1-01 | Ray Charles | The Sun's Gonna Shine Again | Sam Sweet | Rate |
1-02 | Ray Charles | Roll With Me Baby | Sam Sweet | Rate |
1-03 | Ray Charles | The Midnight Hour | Sam Sweet | Rate |
1-04 | Ray Charles | Jumpin' In The Mornin' | Ray Charles | Rate |
1-05 | Ray Charles | It Should've Been Me | Memphis Curtis | Rate |
1-06 | Ray Charles | Losing Hand | Charles Calhoun | Rate |
1-07 | Ray Charles | Heartbreaker | A. Nugetre | Rate |
1-08 | Ray Charles | Sinner's Prayer | Lloyd Glenn, Lowell Fulson | Rate |
1-09 | Ray Charles | Mess Around | A. Nugetre | Rate |
1-10 | Ray Charles | Funny (But I Still Love You) | Ray Charles | Rate |
1-11 | Ray Charles | Feelin' Sad | Eddie Jones | Rate |
1-12 | Ray Charles | I Wonder Who | Ray Charles | Rate |
1-13 | Ray Charles | Don't You Know | Ray Charles | Rate |
1-14 | Ray Charles | Nobody Cares | Ray Charles | Rate |
1-15 | Ray Charles | Ray's Blues | Ray Charles | Rate |
1-16 | Ray Charles | I Got A Break Baby | T-Bone Walker | Rate |
1-17 | Ray Charles | Blackjack | Ray Charles | Rate |
1-18 | Ray Charles | I've Got A Woman | Ray Charles, Renald Richard | Rate |
1-19 | Ray Charles | Greenbacks | Renald Richard | Rate |
1-20 | Ray Charles | Come Back Baby | Ray Charles | Rate |
1-21 | Ray Charles | A Fool For You | Ray Charles | Rate |
1-22 | Ray Charles | This Little Girl Of Mine | Ray Charles | Rate |
1-23 | Ray Charles | Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) | Ray Charles | Rate |
1-24 | Ray Charles | Blues Hangover | Lloyd Glenn | Rate |
1-25 | Ray Charles | Mary Ann | Ray Charles | Rate |
1-26 | Ray Charles | Drown In My Own Tears | Henry Glover | Rate |
1-27 | Ray Charles | Hallelujah I Love Her So | Ray Charles | Rate |
1-28 | Ray Charles | What Would I Do Without You | Ray Charles | Rate |
2-01 | Ray Charles | Dawn Ray | Ray Charles | Rate |
2-02 | Ray Charles | The Man I Love | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Rate |
2-03 | Ray Charles | Music, Music, Music | | Rate |
2-04 | Ray Charles | Black Coffee | Paul Francis Webster, Sonny Burke | Rate |
2-05 | Ray Charles | Lonely Avenue | Doc Pomus | Rate |
2-06 | Ray Charles | I Want To Know | Ray Charles | Rate |
2-07 | Ray Charles | Leave My Woman Alone | Ray Charles | Rate |
2-08 | Ray Charles | The Ray | Quincy Jones | Rate |
2-09 | Ray Charles | I Surrender Dear | Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford | Rate |
2-10 | Ray Charles | Hornful Soul | Ray Charles | Rate |
2-11 | Ray Charles | Ain't Misbehavin' | Fats Waller, Andy Razaf, Harry Brooks | Rate |
2-12 | Ray Charles | Joy Ride | Ray Charles | Rate |
2-13 | Ray Charles | Sweet Sixteen Bars | Ray Charles | Rate |
2-14 | Ray Charles | Doodlin' | Horace Silver | Rate |
2-15 | Ray Charles | There's No You | Tom Adair, Hal Hopper | Rate |
2-16 | Ray Charles | Undecided | Charlie Shavers, Sid Robbins | Rate |
2-17 | Ray Charles | My Melancholy Baby | Ernie Burnett, George Norton, Maybelle Watson | Rate |
2-18 | Ray Charles | It's All Right | Ray Charles | Rate |
2-19 | Ray Charles | Ain't That Love | Ray Charles | Rate |
3-01 | Ray Charles | Rockhouse Parts 1 And 2 | Ray Charles | Rate |
3-02 | Ray Charles | Get On The Right Track | Titus Turner | Rate |
3-03 | Ray Charles | Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'bout That River) | Trad., Arr. Ray Charles | Rate |
3-04 | Ray Charles | That's Enough | Ray Charles | Rate |
3-05 | Ray Charles | Talkin' 'bout You | Ray Charles | Rate |
3-06 | Ray Charles | What Kind Of Man Is You | Ray Charles | Rate |
3-07 | Ray Charles | I Want A Little Girl | Billy Moll, Murray Mencher | Rate |
3-08 | Milt Jackson, Ray Charles | How Long Blues | Leroy Carr | Rate |
3-09 | Milt Jackson, Ray Charles | Cosmic Ray | Ray Charles | Rate |
3-10 | Ray Charles | The Genius After Hours | Ray Charles | Rate |
3-11 | Ray Charles | Charlesville | Ray Charles | Rate |
3-12 | Milt Jackson, Ray Charles | Bags Of Blues | Milt Jackson | Rate |
3-13 | Milt Jackson, Ray Charles | Deed I Do | Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch | Rate |
3-14 | Milt Jackson, Ray Charles | Blue Funk | Ray Charles | Rate |
3-15 | Milt Jackson, Ray Charles | Soul Brothers | Milt Jackson | Rate |
4-01 | Milt Jackson, Ray Charles | Bag's Guitar Blues | Milt Jackson | Rate |
4-02 | Ray Charles | Yes Indeed! | Sy Oliver | Rate |
4-03 | Ray Charles | I Had A Dream | Ricci Harper, Ray Charles | Rate |
4-04 | Ray Charles | You Be My Baby | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman, Ray Charles | Rate |
4-05 | Ray Charles | Tell All The World About You | Ray Charles | Rate |
4-06 | Ray Charles | My Bonnie | Trad., Arr. Ray Charles | Rate |
4-07 | Ray Charles, Milt Jackson | Soul Meeting | Milt Jackson | Rate |
4-08 | Ray Charles, Milt Jackson | Hallelujah I Love Her So | Ray Charles | Rate |
4-09 | Ray Charles, Milt Jackson | Blue Genius | Ray Charles | Rate |
4-10 | Ray Charles, Milt Jackson | X-Ray Blues | Ray Charles | Rate |
4-11 | Ray Charles, Milt Jackson | Love On My Mind | Ray Charles | Rate |
4-12 | Ray Charles | The Spirit-Feel [live 1958] | Milt Jackson | Rate |
4-13 | Ray Charles | Blues Waltz [live 1958] | Max Roach | Rate |
4-14 | Ray Charles | In A Little Spanish Town [live 1958] | Mabel Wayne, Sam Lewis, Joe Young | Rate |
4-15 | Ray Charles | Sherry [live 1958] | Bennie Crawford | Rate |
4-16 | Ray Charles | (Night Time Is) The Right Time [live 1958] | Napoleon Brown, Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman | Rate |
4-17 | Ray Charles | A Fool For You [live 1958] | Ray Charles | Rate |
5-01 | Ray Charles | I've Got A Woman [live 1958] | Ray Charles, Renald Richard | Rate |
5-02 | Ray Charles | Talkin' 'bout You [live 1958] | Ray Charles | Rate |
5-03 | Ray Charles | Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'bout That River) [live 1958] | Trad., Arr. Ray Charles | Rate |
5-04 | Ray Charles | Yes Indeed! [live 1958] | Sy Oliver | Rate |
5-05 | Ray Charles | Early In The Mornin' | Leo Hickman, Louis Jordan, Dallas Bartley | Rate |
5-06 | Ray Charles | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | Napoleon Brown, Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman | Rate |
5-07 | Ray Charles | Carrying That Load [single Version] | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | Rate |
5-08 | Ray Charles | Carrying That Load [LP Version] | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | Rate |
5-09 | Ray Charles | Tell Me How Do You Feel | Ray Charles, Percy Mayfield | Rate |
5-10 | David Newman | Fathead | David Newman | Rate |
5-11 | David Newman | Tin Tin Deo | Chano Pozo | Rate |
5-12 | David Newman | Bill For Bennie | Bennie Crawford | Rate |
5-13 | David Newman | Hard Times | Paul F. Mitchell | Rate |
5-14 | David Newman | Mean To Me | Roy Turk, Fred Ahlert | Rate |
5-15 | David Newman | Sweet Eyes | Bennie Crawford | Rate |
5-16 | David Newman | Weird Bead | Bennie Crawford | Rate |
5-17 | David Newman | Willow Weep For Me | Ann Ronell | Rate |
5-18 | Ray Charles | Tell The Truth | Lowman Pauling | Rate |
5-19 | Ray Charles | What'd I Say Parts 1 And 2 [Mono LP Version] | Ray Charles | Rate |
6-01 | Ray Charles | What'd I Say Parts 1 And 2 [Stereo LP Version] | Ray Charles | Rate |
6-02 | Ray Charles | Tell Me You'll Wait For Me | Charles Brown, Oscar Moore | Rate |
6-03 | Ray Charles | Come Rain Or Come Shine | Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen | Rate |
6-04 | Ray Charles | Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' | Joe Green | Rate |
6-05 | Ray Charles | Just For A Thrill | Lil Armstrong, Don Raye | Rate |
6-06 | Ray Charles | You Won't Let Me Go | Bud Allen, Buddy Johnson | Rate |
6-07 | Ray Charles | Am I Blue | Grant Clarke, Harry Akst | Rate |
6-08 | Ray Charles | The Spirit-Feel [live 1959] | Milt Jackson | Rate |
6-09 | Ray Charles | Frenesi [live 1959] | Alberto Dominguez | Rate |
6-10 | Ray Charles | Tell The Truth [live 1959] | Lowman, Pauling | Rate |
6-11 | Ray Charles | Drown In My Own Tears [live 1959] | Henry Glover | Rate |
6-12 | Ray Charles | (Night Time Is) The Right Time [live 1959] | Napoleon Brown, Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman | Rate |
6-13 | Ray Charles | What'd I Say [live 1959] | Ray Charles | Rate |
6-14 | Ray Charles | Let The Good Times Roll | Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore | Rate |
6-15 | Ray Charles | Alexanders' Ragtime Band | Irving Berlin | Rate |
6-16 | Ray Charles | Deed I Do | Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose | Rate |
6-17 | Ray Charles | When Your Lover Has Gone | E.A. Swain | Rate |
6-18 | Ray Charles | Two Years Of Torture | Percy Mayfield, Charles Joseph Morris | Rate |
6-19 | Ray Charles | It Had To Be You | Gus Kahn, Isham Jones | Rate |
6-20 | Ray Charles | I'm Movin' On | Hank Snow | Rate |
6-21 | Ray Charles | I Believe To My Soul | Ray Charles | Rate |
Rehearsal Session With Ahmet Ertegun (1953) |
7-01 | Ray Charles | Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand | Ray Charles | Rate |
7-02 | Ray Charles | [unknown Title] | | Rate |
7-03 | Ray Charles | Piano Improvisation And Dialog #1 | | Rate |
7-04 | Ray Charles | Losing Hand - Dialog | Charles Calhoun | Rate |
7-05 | Ray Charles | Little Rock Getaway - Dialog | Joe Sullivan | Rate |
7-06 | Ray Charles | Kentucky Waltz | Bill Monroe | Rate |
7-07 | Ray Charles | Heartbreaker [instrumental Version] | A. Nugetre | Rate |
7-08 | Ray Charles | Heartbreaker - Dialog | A. Nugetre | Rate |
7-09 | Ray Charles | Piano Improvisation And Dialog #2 | | Rate |
7-10 | Ray Charles | Heartbreaker [false Starts 1-2] | A. Nugetre | Rate |
7-11 | Ray Charles | Losing Hand - Dialog #2 | Charles Calhoun | Rate |
7-12 | Ray Charles | Losing Hand - Dialog #3 [w/ Reverb] | Charles Calhoun | Rate |
7-13 | Ray Charles | Losing Hand - Dialog #4 [w/ Reverb] | Charles Calhoun | Rate |
7-14 | Ray Charles | Heartbreaker | A. Nugetre | Rate |
7-15 | Ray Charles | It Should've Been Me - Dialog | Memphis Curtis | Rate |
7-16 | Ray Charles | Nobody Cares | Ray Charles | Rate |
7-17 | Ray Charles | Piano Improvisation And Dialog #3 | | Rate |
7-18 | Ray Charles | Mess Around | A. Nugetre | Rate |
7-19 | Ray Charles | Funny (But I Still Love You) | Ray Charles | Rate |
7-20 | Ray Charles | Sinner's Prayer | Lloyd Glenn, Lowell Fulson | Rate |
7-21 | Ray Charles | Piano Improvisation And Dialog #4 | | Rate |
7-22 | Ray Charles | Low Society - Dialog #1 | Lowell Fulson, Lloyd Glenn | Rate |
7-23 | Ray Charles | Boogie Woogie | Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing | Rate |
7-24 | Ray Charles | Low Society - Dialog #2 | Lowell Fulson, Lloyd Glenn | Rate |
7-25 | Ray Charles | Worried Life Blues | Maceo Merriweather | Rate |
7-26 | Ray Charles | Come Back Baby [Walter Davis Version] - Dialog | Walter Davis | Rate |
7-27 | Ray Charles | Low Society | Lowell Fulson, Lloyd Glenn | Rate |
Recording Session Outtakes (1958) |
7-28 | Ray Charles | (Night Time Is) The Right Time [takes 1-7] | Napoleon Brown, Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman | Rate |
7-29 | Ray Charles | Tell Me How Do You Feel [take 1] | Ray Charles, Percy Mayfield | Rate |
Ray's Arrangement Suggestions For The Genius Of Ray Charles Album (1959) |
7-30 | Ray Charles | Dialog | | Rate |
7-31 | Ray Charles | It Had To Be You - Dialog | | Rate |
7-32 | Ray Charles | My Buddy - Dialog | Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson | Rate |
7-33 | Ray Charles | Dialog | | Rate |
7-34 | Ray Charles | When You Lover Has Gone - Dialog | E.A. Swan | Rate |
7-35 | Ray Charles | I'm Beginning To See The Light | Duke Ellington, Harry James, Johnny Hodges, Don George | Rate |
7-36 | Ray Charles | Let The Good Times Roll - Dialog | Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore | Rate |
Liner notes: David Ritz.
Boxed set produced by Ahmet Ertegun & James Austin.
assoc prod: Peter L. Funsten.
Mastered by Dan Hersch & Bill Inglot at DigiPrep.
Discographical annotation: Reggie Collins.
Art direction: Hugh Brown, Jeff Lyons.
Design: Jeff Lyons at Mornington Crescent Studio.