Product Overview
Ray Charles – Pure Genius - The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) / Ray Charles' Historic 1952 - 1959 Atlantic Records Repertoire 155 Tracks / Rhino Entertainment Company 7x Audio CD + DVD Video CD 2005 Box Set / R2 74731
UPC 081227473129
NTSC DVD (All Region)
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist and is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential singers in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius". Among friends and fellow musicians he preferred being called "Brother Ray". Charles was blinded during childhood, possibly due to glaucoma.
| Label: | Rhino Entertainment Company – R2 74731 |
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| Format: |
7 x CD, Compilation, Box Set + DVD
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
Sep 20, 2005 |
| Genre: | Blues |
| Style: | Rhythm & Blues |
Tracklist:
| CD1-1 | The Sun's Gonna Shine Again | 2:38 | |
| CD1-2 | Roll With My Baby | 2:37 | |
| CD1-3 | The Midnight Hour | 3:02 | |
| CD1-4 | Jumpin' In The Mornin' | 2:48 | |
| CD1-5 | It Should've Been Me | 2:43 | |
| CD1-6 | Losing Hand | 3:14 | |
| CD1-7 | Heartbreaker | 2:53 | |
| CD1-8 | Sinner's Prayer | 3:54 | |
| CD1-9 | Mess Around | 2:42 | |
| CD1-10 | Funny (But I Still Love You) | 3:15 | |
| CD1-11 | Feelin' Sad | 2:51 | |
| CD1-12 | I Wonder Who | 2:50 | |
| CD1-13 | Don't You Know | 2:57 | |
| CD1-14 | Nobody Cares | 2:40 | |
| CD1-15 | Ray's Blues | 2:54 | |
| CD1-16 | I Got A Break Baby | 2:47 | |
| CD1-17 | Blackjack | 2:20 | |
| CD1-18 | I've Got A Woman | 2:54 | |
| CD1-19 | Greenbacks | 2:52 | |
| CD1-20 | Come Back Baby | 3:06 | |
| CD1-21 | A Fool For You | 3:03 | |
| CD1-22 | This Little Girl Of Mine | 2:33 | |
| CD1-23 | Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) | 2:55 | |
| CD1-24 | Blues Hangover | 2:19 | |
| CD1-25 | Mary Ann | 2:48 | |
| CD1-26 | Drown In My Own Tears | 3:21 | |
| CD1-27 | Hallelujah I Love Her So | 2:35 | |
| CD1-28 | What Would I Do Without You | 2:34 | |
| CD2-1 | Dawn Ray | 5:03 | |
| CD2-2 | The Man I Love | 4:28 | |
| CD2-3 | Music, Music, Music | 2:56 | |
| CD2-4 | Black Coffee | 5:32 | |
| CD2-5 | Lonely Avenue | 2:34 | |
| CD2-6 | I Want To Know | 2:11 | |
| CD2-7 | Leave My Woman Alone | 2:41 | |
| CD2-8 | The Ray | 3:59 | |
| CD2-9 | I Surrender Dear | 5:06 | |
| CD2-10 | Bornful Soul | 5:30 | |
| CD2-11 | Ain't Misbehavin' | 5:41 | |
| CD2-12 | Joy Ride | 4:39 | |
| CD2-13 | Sweet Sixteen Bars | 4:08 | |
| CD2-14 | Doodlin' | 5:53 | |
| CD2-15 | There's No You | 4:47 | |
| CD2-16 | Undecided | 3:42 | |
| CD2-17 | My Melancholy Baby | 4:22 | |
| CD2-18 | It's All Right | 2:17 | |
| CD2-19 | Ain't That Love | 2:51 | |
| CD3-1 | Rockhouse Parts 1 & 2 | 3:52 | |
| CD3-2 | Get On The Right Track Baby | 2:19 | |
| CD3-3 | Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) |
2:17 | |
| CD3-4 | That's Enough | 2:46 | |
| CD3-5 | Talkin' 'Bout You | 2:49 | |
| CD3-6 | What Kind Of Man Are You | 2:50 | |
| CD3-7 | I Want A Little Girl | 2:56 | |
| CD3-8 | How Long Blues |
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9:17 |
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| CD3-9 | Cosmic Ray |
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5:24 |
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| CD3-10 | The Genius After Hours | 5:24 | |
| CD3-11 | Charlesville | 4:56 | |
| CD3-12 | Bags Of Blues |
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8:53 |
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| CD3-13 | Deed I Do |
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5:51 |
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| CD3-14 | Blue Funk |
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8:12 |
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| CD3-15 | Soul Brothers |
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9:33 |
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| CD4-1 | Bag's Guitar Blues |
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6:28 |
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| CD4-2 | Yes Indeed! | 2:17 | |
| CD4-3 | I Had A Dream | 2:54 | |
| CD4-4 | You Be My Baby | 2:30 | |
| CD4-5 | Tell All The World About You | 2:02 | |
| CD4-6 | My Bonnie | 2:50 | |
| CD4-7 | Soul Meeting |
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6:05 |
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| CD4-8 | Hallelujah I Love Her So |
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5:31 |
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| CD4-9 | Blue Genius |
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6:42 |
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| CD4-10 | X-Ray Blues |
|
7:07 |
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| CD4-11 | Love On My Mind |
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3:49 |
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| CD4-12 | The Spirit-Feel (Live, 1958) | 3:46 | |
| CD4-13 | Blues Waltz (Live, 1958) | 6:24 | |
| CD4-14 | In A Little Spanish Town (Live, 1958) | 3:48 | |
| CD4-15 | Sherry (Live, 1958) | 4:26 | |
| CD4-16 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Live, 1958) | 4:04 | |
| CD4-17 | A Fool For You (Live, 1958) | 7:11 | |
| CD5-1 | I've Got A Woman (Live, 1958) | 6:19 | |
| CD5-2 | Talkin' Bout You (Live, 1958) | 4:22 | |
| CD5-3 | Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) (Live, 1958) | 2:09 | |
| CD5-4 | Yes Indeed! (Live, 1958) | 2:40 | |
| CD5-5 | Early In The Mornin' | 2:48 | |
| CD5-6 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:26 | |
| CD5-7 | Carrying That Load (Single Version) | 2:16 | |
| CD5-8 | Carrying That Load (LP Version) | 2:24 | |
| CD5-9 | Tell Me How Do You Feel | 2:44 | |
| CD5-10 | Fathead | 5:23 | |
| CD5-11 | Tin Tin Deo | 5:22 | |
| CD5-12 | Bill For Bennie | 4:17 | |
| CD5-13 | Hard Times | 4:43 | |
| CD5-14 | Mean To Me | 4:16 | |
| CD5-15 | Sweet Eyes | 3:45 | |
| CD5-16 | Weird Beard | 4:49 | |
| CD5-17 | Willow Weep For Me | 4:59 | |
| CD5-18 | Tell The Truth | 3:06 | |
| CD5-19 | What'd I Say Parts I & II (Mono LP Version) | 5:04 | |
| CD6-1 | What'd I Say Parts I & II (Stereo LP Version) | 6:03 | |
| CD6-2 | Tell Me You'll Wait For Me | 3:25 | |
| CD6-3 | Come Rain Or Come Shine | 3:42 | |
| CD6-4 | Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' | 3:46 | |
| CD6-5 | Just For A Thrill | 3:26 | |
| CD6-6 | You Won't Let Me Go | 3:22 | |
| CD6-7 | Am I Blue | 3:41 | |
| CD6-8 | The Spirit-Feel (Live, 1959) | 4:23 | |
| CD6-9 | Frenesi (Live, 1959) | 5:04 | |
| CD6-10 | Tell The Truth (Live, 1959) | 3:35 | |
| CD6-11 | Drown In My Own Tears (Live, 1959) | 6:24 | |
| CD6-12 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Live, 1959) | 4:05 | |
| CD6-13 | What'd I Say (Live, 1959) | 4:25 | |
| CD6-14 | Let The Good Times Roll | 2:53 | |
| CD6-15 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | 2:53 | |
| CD6-16 | Deed I Do | 2:27 | |
| CD6-17 | When Your Lover Has Gone | 2:51 | |
| CD6-18 | Two Years Of Torture | 3:25 | |
| CD6-19 | It Had To Be You | 2:45 | |
| CD6-20 | I'm Movin' On | 2:22 | |
| CD6-21 | I Believe To My Soul | 2:59 | |
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Rehearsal Session With Ahmet Ertegun (1953) |
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| CD7-1 | Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand | 0:21 | |
| CD7-2 | Unknown Title | 1:16 | |
| CD7-3 | Piano Improvisation & Dialog #1 | 0:31 | |
| CD7-4 | ''Losing Hand'' & Dialog #1 | 1:47 | |
| CD7-5 | ''Little Rock Getaway'' & Dialog | 1:16 | |
| CD7-6 | Kentucky Waltz | 1:23 | |
| CD7-7 | Heartbreaker (Instrumental Version) | 2:13 | |
| CD7-8 | ''Heartbreaker'' & Dialog | 1:13 | |
| CD7-9 | Piano Improvisation & Dialog #2 | 0:42 | |
| CD7-10 | Heartbreaker (False Starts 1 & 2) | 1:12 | |
| CD7-11 | ''Losing Hand'' & Dialog #2 | 1:20 | |
| CD7-12 | ''Losing Hand'' & Dialog #3 (W/ Reverb) | 1:27 | |
| CD7-13 | ''Losing Hand'' & Dialog #4 (W/ Reverb) | 4:55 | |
| CD7-14 | Heartbreaker | 2:53 | |
| CD7-15 | ''It Should've Been Me'' & Dialog | 2:56 | |
| CD7-16 | Nobody Cares | 3:57 | |
| CD7-17 | Piano Improvisation & Dialog #3 | 0:33 | |
| CD7-18 | Mess Around | 2:39 | |
| CD7-19 | Funny (But I Still Love You) | 3:17 | |
| CD7-20 | Sinner's Prayer | 3:44 | |
| CD7-21 | Piano Improvisation & Dialog #4 | 1:01 | |
| CD7-22 | ''Low Society'' & Dialog #1 | 3:08 | |
| CD7-23 | Boogie Woogie | 1:56 | |
| CD7-24 | ''Low Society'' & Dialog #2 | 3:28 | |
| CD7-25 | Worried Life Blues | 3:01 | |
| CD7-26 | ''Come Back Baby'' (Walter Davis Version) & Dialog | 1:59 | |
| CD7-27 | Low Society | 2:56 | |
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Recording Session Outtakes (1958) |
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| CD7-28 | "(Night Time Is) The Right Time" (Takes 1-7) & Dialog | 8:17 | |
| CD7-29 | Tell Me How Do You Feel (Take 1) | 3:21 | |
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Ray's Arrangement Suggestions For The Genius Of Ray Charles Album (1959) |
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| CD7-30 | Dialog | 1:01 | |
| CD7-31 | ''It Had To Be You'' & Dialog | 1:40 | |
| CD7-32 | ''My Buddy'' & Dialog | 1:45 | |
| CD7-33 | Dialog | 0:18 | |
| CD7-34 | ''When Your Love Has Gone'' & Dialog | 1:50 | |
| CD7-35 | I'm Beginning To See The Light | 1:26 | |
| CD7-36 | "Let The Good Times Roll" & Dialog | 2:46 | |
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Ray Charles On Voice Of America, 1960 (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival) |
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| DVD1 | Lil' Darlin | ||
| DVD2 | Blues Waltz | ||
| DVD3 | Let The Good Times Roll | ||
| DVD4 | Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' | ||
| DVD5 | Sticks And Stones | ||
| DVD6 | My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do) | ||
| DVD7 | Drown In My Own Tears | ||
| DVD8 | What'd I Say | ||
| DVD9 | I Believe To My Soul | ||
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Bonus Feature |
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| DVD10 | Interview With Ahmet Ertegun (2005) |
