Ета Джеймс е американска певица на rhythm and blues, соул, блус и джаз. Започва кариерата си в средата на 50-те години и става известна с хитове като Dance With Me, Henry, At Last, Tell Mama и I'd Rather Go Blind. През 1993 година е включена в Залата на славата на рокендрола, а през 2001 година в Залата на славата на блуса. Носителка е на шест награди Грами и седемнадесет награди Blues Music Award.
Компилацията The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection е издадена през 2017 година от издателство Big3 в gatefold digipack. Тридисковият комплект включва 60 песни, които предлагат преглед на богатата ѝ кариера, включително класически записи като At Last, W-O-M-A-N, I Just Want to Make Love to You и All i could do was cry. Колекцията демонстрира широчината на таланта на Джеймс в различни жанрове – от rhythm and blues и соул, през рокендрол, до блус и джаз звучения.
Композиции
CD1
1. At Last
2. W-O-M-A-N
3. Dance With Me, Henry ('the Wallflower')
4. Good Rockin' Daddy
5. Crazy Feeling
6. Hey, Henry (Doin' Fine, Henry)
7. Be Mine
8. That's All
9. My One and Only (Number One)
10. I'm a Fool
11. Shortnin' Bread Rock
12. Tears of Joy
13. Tough Lover
14. Fools We Mortals Be
15. Good Lookin'
16. Then I'll Care
17. The Pick Up
18. Market Place
19. Come What May
20. I Hope You're Satisfied (With Harvey Fuqua).
CD2
1. I Just Want To Make Love To You
2. All I Could Do Was Cry
3. Don't Cry, Baby
4. Baby, Baby, Every Night
5. How Big a Fool
6. If I Can't Have You (With Harvey Fuqua)
7. Spoonful (With Harvey Fuqua)
8. Girl of My Dreams (Rendered As 'Boy of My Dreams')
9. My Dearest Darling
10. Tough Mary
11. Anything To Say You're Mine
12. Strange Things Happening
13. Stormy Weather
14. Fool That I Am
15. Dream
16. A Sunday Kind of Love
17. It's Too Soon To Know
18. One For My Baby (and One More For the Road)
19. In My Diary
20. I'll Dry My Eyes.
CD3
1. Trust In Me
2. Something's Got a Hold On Me
3. Seven Day Fool
4. Plum Nuts
5. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
6. Waiting For Charlie To Come Home
7. Guess Again
8. A Lover's Mourn
9. You Can Count On Me
10. My Dear
11. Nobody But You
12. Let Me Know
13. How Do You Speak To an Angel?
14. Fools Rush In
15. Next Door To the Blues
16. Don't Blame Me
17. I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You)
18. These Foolish Things
19. Prisoner of Love
20. Would It Make Any Difference To You?.
