The Essential Modern Records Collection by Etta James (CD, 2011)

Frank Collura (Compilation); Colin Finkelstein (Compilation)

Virgin

5099909851924

6050157937

Etta James

CD

2011

The Essential Modern Records Collection

R&B & Soul

38 mins 33 seconds

This 15-track compilation focuses on the earliest sessions recorded by Etta James for Modern Records between 1955 and 1957. James was only a teenager when she first recorded for the L.A.-based label. Her youthful exuberance and powerhouse delivery still generate that initial excitement captured on these remastered versions of "The Wallflower (Roll with Me Henry)," "The Pick-Up," "W-O-M-A-N," and "Good Rockin' Daddy." This set is a great introduction to James' early raw recordings; however, it excludes a few tracks from the superior The Best of the Modern Years on Metro Blue. ~ Al Campbell

Spin (p.106) - "[H]er '50s singles, collected here, trace the development of soul's first queen."

EMI

Stereo

1

USA