Rescued: The Best of Fontella Bass

Track Listings

1. Rescue Me

2. You'll Never Know

3. Don't Mess up a Good Thing - Fontella Bass, Bobby McClure

4. Soul of a Man [Aka Soul of the Man]

5. Sweet Lovin' Daddy

6. Recovery

7. Since I Fell for You

8. You're Gonna Miss Me

9. I Surrender

10. Free at Last

11. Baby, What You Want Me to Do - Fontella Bass, Bobby McClure

12. Joy of Love

13. I Can't Rest

14. Oh No, Not My Baby

15. Don't Jump - Fontella Bass, Bobby McClure

16. Leave It in the Hands of Love

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
1992 digitally remastered compilation for the soul vocalist includes her hit, 'Rescue Me', along with 15 more great sides she cut for Checker/Chess Records in the mid-'60s. Digipak. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Rescued: The Best of Fontella Bass,Fontella Bass,Mca,Chicago Soul,Northern Soul,Pop,Pop-Soul,R&B,Soul,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,United States of America

Tracks:

Rescue Me
You'll Never Know
Don't Mess Up A Good Thing
The Soul Of A Man (A/K/A Soul Of The Man)
Sweet Lovin' Daddy
Recovery
Since I Fell For You
You're Gonna Miss Me
I Surrender
Free At Last
Baby What You Want Me To Do
Joy Of Love
I Can't Rest
Oh, No, Not My Baby
Don't Jump
Leave It In The Hands Of Love

Album Description

1992 digitally remastered compilation for the soul vocalist includes her hit, 'Rescue Me', along with 15 more great sides she cut for Checker/Chess Records in the mid-'60s. Digipak.

Customer Reviews:

More than a one-hit wonder.......2004-12-10

Although Fontella Bass has a new lease of popularity thanks to the likes of the Cinematic Orchestra, she is best known for the 1965 hit, Rescue Me, her first solo single for Chess Records subsidiary label Checker. It takes pride of place in this 16 track compilation, which collects the best of her output for Chess, but there is far more to her than that.
Rescued includes one previously unreleased 1968 track (Joy Of Love), one released only in France (Free At Last) and several singles not previously included on album, and there are indications that Checker were slightly caught out by the runaway success of Rescue Me and weren't sure quite what to do with her, as some of the subsequent singles sound like blatant attempts to capitalize on her hit by sounding as much like it as possible. Some of her best material, conversely, was buried on B-sides, for example The Soul Of The Man (the B-side of Rescue Me) and Don't Jump, a duet with Bobby McClure which became a big favourite despite being consigned to the other side of flop single You're Gonna Miss Me.
The biggest omission is the only A-side not to be included, Safe And Sound, an obvious attempt at using a formula to recreate the success of Rescue Me. It can be found on Ace's compilation Where The Girls Are Vol. 3.
Her only album for the label was The New Look, rushed together to cash in on Rescue Me and was largely made up contemporary covers, quickly learned from the records. However, Lester Bowie, best known for his work with the Art Ensemble Of Chicago, who played trumpet on the album sessions, went on to marry Fontella, and they worked productively together when they quit the US for Paris around 1968-1969. Two selections from that LP are included here: Since I Fell For You and Oh No Not My Baby.
Fontella Bass grew up singing and playing piano, as her mother Martha was a major gospel star and all her family were deeply into gospel music. Fontella started out professionally as a piano player in Little Milton Campbell Junior's band in 1961 and became their female vocalist one night by chance when Milton failed to show up and their musical director Oliver Sain got her on stage in his place. She and Bobby McClure later sang in the Oliver Sain Revue, which brought them to the attention of Leonard Chess. Her first couple of singles for the label where duets with Bobby McClure, including the hit single Don't Mess Up A Good Thing.
Perhaps Chess/Checker didn't know quite what they had but is all here in these grooves to be enjoyed today

pretty god damm special.......1999-03-29

pretty god damm specia

Fontella is great!.......1999-03-13

This is the greatest CD. Fontella is a natural and has a beautiful voice. She did write the song Rescue Me. That other lady DID NOT! Fontella your the greatest!!! Good Luck!