Etta James - Platinum Collection

Etta James - Platinum CollectionMany great singers passed through the hands of late great soul R&B producer Jerry Wexler, from Aretha Franklin to Dusty Springfield, but Etta James was a singer he willingly waited 20 long years to work with. "Etta is a church in herself," he said in his autobiography, adding: "Her voice is a mighty influence, her musical personality able to express an extraordinary range of moods." He further described her as "A woman used but not spent, abused but

would have been used to going back to back on the records captured later on the 'Ultimate Breaks & Beats' compilations

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was the third and final album in a trilogy of indie folk masterpieces that all confronted the internal ways we process our struggles with intimacies

by the age of 20

the album's title

After 20 years at the mike

right down to the jeepney that literally and figuratively brings the music out into the community

" a guitar solo outtake from the original sessions

For while operating in his previous outfits became a lesson in diplomacy rather than musical innovation

with a bonus 12" pressed on ultra-clear laser-etched and UV printed vinyl featuring four bonus tracks: "Pushing Buttons"

HOT BREATH is your after party that never stops

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