Etta James‘ ‘Tell Mama’ is her eighth studio album released on August 21, 1968 by Cadet.
1 . I’D Rather Go Blind (Montreux, 1975)
2 . Tell Mama (On “Happening ’68”, 2/17/68)
3 . I’d Rather Go Blind (w/ The Roots Band, 2001)
Track listing : 1.Tell Mama (Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Wilbur Terrell) – 02:20 . 2.I’d Rather Go Blind (Bill Foster, Ellington Jordan) – 02:33 . 3.Watch Dog (Don Covay) – 02:06 . 4.Love of My Man (Ed Townsend) – 02:37 . 5.I’m Gonna Take What He’s Got (Don Covay) – 02:32 . 6.The Same Rope (Leonard Caston, Jr., Lloyd Webster) – 02:39 . 7.Security (Otis Redding, Margaret Wessen) – 02:44 . 8.Steal Away (Jimmy Hughes) – 02:19 . 9.My Mother In-Law (George David, Lee Diamond) – 02:20 . 10.Don’t Lose Your Good Thing (Rick Hall) – 02:26 . 11.It Hurts Me So Much (Charles Chalmers) – 02:34 . 12.Just a Little Bit (Ralph Bass, Buster Brown, John Thornton, Fats Washington) – 02:11 .
Musicians : Etta James – lead vocals . Carl Banks – organ . Barry Beckett – organ . Charles Chalmers – background vocals . George Davis – keyboards . Roger Hawkins – drums . David Hood – bass . 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 .
Production Produced by Rick Hall .
Recorded August 22 – December 6, 1967 at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Muscle Shoals, Alabama .
Released on August 21, 1968 by Cadet.
(Source Etta James – Tell Mama | Etta James @ Wikipedia)
