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A1	Tell Mama Written-By – Carter*
A2	I'd Rather Go Blind Written-By – Foster*, Jordan*
A3	Watch Dog Written-By – Covay*
A4	The Love Of My Man Written-By – Townsend*
A5	I'm Gonna Take What He's Got Written-By – Covay*
A6	The Same Rope Written-By – Caston*, Webber*
B1	Security Written-By – Redding*
B2	Steal Away Written-By – Hughes*
B3	My Mother-In-Law Written-By – George David*, Lee Diamond
B4	Don't Lose Your Good Thing Written By – Robert KillenWritten-By – Oldham*, Hall*
B5	It Hurts Me So Much Written-By – Chalmers*
B6	Just A Little Bit Written-By – Rosco Gordon

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Fame Recording Studios
• Manufactured By – Phonodisc Limited
• Distributed By – Phonodisc Limited

Credits

• Arranged By – Rick Hall & Staff*
• Artwork – Bill Utterback
• Bass – David Hood
• Drums – Roger Hawkins
• Engineer – Rick Hall
• Guitar – Albert Lowe, Jr.*, Jimmy Ray Johnson*
• Organ – Barry Beckett, Carl Banks , Dewey L. Oldham*
• Piano – Dewey L. Oldham*, George Davis , Marvell Thomas
• Producer – Rick Hall & Staff*
• Saxophone – Aaron Varnell, Charles Chalmers, Floyd Newman, James Mitchell
• Trumpet – Gene Miller
• Vocals – Etta James

Notes

Manufactured and distributed in Canada by Phonodisc Limited, 355 King Street W., Toronto, Canada

Recorded August and November, 1967 at Fame Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LPS 802, LPS-802	Etta James	Tell Mama ‎(LP, Album)	Cadet, Cadet	LPS 802, LPS-802	US	1968
PLP 805	Etta James	Tell Mama ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Chess, Cadet, P-Vine Special	PLP 805	Japan	1983
LCT 1012	Etta James	Tell Mama ‎(LP, Album)	Cadet	LCT 1012	South Africa	1968
CHC-9269	Etta James	Tell Mama ‎(Cass, Album)	Chess	CHC-9269	US	1987
CH-9269	Etta James	Tell Mama ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Chess	CH-9269	UK	1987