Paul Secular wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me if 'Mellow Fellow' is available on some comp. or re-issue
> or something?
Yes. It was on the "Go Go Power" compilation of Chess family tunes.
Also contains "Seven Day Fool", Etta & Sugar Pie DeSanto doing "In The
Basement", GoGo Power" and "Do I Make Myself Clear". And a bunch of
other nice stuff - Billy Stewart, Terry Callier, Jackie Ross etc...
Came out on vinyl and CD around 5 years ago - should be quite cheap. It
was on her "Queen of Soul" LP on Argo if you happen to see that on a
list (it wil probably cost a fair bit less than any of the singles taken
from it).
> Also which are the other essential Etta James recordings?
Soul-wise, it sounds like you're after the Argo and Cadet period
releases. The earlier R&B releases on Chess are also pretty much
essential, though. In other words, I'd be confident in buying anything
up to and including the early 70's and even some of the stuff after that
is pretty good.
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