Etta James - Tell Mama (1968) mp3@320 {1337x}-kawli

Tell Mama is the eighth studio album by American singer Etta James. The album was released August 21, 1968 on Cadet Records and was produced by Rick Hall. Tell Mama was James's first album since 1963 to enter the Billboard 200 albums chart and contained her first Top 10 and 20 hits since 1964.

Tell Mama was recorded at the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, upon the encouragement of Leonard Chess, who successfully convinced James to record the album there.
At Muscle Shoals, producers were able to mix her voice in order for it sound stronger on previously-distorted high notes. The album's title track became one of the biggest hits of James's career, becoming her first Top 10 hit in four years and her highest-peaking single on the Billboard Pop chart, reaching #23. It has since been considered one of her all-time classics. The album's cover of Otis Redding's "Security" also became a major hit, reaching the Top 20 on the R&B singles chart, while also making the Pop Top 40.

The album also featured the title track's B-side, "I'd Rather Go Blind," which was originally not a hit, however it later became one of James's signature songs

Tracklist:
01. "Tell Mama" – (Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Wilbur Terrell) 2:20
02. "I'd Rather Go Blind" – (Bill Foster, Ellington Jordan) 2:33
03. "Watch Dog" – (Don Covay) 2:06
04. "Love of My Man" – (Ed Townsend) 2:37
05. "I'm Gonna Take What He's Got" – (Covay) 2:32
06. "The Same Rope" – (Leonard Caston, Jr., Lloyd Webster) 2:39
07. "Security" – (Otis Redding, Margaret Wessen) 2:44
08. "Steal Away" – (Jimmy Hughes) 2:19
09. "My Mother In-Law" – (George David, Lee Diamond) 2:20
10. "Don't Lose Your Good Thing" – (Rick Hall) 2:26
11. "It Hurts Me So Much" – (Charles Chalmers) 2:34
12. "Just a Little Bit" – (Ralph Bass, Buster Brown, John Thornton, Fats Washington) 2:11

Personnel:
Carl Banks – organ
Barry Beckett – organ
Charles Chalmers – background vocals
George Davis – keyboards
Roger Hawkins – drums
David Hood – bass
Etta James – lead vocals
Jimmy Ray Jenkins – guitar
Albert Lowe – guitar
Gene Miller – trumpet
James Mitchell – saxophone
Floyd Newman – saxophone
Spooner Oldham – keyboards
Marvell Thomas – piano
Aaron Varnell – saxophone

Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: LAME 3.92
MPEG-1 layer 3

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