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2005 | Rhythm & Blues, Soul Blues
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Ray Charles is an American legend beyond compare. This deluxe eight-disc box set proves it by encompassing Ray's entire Atlantic Records repertoire on the first six CDs. Additionally, the set includes an entire disc (27 tracks, all but three previously unreleased) of outtakes, live recordings, and alternate versions. Plus, there's a bonus DVD that features Ray live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960 and an exclusive interview with Ahmet Ertegun, conducted by Ray Director Taylor Hackford. Special packaging features a record player-style box and a linen-bound hardback book. 2005.

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Jamie Foxx's Oscar-winning turn as Ray Charles could only touch on the musical highlights of the American musical legend's career. But for those further intrigued by Charles' savory musical roots, this seven CD/one DVD anthology of Charles' epochal career at Atlantic Records (who purchased the fledgling star's contract from a small L.A. label for $2500) is the ultimate chronicle. While the singer's recorded output for the label was typically shuffled and jumbled across a series of contemporary albums and compilations, this set offers them up chronologically as originally recorded in NYC, New Orleans and elsewhere, a gambit that allows a clearer insight into the musician's artistic growth and burgeoning confidence as a performer in the bargain. Though focused on the `fervent r&b and soul sides he cut before crossing over into country and pop in the ?60s, Charles' Atlantic tenure also includes insightful excursions into small jazz combo work that further underscored the range of his incomparable gifts.

The final CD in the set is a treasure trove of unreleased (mostly) solo performances that range from a lengthy 1953 rehearsal tape to a handful of hotel room-recorded arrangement demos for his 1959 Genius of Ray Charles collection. The set's DVD is another welcome bonus, containing the legend's complete performance at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival (though he'd just left Atlantic, his repertoire and band for the show are rooted in the era), capped with the modern risces of Atlantic founder Ahmet Ertegun. Lavishly packaged in a box that replicates a 50's-era 45-player and featuring a hard-bound liner book that includes reprints of the original albums' liner notes, a comprehensive sessionography and an insightful new essay from noted r&b biographer David Ritz, the collection lives up to its billing at every level: Pure genius, indeed. --Jerry McCulley

Disc 1:

01. The Sun's Gonna Shine Again

02. Roll With My Baby

03. The Midnight Hour

04. Jumpin' In The Mornin'

05. It Should've Been Me

06. Losing Hand

07. Heartbreaker

08. Sinner's Prayer

09. Mess Around

10. Funny (But I Still Love You)

11. Feelin' Sad

12. I Wonder Who

13. Don't You Know

14. Nobody Cares

15. Ray's Blues

16. I Got A Break Baby

17. Blackjack

18. I've Got A Woman

19. Greenbacks

20. Come Back Baby

21. A Fool For You

22. This Little Girl Of Mine

23. Hard s (No One Knows Better Than I)

24. Blues Hangover

25. Mary Ann

26. Drown In My Own Tears

27. Hallelujah I Love Her So

28. What Would I Do Without You

Disc 2:

01. Dawn Ray

02. The Man I Love

03. Music, Music, Music

04. Black Coffee

05. Lonely Avenue

06. I Want To Know

07. Leave My Woman Alone

08. The Ray

09. I Surrender Dear

10. Bornful Soul

11. Ain't Misbehavin'

12. Joy Ride

13. Sweet Sixteen Bars

14. Doodlin'

15. There's No You

16. Undecided

17. My Melancholy Baby

18. It's All Right

19. Ain't That Love

Disc 3:

01. Rockhouse Parts 1 & 2

02. Get On The Right Track Baby

03. Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)

04. That's Enough

05. Talkin' 'Bout You

06. What Kind Of Man Are You

07. I Want A Little Girl

08. Milt Jackson & Ray Charles / How Long Blues

09. Milt Jackson & Ray Charles / Cosmic Ray

10. The Genius After Hours

11. Charlesville

12. Milt Jackson & Ray Charles / Bags Of Blues

13. Milt Jackson & Ray Charles / Deed I Do

14. Milt Jackson & Ray Charles / Blue Funk

15. Milt Jackson & Ray Charles / Soul Brothers

Disc 4:

01. Bag's Guitar Blues (with Milt Jackson)

02. Yes Indeed!

03. I Had A Dream

04. You Be My Baby

05. Tell All The World About You

06. My Bonnie

07. Soul Meeting (with Milt Jackson)

08. Hallelujah, I Love Her So (with Milt Jackson)

09. Blue Genius (with Milt Jackson)

10. X-Ray Blues (with Milt Jackson)

11. Love On My Mind (with Milt Jackson)

12. The Spirit-Feel (Live, 1958)

13. Blues Waltz (Live, 1958)

14. In A Little Spanish Town (Live, 1958)

15. Sherry (Live, 1958)

16. (Night Is) The Right (Live, 1958)

17. A Fool For You (Live, 1958)

Disc 5:

01. I've Got A Woman (Live, 1958)

02. Talkin' Bout You (Live, 1958)

03. Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) - (Live, 1958)

04. Yes Indeed! (Live, 1958)

05. Early In The Mornin'

06. (Night Is) The Right

07. Carrying That Load (Single Version)

08. Carrying That Load (LP Version)

09. Tell Me How Do You Feel

10. David Newman / Fathead

11. David Newman / Tin Tin Deo

12. David Newman / Bill For Bennie

13. David Newman / Hard s

14. David Newman / Mean To Me

15. David Newman / Sweet Eyes

16. David Newman / Weird Beard

17. David Newman / Willow Weep For Me

18. Tell The Truth

19. What'd I Say Parts I & II (Mono LP Version)

Disc 6:

01. What'd I Say Parts I & II (Stereo LP Version)

02. Tell Me You'll Wait For Me

03. Come Rain Or Come Shine

04. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'

05. Just For A Thrill

06. You Won't Let Me Go

07. Am I Blue

08. The Spirit-Feel (Live, 1959)

09. Frenesi (Live, 1959)

10. Tell The Truth (Live, 1959)

11. Drown In My Own Tears (Live, 1959)

12. (Night Is) The Right (Live, 1959)

13. What'd I Say (Live, 1959)

14. Let The Good s Roll

15. Alexander's Rag Band

16. Deed I Do

17. When Your Lover Has Gone

18. Two Years Of Torture

19. It Had To Be You

20. I'm Movin' On

21. I Believe To My Soul

Disc 7:

01. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

02. Unknown Title (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

03. Piano Improvisation & Dialog #1 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

04. Losing Hand & Dialog #1 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

05. Little Rock Getaway & Dialog (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

06. Kentucky Waltz (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

07. Heartbreaker (Instrumental Version) - (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

08. Heartbreaker & Dialog (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

09. Piano Improvisation & Dialog #2 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

10. Heartbreaker (False Starts 1 & 2) - (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

11. Losing Hand & Dialog #2 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

12. Losing Hand & Dialog #3 (W/ Reverb) - (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

13. Losing Hand & Dialog #4 (W/ Reverb) - (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

14. Heartbreaker (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

15. It Should've Been Me & Dialog (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

16. Nobody Cares (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

17. Piano Improvisation & Dialog #3 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

18. Mess Around (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

19. Funny (But I Still Love You) - (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

20. Sinner's Prayer (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

21. Piano Improvisation & Dialog #4 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

22. Low Society & Dialog #1 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

23. Boogie Woogie (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

24. Low Society & Dialog #2 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

25. Worried Life Blues (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

26. Come Back Baby (Walter Davis Version) & Dialog (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

27. Low Society (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun - 1953)

28. (Night Is) The Right (Takes 1-7) & Dialog (Recording Session Outtake 1958)

29. Tell Me How Do You Feel (Take 1) - (Recording Session Outtake 1958)

30. Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions for The Genius Of Ray Charles Album 1959)

31. It Had To Be You & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions for The Genius Of Ray Charles Album 1959)

32. My Buddy & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions for The Genius Of Ray Charles Album 1959)

33. Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions for The Genius Of Ray Charles Album 1959)

34. When Your Love Has Gone & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions for The Genius Of Ray Charles Album 1959)

35. I'm Bning To See The Light (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions for The Genius Of Ray Charles Album 1959)

36. Let The Good s Roll & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions for The Genius Of Ray Charles Album 1959)

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