James, Etta - At Last (Chess Records 75th Anniversary Series)

Chess Records was more than the home of guitar-driven blues; their Argo imprint was the longtime home of Etta James, whose powerful voice remains a gold standard for pop and soul’s most impassioned belters.

1960’s At Last - bolstered by renditions of “Stormy Weather,” “A Sunday Kind of Love,” “I Just Want to Make Love to You” and the immortal title track, which became her signature song - is perhaps the purest essence of Etta’s craft pressed onto vinyl.