Ray Charles - The Genius Of Ray Charles 2xLP
- Let the Good Times Roll 2:50
- It Had to Be You 2:41
- Alexander's Ragtime Band 2:51
- Two Years of Torture 3:23
- When Your Lover Has Gone 2:48
- Deed I Do 2:24
- Georgia on My Mind 3:37
- Just for a Thrill 3:23
- You Won't Let Me Go 3:19
- Tell Me You'll Wait for Me 3:21
- Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' 3:43
- Am I Blue 3:35
- Come Rain or Come Shine 3:39
- Hit the Road, Jack 2:02
- Format
- Vinyl LP
- Genre
- Soul
- Catalog No.
- 350297
- Tracks
- 14
- Colour
- Red
- Pressing
- 180gBonus TracksColored Vinyl
- Edition
- Limited Edition
Some players from Ray Charles' big band are joined by many ringers from the Count Basie and Duke Ellington bands for the first half of this program, featuring Charles belting out six songs arranged by Quincy Jones. The remaining six numbers are ballads, with Charles backed by a string orchestra arranged by Ralph Burns. Charles' voice is heard throughout in peak form, giving soul to even the veteran standards. 180-GRAM COLORED RED VINYL - THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 2 BONUS TRACKS - Contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer BRIAN MORTON and by Paris' prestigious JAZZ MAGAZINE. LIMITED EDITION
- Let the Good Times Roll
- It Had to Be You
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Two Years of Torture
- When Your Lover Has Gone
- Deed I Do
- Just for a Thrill
- You Won't Let Me Go
- Tell Me You'll Wait for Me
- Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
- Am I Blue
- Come Rain or Come Shine
- Format
- 2LP
- Genre
- Soul
- Catalog No.
- AAPA 066-45
- Discs
- 2
- Tracks
- 12
- Pressing
- 180gGatefold
The Genius of Ray Charles, his sixth studio album, released in 1959 by Atlantic Records, eschewed the the soul sound of his 1950s recordings, which fused jazz, gospel, and blues, for swinging pop with big band arrangements. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, and housed in a tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jacket with film lamination by Stoughton Printing.
