Ray_Charles-Pure_Genius_The_Complete_Atlantic_Recordings_(1952-1959)-7CD-2005-MTD

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Ray Charles - Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959)

ARTIST.....: Ray Charles
TITLE......: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959)
LABEL......: Rhino Records
URL........: http://www.rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=74731

RIP DATE...: Sep-20-2005
STORE DATE.: Sep-20-2005
GENRE......: Soul
QUALITY....: VBR  /  44.1Hz  /  Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 585,0 MB


Track Listing:

     cd1

01 - The Sun's Gonna Shine Again                02:39
02 - Roll With My Baby                          02:38
03 - The Midnight Hour                          03:02
04 - Jumpin' In The Mornin'                     02:48
05 - It Should've Been Me                       02:44
06 - Losing Hand                                03:14
07 - Heartbreaker                               02:53
08 - Sinner's Prayer                            03:24
09 - Mess Around                                02:42
10 - Funny (But I Still Love You)               03:15
11 - Feelin' Sad                                02:51
12 - I Wonder Who                               02:50
13 - Don't You Know                             02:58
14 - Nobody Cares                               02:40
15 - Ray's Blues                                02:55
16 - I Got A Break Baby                         02:48
17 - Blackjack                                  02:21
18 - I've Got A Woman                           02:54
19 - Greenbacks                                 02:52
20 - Come Back Baby                             03:07
21 - A Fool For You                             03:04
22 - This Little Girl Of Mine                   02:33
23 - Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)    02:55
24 - Blues Hangover                             02:20
25 - Mary Ann                                   02:48
26 - Drown In My Own Tears                      03:22
27 - Hallelujah I Love Her So                   02:36
28 - What Would I Do Without You                02:35

     cd2

01 - Dawn Ray                                   05:04
02 - The Man I Love                             04:28
03 - Music, Music, Music                        02:56
04 - Black Coffee                               05:32
05 - Lonely Avenue                              02:35
06 - I Want To Know                             02:11
07 - Leave My Woman Alone                       02:41
08 - The Ray                                    04:00
09 - I Surrender Dear                           05:07
10 - Hornful Soul                               05:31
11 - Ain't Misbehavin'                          05:42
12 - Joy Ride                                   04:40
13 - Sweet Sixteen Bars                         04:09
14 - Doodlin'                                   05:53
15 - There's No You                             04:47
16 - Undecided                                  03:43
17 - My Melancholy Baby                         04:23
18 - It's All Right                             02:18
19 - Ain't That Love                            02:51

     cd3

01 - Rockhouse Parts 1 & 2                      03:53
02 - Get On The Right Track Baby                02:20
03 - Swanee River Rock                          02:18
     (Talkin' 'bout That River)
04 - That's Enough                              02:47
05 - Talkin' 'bout You                          02:50
06 - What Kind Of Man Are You                   02:51
07 - I Want A Little Girl                       02:56
08 - How Long Blues                             09:18
     (Milt Jackson & Ray Charles)
09 - Cosmic Ray (Milt Jackson & Ray Charles)    05:25
10 - The Genius After Hours                     05:25
11 - Charlesville                               04:57
12 - Bags Of Blues (Milt Jackson & Ray Charles) 08:53
13 - Deed I Do (Milt Jackson & Ray Charles)     05:52
14 - Blue Funk (Milt Jackson & Ray Charles)     08:13
15 - Soul Brothers (Milt Jackson & Ray Charles) 09:33

     cd4

01 - Bag's Guitar Blues                         06:28
     (Milt Jackson & Ray Charles)
02 - Yes Indeed!                                02:17
03 - I Had A Dream                              02:55
04 - You Be My Baby                             02:30
05 - Tell All The World About You               02:03
06 - My Bonnie                                  02:50
07 - Soul Meeting (Ray Charles & Milt Jackson)  06:06
08 - Hallelujah I Love Her So                   05:32
     (Ray Charles & Milt Jackson)
09 - Blue Genius (Ray Charles & Milt Jackson)   06:42
10 - X-Ray Blues (Ray Charles & Milt Jackson)   07:07
11 - Love On My Mind                            03:49
     (Ray Charles & Milt Jackson)
12 - The Spirit-Feel (Live 1958)                03:46
13 - Blues Waltz (Live 1958)                    06:25
14 - In A Little Spanish Town (Live 1958)       03:49
15 - Sherry (Live 1958)                         04:27
16 - (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Live 1958) 04:05
17 - A Fool For You (Live 1958)                 07:12

     cd5

01 - I've Got A Woman (Live 1958)               06:20
02 - Talkin' 'bout You (Live 1958)              04:22
03 - Swanee River Rock                          02:09
     (Talkin' 'bout That River) (Live 1958)
04 - Yes Indeed! (Live 1958)                    02:40
05 - Early In The Mornin'                       02:48
06 - (Night Time Is) The Right Time             03:26
07 - Carrying That Load (Single Version)        02:17
08 - Carrying That Load (Lp Version)            02:24
09 - Tell Me How Do You Feel                    02:45
10 - Fathead - David Newman                     05:23
11 - Tin Tin Deo - David Newman                 05:22
12 - Bill For Bennie - David Newman             04:17
13 - Hard Times - David Newman                  04:44
14 - Mean To Me - David Newman                  04:17
15 - Sweet Eyes - David Newman                  03:45
16 - Weird Beard - David Newman                 04:50
17 - Willow Weep For Me - David Newman          05:00
18 - Tell The Truth                             03:06
19 - What'd I Say Parts I & II                  05:04
     (Mono LP Version)

     cd6

01 - What'd I Say Parts I & II                  06:31
     (Stereo LP Version)
02 - Tell Me You'll Wait For Me                 03:25
03 - Come Rain Or Come Shine                    03:43
04 - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'         03:47
05 - Just For A Thrill                          03:26
06 - You Won't Let Me Go                        03:22
07 - Am I Blue                                  03:41
08 - The Spirit-Feel (Live 1959)                04:23
09 - Frenesi (Live 1959)                        05:05
10 - Tell The Truth (Live 1959)                 03:36
11 - Drown In My Own Tears (Live 1959)          06:25
12 - (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Live 1959) 04:06
13 - What'd I Say (Live 1959)                   04:26
14 - Let The Good Times Roll                    02:54
15 - Alexander's Ragtime Band                   02:53
16 - Deed I Do                                  02:28
17 - When Your Lover Has Gone                   02:52
18 - Two Years Of Torture                       03:25
19 - It Had To Be You                           02:45
20 - I'm Movin' On                              02:22
21 - I Believe To My Soul                       02:59

     cd7

01 - Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand                 00:21
02 - Unknown Title                              01:17
03 - Piano Improvisation & Dialog #1            00:32
04 - Losing Hand & Dialog #1                    01:47
05 - Little Rock Getaway & Dialog               01:16
06 - Kentucky Waltz                             01:24
07 - Heartbreaker (Instrumental Version)        02:14
08 - Heartbreaker & Dialog                      01:14
09 - Piano Improvisation & Dialog #2            00:42
10 - Heartbreaker (False Starts 1-2)            01:13
11 - Losing Hand & Dialog #2                    01:21
12 - Losing Hand & Dialog #3 (W/ Reverb)        01:27
13 - Losing Hand & Dialog #4 (W/ Reverb)        04:55
14 - Heartbreaker                               02:53
15 - It Should've Been Me & Dialog              02:56
16 - I Ain't Got Nobody                         03:58
17 - Piano Improvisation & Dialog #3            00:34
18 - Mess Around                                02:40
19 - Funny (But I Still Love You)               03:17
20 - Sinner's Prayer                            03:45
21 - Piano Improvisation & Dialog #4            01:01
22 - Low Society & Dialog #1                    03:08
23 - Boogie Woogie                              01:57
24 - Low Society & Dialog #2                    03:29
25 - Worried Life Blues                         03:01
26 - Come Back Baby                             01:59
     (Walter Davis Version) & Dialog
27 - Low Society                                02:57
28 - (Night Time Is) The Right Time             08:17
     (Takes 1-7) & Dialog
29 - Tell Me How Do You Feel (Take 1)           03:22
30 - Dialog                                     01:01
31 - It Had To Be You & Dialog                  01:41
32 - My Buddy & Dialog                          01:46
33 - Dialog                                     00:18
34 - When Your Lover Has Gone & Dialog          01:51
35 - I'm Beginning To See The Light             01:27
36 - Let The Good Times Roll & Dialog           02:46

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                                                cd1: 79:48 cd2: 78:31 cd3: 77:31 cd4: 78:03 cd5: 74:59 cd6: 78:34 cd7: 79:47
Release Notes:

Ray Charles' seminal recordings for Atlantic have been boxed once
before, as the triple-disc 1991 set The Birth of Soul. That box
contained 53 tracks, the best moments of what is arguably the best
period of Charles' career, but Rhino/Atlantic's 2005 seven-disc
sequel, Pure Genius, doesn't bother with merely the highlights: as
its subtitle makes clear, this is The Complete Atlantic Recordings
(1952-1959). This is undeniably a major historical release, since
it gathers all of the recordings Charles made at his creative
peak, not just as a leader, but as a sideman for his saxophonist
David "Fathead" Newman and sides he recorded with jazz
vibraphonist Milt Jackson. Also, it's not limited to studio
recordings -- live sessions, later issued on the LPs Ray Charles
in Person and Ray Charles at Newport, are here too. Despite the
abundance of music here, there's not much that hasn't seen the
light of day before. It may not seem that way at first glance,
since the seventh disc contains nothing but unreleased material,
but the great majority of that is devoted to a full-length
rehearsal session with producer Ahmet Ertegun from 1953 --
something that is interesting to hear once, since it does give
some insights into Ertegun and Charles' working relationship and
how Ray acted in the studio, but even then, it's not exactly
revelatory. So, apart from that rehearsal, outtakes of "(Night
Time Is) The Right Time" and "Tell Me How Do You Feel" and an
excellent DVD of Ray live at Newport from 1960, Pure Genius is
devoted to material that has been reissued extensively during the
CD era -- which is another way of saying that most fans will have
this music already. Still, presented here in chronological order
according to recording sessions, it's hard not to marvel at
Charles' development as an artist and be astonished by his range.
That is what makes this set worthwhile as something more than a
library piece -- listening to the first six discs from beginning
to end reveals exactly how restless and creative Ray was during
this period. Most listeners will be satisfied by more concise
collections of this period -- and even those who truly love the
hard R&B and soul of Charles' Atlantic hits will likely find The
Birth of Soul a more satisfying box, since it is devoted to that
sound, whereas the rest of the music here that's not on the 1991
box is largely devoted to jazz sides and live performances -- but
any serious fan or historian of American music will find this set
essential. (Nevertheless, they may find the packaging of the set
somewhat infuriating: it's a clever, well-designed replica of an
old-fashioned, all-in-one record player, with the hardcover book
and eight discs stored inside. It's a nice package, but a bit
impractical, particularly for those who just want the music.)

- be sure to check out the dvd rip of this too. :)
- have a nice day, please pass go and collect one ray charles -
boxset

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