Original Album Classics (1998-2003)

~ Release by Etta James (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

5 disc, 5 albums held in a papercase.
They are a vinyl replica in card cover format.

Annotation last modified on 2025-07-21 13:44 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Life, Love & The Blues
2▶CD: The Heart of a Woman
3▶CD: Matriarch of the Blues
4▼CD: Blue Gardenia
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1This Bitter Earth
lead vocals:
Etta James (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
arranger:
Cedar Walton
cover recording of:
This Bitter Earth (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
lyricist and composer:
Clyde Otis (American songwriter and record producer)
publisher:
Eden Music, Inc., Ensign Music, Iza Music Corp., Play Music, Inc. and Trio Music (publisher)
4:21
2He's Funny That Way
lead vocals:
Etta James (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
arranger:
Cedar Walton
cover recording of:
She’s Funny That Way (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
lyricist:
Richard A. Whiting (composer) (in 1928)
writer:
Neil Moret and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
composer:
Neil Moret (in 1928)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI April Music Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Robbins Music Corp. and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.
6:01
3In My Solitude
lead vocals:
Etta James (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
arranger:
Cedar Walton
cover recording of:
(In My) Solitude (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange (in 1934) and Irving Mills (in 1934)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1934)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., De Lange Music Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd.
5:16
4There Is No Greater Love
lead vocals:
Etta James (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
arranger:
Cedar Walton
cover recording of:
There Is No Greater Love (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
lyricist:
Marty Symes (lyricist)
composer:
Isham Jones
publisher:
Banta Music, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and World Music, Inc.
5:18
5Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
lead vocals:
Etta James (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
arranger:
Cedar Walton
cover recording of:
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’ (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Greene (US songwriter Joseph Perkins Greene, 1915-1986)
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
5:18
6Love Letters
flugelhorn:
Rick Baptist (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
percussion:
Ron Powell (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
lead vocals:
Etta James (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
arranger:
Josh Sklair
cover recording of:
Love Letters (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
part of:
The 18th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
3:59
7These Foolish Things
lead vocals:
Etta James (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
arranger:
Cedar Walton
cover recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
5:14
8Come Rain or Come Shine
lead vocals:
Etta James (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
arranger:
Cedar Walton
cover recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
5:40
9Don't Worry 'Bout Me
lead vocals:
Etta James (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
arranger:
Cedar Walton
cover recording of:
Don’t Worry ’Bout Me (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1939)
writer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) and Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) (in 1939)
publisher:
Cinephonic Music Co., Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
5:52
10Cry Me a River
lead vocals:
Etta James (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
arranger:
Cedar Walton
cover recording of:
Cry Me a River (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Hamilton
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Co. Inc., Harmony Grace Publishing, Saunders Publications Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Daksel Music Corp. (in 1982) and Song and Dance Music Co. (in 1982)
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label)
5:03
11Don't Blame Me
lead vocals:
Etta James (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
arranger:
Cedar Walton
cover recording of:
Don’t Blame Me (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Ireneadele Publishing
5:02
12My Man
lead vocals:
Etta James (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
arranger:
Cedar Walton
cover recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
lyricist:
Jacques Charles (French librettist and theatre producer) and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Maurice Yvain
translator:
Channing Pollock
publisher:
CBS Feist Catalog, Inc. (ended) and Éditions Salabert France
translated version of:
Mon homme
5:10
13Blue Gardenia
background vocals:
Dorothy Letherwood (singer) (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
lead vocals:
Etta James (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
arranger:
Cedar Walton
cover recording of:
Blue Gardenia (from 2000-11-30 until 2001-02-27)
writer:
Lester Lee and Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Harrison Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
5:08
5▶CD: Let's Roll

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Europe
rights society:BIEM (international rights organization representing member societies from 58 countries)
GEMA (German rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
distributed by:Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP)
copyrighted (©) by:Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 2011)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1970, in 1971, in 1972, in 1976, in 2011)
mastered at:Sony DADC (optical disc manufacturing company)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/6905482 [info]
ASIN:DE: B0062EKXX2 [info]
purchase for mail-order:https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/Etta-James-Original-Album-Classics/hnum/1612001 [info]