan (drums); Unknown (backing vocals) and Track 8 "Next Door To The Blues" states same personnel as [track 6].
Track 19 "All The Way Down" credits Unknown (Horns)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 76732 93672 6
• Barcode (Scanned): 076732936726
• Matrix / Runout (Outer Ring): MCD09367 329 367-2 01 +
• Matrix / Runout (Inner Ring): MADE IN GERMANY BY UNIVERSAL M & L
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L002
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 0125
• Rights Society: BIEM/MCPS
• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Rights Society: BMI
• Label Code: LC01056
• Price Code (France): UN 711

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
329 367-2, CHD-9367	Etta James	Her Best ‎(CD, Comp, RM)	Chess, Universal	329 367-2, CHD-9367	US	1997
MCD 09367	Etta James	Her Best ‎(CD, Comp, RM)	Chess, Universal	MCD 09367	Europe	1997
329 367-2, MCD 09367	Etta James	Her Best ‎(CD, Comp, RE, RM, Dig)	Chess, MCA Records	329 367-2, MCD 09367	UK & Europe	Unknown
329 367-2, MCD 09367	Etta James	Her Best ‎(CD, Comp, RM)	Chess, Universal	329 367-2, MCD 09367	UK & Europe	1997
D118247, CHD-9367	Etta James	Her Best ‎(CD, Comp, Club)	Chess, Universal	D118247, CHD-9367	US	1997