RAY CHARLES GENUIS SOUL JAZZ WHAT I'D SAY 9titles WITH 11pieces vinyl Sealed SET

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RAY CHARLES - 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE COLLECTION

SEVEN 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE TITLES ARE

GENIUS LOVES COMPANY 

RAY SINGS BASIE SWINGS - BOTH LATTER TITLES INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED LIMITED EDITIONS AND TWO LP SETS. DOUBLE 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE PRESSING.

THE GENIUS OF RAY CHARLES

THE GREAT RAY CHARLES

GENIUS SINGS THE BLUES

WHAT I'D SAY

GENIUS + SOUL

PLUS TWO BONUS 140 GRAM LP'S OF RAY CHARLES GREATEST HITS & MODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC

TOTAL OF 9 TITLES AND 11 PIECES OF VINYL

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2005 Grammy Awards for Genius Loves Company:
Record Of The Year

Here We Go Again
Ray Charles & Norah Jones
John Burk, producer; Terry Howard & Al Schmitt, engineers/mixers

Album Of The Year

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Here We Go Again
Ray Charles & Norah Jones

Best Pop Vocal Album

Best Gospel Performance
Heaven Help Us All
Ray Charles & Gladys Knight

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Over The Rainbow
Victor Vanacore, arranger (Ray Charles & Johnny Mathis)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Robert Fernandez, John Harris, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Seth Presant, Al Schmitt & Ed Thacker, engineers (Ray Charles & Various Artists)

Best Surround Sound Album
Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Robert Hadley & Doug Sax, surround mastering
engineers; John Burk, Phil Ramone & Herbert Waltl, surround producers (Ray
Charles & Various Artists)

The last studio album completed by the untouchable Ray Charles before his death. Charles sings a dozen duets with a dazzling array of guest artists from virtually every genre. "We cover it all," Charles says, "from country to R&B, pop, rock and blues. I’ve never let them put me in a little box, and this (record) expresses that open feeling. A beautiful song is a beautiful song - and to sing with so many beautiful singers is a blessing from God." Genius Loves Company stands as a remarkable hallmark in a remarkable career, including duets with Norah Jones, Elton John, Van Morrison, Diana Krall, Natalie Cole, James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald, B.B. King, Gladys Knight and Johnny Mathis.

Tracks:

Here We Go Again - Features Norah Jones

Sweet Potato Pie - Features James Taylor

You Don't Know Me - Features Diana Krall

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Features Elton John

Fever - Features Natalie Cole

Do I Ever Cross Your Mind - Features Bonnie Raitt

It Was A Very Good Year - Features Willie Nelson

Hey Girl - Features Michael McDonald

Sinner's Prayer - Features B.B. King

Heaven Help Us All - Features Gladys Knight

Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Features Johnny Mathis

Crazy Love - Features Van Morrison

THE GENIUS OF RAY CHARLES - Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 265/500!

Mastered from the original analog tapes and pressed at RTI!

Audiophile 180-gram vinyl edition of the legend's classic 1959 Grammy-winning LP.

The Genius of Ray Charles saw the 'genius' emerge from rhythm and blues and onto a broader musical stage. His performance of "Come Rain or Come Shine" brought attention to his voice without the distractions of the piano. The album features "Let the Good Times Roll" and "It Had To Be You".

"Charles spent the fifties working hard to pioneer his own sound, fusing jazz, gospel and the blues into a new soul style that changed American music. But here he relaxes: Genius is easy — swinging pop, featuring big-band accompaniment. When he sings "Am I Blue?" the only answer is "Hell, yeah!" - www.rollingstone.com

Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• Pressed at RTI
• Mastered from original analog tapes

Musicians:
Tracks 1-6:
Ray Charles, piano and vocals
Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Snookie Young, Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt, trumpets
Melba Liston, Quentin Jackson, Thomas Mitchell, Al Gray, trombones
Frank Wess, flute, alto saxophone and tenor saxophone
Marshall Royal, alto sax
Paul Gonsalves, tenor sax (solo on 7)
Zoot Sims, tenor sax (2, 6, 11)
Billy Mitchell, tenor sax (4, 7, 9)
David "Fathead" Newman, tenor sax (solos on 2, 9, 11)
Quincy Jones, arranger, conductor
Tracks 7-12:
Ray Charles, piano and vocals
Allen Hanlon, guitar
Wendell Marshall, bass
Ted Sommer, drums
Bob Brookmeyer, valve trombone
Harry Lookofsky, concertmaster
Ralph Burns, arranger

Selections:
1. Let the Good Times Roll
2. It Had To Be You
3. Alexander's Ragtime Band
4. Two Years of Torture
5. When Your Lover Has Gone
6. 'Deed I Do
7. Just for a Thrill
8. You Won't Let Me Go
9. Tell Me You'll Wait For Me
10. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
11. Am I Blue
12. Come Rain or Come Shine

THE GREAT RAY CHARLES - TAS Rated 4/5 Music, 4.5/5 Sonics in the October 2010 Issue of The Absolute Sound!

180 Gram Vinyl Cut from the Original Analog Masters by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab!

The Genius' GRAMMY®-Winning 1959 album masterpiece sounds simply brilliant on Rhino's 180-Gram 50th Anniversary vinyl edition of an all-time Atlantic Records' classic!

Ray Charles paved the way for the genre of soul music in the 1950s by combining rhythm & blues, gospel and blues styles. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Ray number 10 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time" and was voted number 2 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time" in November 2008.

"Some of Ray's greatest moments - deep soul-satisfying jazz of the highest order." - David Ritz, coauthor of Brother Ray: The Autobiography Of Ray Charles

"This instrumental jazz album, released in the same year [as his debut, 1957], avoids the signature Ray Charles R&B sound and instead highlights his chameleon gifts as a pianist, running the gamut from swing to small combo blues to Art Tatum-influenced showpieces." - Greg Cahill, The Absolute Sound, October 2010, Issue 206

Features:
• HQ-180 Premium 180 Gram Vinyl Pressing
• Pressed at R.T.I. (Record Technologies, Inc.)
• LPs Cut from the Original Analog Masters
• Lacquers Cut by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab
• Packages Replicated to the Finest Detail
• Manufactured with More Care Than Ever!

Musicians:
Ray Charles, piano
David Newman, alto sax or tenor sax
Emmott Dennis, baritone sax
Joseph Bridgewater, trumpet
John Hunt, trumpet
Roosevelt Sheffield, bass
William Peeples, drums
Oscar Pettiford, bass
Joe Harris, drums

Selections:
1. The Ray
2. My Melancholy Baby
3. Black Coffee
4. There's No You
5. Doodlin'
6. Sweet Sixteen Bars
7. I Surrender Dear
8. Undecided

GENIUS SINGS THE BLUES MFSL LIMITED EDITION AND INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED - Numbered, Limited Edition!

This 1961 collection gathers 12 must-have songs from Charles' peak era. Mobile Fidelity has righted the sonic wrongs that plagued earlier versions. You won't find a better-sounding Ray Charles disc.

Genius doesn’t even begin to describe the greatness of The Genius Sings the Blues. Comprised of a dozen songs Ray Charles made between 1952 and 1960, the collection was released in 1961 by Atlantic Records to counter the singer’s migration to rival ABC Paramount. What Atlantic originally underestimated is that the album contained many of Charles’ greatest works, all unified by their bluesy emotions and stirring arrangements. A classic of the soul and R&B canon, The Genius Sings the Blues is a snapshot of the evolution of timeless American music captured by the pianist’s indelible rhythmic pace, gospel roots, jazz backgrounds, and Southern-styled accents. And it’s never sounded so good.

From the iconic cover art (a photo of Charles taken by legendary photographer Lee Friedlander) to the distinguished music within, everything about the thematic record is iconic. Now, nearly 50 years later, it can be heard in pristine fidelity sourced from the original master tapes. Mobile Fidelity’s engineers have taken great pains to ensure that every clink of the piano keys, ache of Charles’ rolling voice, and rush of the backing arrangements sounds better than they have since first being recorded in the studio.

Previous editions of The Genius Sings the Blues suffered from varying levels, distracting static and noise, and inconsistent vocal balances. Mobile Fidelity has gone back to the master tapes to correct these problems, giving music lovers what is now unquestionably the best-sounding Charles album to stem from his peak era. And he’s simply on fire.

Whether inhabiting the sadness in “Night Time (Is the Right Time)” or personifying the loss of “Hard Times,” Charles invests each song with supreme emotion and undeniable conviction that makes the lyrics ring true and the blues resonate with cathartic pathos. Uptempo country blues numbers (“I’m Movin’ On, “Early in the Mornin’”) balance the mournful slow fare, and again prove Charles a master composer, interpreter, and musician who could make any style his own. The Genius Sings the Blues also speaks to legendary jazz pianist Billy Taylor’s initial impressions of Charles upon hearing him in a way in which few other Charles recordings do.

Taylor recalled: “While playing through some new music for a projected Ruth Brown record date, I was asked to listen to an original song played and sung by a young composer and pianist from Seattle, Washington. I can still remember how surprised I was to hear this kind of music from a Northwesterner. He reminded me of Charles Brown, another pianist-singer who was very popular in the Forties, but he had a very personal sound and there was something different about his rhythmic approach. In his handling of melody he seemed to be using devices similar to those used by Dinah Washington and a small group of popular singers who allowed their gospel singing backgrounds to influence their interpretation of popular songs... I was intrigued by the emotional quality projected by both his piano playing and his unusual voice and was not surprised when Ahmet Ertegün said that he wanted to let the young musician record some of his own material. ‘He communicates just like the old blues singers,’ Ahmet said.

Indeed, that innate blues aesthetic dominates this collection, as does Charles’ distinctive rhythmic mannerisms. Finally, hear them as they’ve always been intended to be experienced.

"Mobile Fidelity has now remastered the original mono master tape-revealing both its beauty and its warts with startling clarity. The beauty, of course, lies in the music." - Wayne Garcia, The Absolute Sound Magazine, April 2011, Issue 212

Features:
• Numbered, Limited Edition
• 180g Vinyl

Selections:
1. Early In the Mornin'
2. Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
3. The Midnight Hour
4. The Right Time
5. Feelin' Sad
6. Ray's Blues
7. I'm Movin' On
8. I Believe To My Soul
9. Nobody Cares
10. Mr. Charles' Blues
11. Some Day Baby
12. I Wonder Who

WHAT I'D SAY - 180g Audiophile Vinyl Mastered by Friday Music's Joe Reagoso With Kevin Gray From Original Monophonic Atlantic Records Tapes!

Ray Charles was the premier architect singer/songwriter/musician whose “genius” of combining jazz, blues with gospel most certainly began the American soul music movement. This modern form of R&B which would become an American way of life forever etched itself in total with the release of his 1959 classic hit single and album What’d I Say.

Fused with heavy blues, gospel and rock and roll, What’d I Say was one of Ray’s very first top ten hits after a very long run of predominantly R&B only chart successes. The tune itself has been covered hundreds of times by some of the most important voices in popular music, like The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Van Morrison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and many others.

Also included on this masterpiece are some of Ray Charles more refined blues rockers like the powerful instrumental Rockhouse, the rockin’ You Be My Baby, the shouter Tell Me How Do You Feel, and the brilliant pre-soul sounds of What Kind Of Man Are You which features the Raylettes’ Mary Ann Fisher.

The What’d I Say album forever etched the name superstar and genius with Ray Charles as the album reached the upper rungs of the popular, jazz and R&B charts and has become an American institution which will forever stand the test of time.

Friday Music is very honored to announce the first time ever 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl LP of the Ray Charles classic What’d I Say. Mastered from the original monophonic Atlantic Records tapes by Joe Reagoso at Friday Music Studios with Kevin Gray, this masterwork truly sounds exceptional and will become one of the more important roots albums to be reissued in quite some time for the audiophile vinyl domain.

This limited edition release also comes with the original album cover graphics of Marvin Israel, featuring the stunning liner notes by Ren Gravatt as well as the legendary photography of Lee Friedlander.

The album is packaged in a poly bag to preserve the rich details of the legendary cover art as well as a poly lined inner sleeve to protect your vinyl purchase for years to come.

Features:
• Limited Edition
• 180g Audiophile Vinyl
• Mastered From Original Monophonic Atlantic Records Tapes
• Mastered by Joe Reagoso with Kevin Gray at Friday Music
• Original album cover graphics of Marvin Israel
• Stunning liner notes by Ren Gravatt
• Photography of Lee Friedlander
• Protective outer poly bag
• Protective inner poly sleeve

Musicians:
Ray Charles, piano, vocals
The Raylettes, vocals, backing vocals
Mary Ann Fisher, backing vocals

Selections:
Side One:
1. What'd I Say
2. Jumpin' In The Morning
3. You Be My Baby
4. Tell Me How Do You Feel
5. What Kind Of Man Are You
Side Two:
1. Rockhouse
2. Roll With Me Baby
3. Tell All The World About You
4. My Bonnie
5. That's Enough

GENIUS + SOUL - Legendary Rudy Van Gelder Recording!
Mastered by Kevin Gray From Original Analog Masters!
200g Vinyl Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!

Ray Charles was best known for his work in the idioms of R&B, rock 'n' roll and even successful forays into country. But he also recorded influential jazz albums, including the groundbreaking Genius + Soul = Jazz originally released in 1961. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, in late 1960, Genius + Soul = Jazz was produced by Creed Taylor and includes arrangements by Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns. Ray Charles played the organ with three vocals ("I've Got News For You," "I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town" and "One Mint Julep") and band members included members of the Count Basie Orchestra: Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Billy Mitchell, Frank Wess, Freddie Green and Sonny Payne among others.

The record ascended to the No. 4 spot on Billboard's pop album chart and spawned the very first singles on Impulse. "I've Got News For You" rose to No. 8 R&B and No. 66 on the Hot 100. In addition, Charles' version of "One Mint Julep" charted No. 1 R&B and No. 8 pop and his rendition of the blues standard "I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town" reached No. 25 R&B and No. 84 pop.

Although Basie himself does not appear on the album, the Count was a major model as Charles assembled a full-scale, working orchestra. Basie also influenced his use of organ in a jazz context, and Charles was happy to record at the Van Gelder studio, where Jimmy Smith had recorded his classic Blue Note albums. Truly, as Dick Katz wrote in his original January 1961 liner notes, "The combination here of rare talent plus uncommon craftsmanship has produced a record that showcases the timeless quality an innate taste that is uniquely that of Ray Charles."

The Original Tape Boxes Included Notes In Braille! This is the second title in the Impulse catalog.

Features:
• 200g Vinyl
• Original Impulse Label Recording
• Mastered by Kevin Gray at CoHearent Audio
• Cut From Original Analog Masters
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• Stereo
• Gatefold Jacket

Selections:
Side One:
1. From The Heart
2. I've Got News For You
3. Moanin'
4. Let's Go
5. One Mint Julep
Side Two:
1. I'm Gonna Move To the Outskirts of Town
2. Stompin' Room Only
3. Mister C
4. Strike Up the Band
5. Birth of the Blues

RAY SINGS BASIE SWINGS - 180 GRAM 2 LP SET - Ray Sings Basie Swings combines archival, never-before-heard Ray Charles vocal recordings with brand new performances by the Count Basie Orchestra. This groundbreaking release gives listeners the unprecedented experience of hearing Ray Charles at the dazzling peak of his vocal prowess. Ray Sings Basie Swings was created with the most up-to-date recording and mixing technology, offering sound quality that is state-of-the-art.

The producers of this project discovered archival reels of Ray Charles and the Count Basie Orchestra performing live together in 1973. Although the vocals were superior, the remaining elements were of extremely poor quality. They decided to bring the current Basie Orchestra into the studio and, using the latest technology, they carefully and painstakingly laid down a new instrumental backdrop for Charles' towering vocals.

BONUS LP RAY CHARLES GREATEST HITS - PRESSED IN WEST GERMANY -  Blind by age 7 and an orphan at 15, the gifted pianist and saxophonist spent his life shattering any notion of musical categories and defying easy definition. One of the first artists to record the “blasphemous idea of taking gospel songs and putting the devil’s words to them,” as legendary producer Jerry Wexler once said, Charles’ music spanned soul, rock ’n’ roll, R&B, country, jazz, big band and blues.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 

He put his stamp on it all with a deep, warm voice roughened by heartbreak from a hardscrabble childhood in the segregated South. Smiling and swaying behind the piano, grunts and moans peppering his songs, Charles’ appeal spanned generations.

 

Tracks on this album from the recording artist voted by VH-1 and Associated Press as the 12th Best Rock ‘n’ Roll Artist. Tracks on this album include the 43rd Best Song Of All-Time - What I’d Say - I Can’t Stop Loving You - Georgia On My Mind - Yesterday -  Take these Chains From My Heart - Here We Go Again  - Unchain My Heart - Eleanor Rigby - Ruby - Busted - Hit The Road Jack - Together Again - Born to Lose - Crying Time - I Got A Woman - Baby It’s Cold Outside - Makin’ Whoopee - Let’s Go Get Stoned - Makin’ Believe - Don’t Set Me Free.

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