Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959)

~ Release by Ray Charles (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
recording of:
Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
0:21
2Unknown Title (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
1:17
3Piano Improvisation – Dialog #1 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
0:32
4Losing Hand – Dialog #1 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
1:47
5Little Rock Getaway – Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
1:16
6Kentucky Waltz (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
1:23
7Heartbreaker (instrumental) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
recording of:
Heartbreaker
lyricist and composer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US songwriter/producer)
2:14
8Heartbreaker – Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
recording of:
Heartbreaker
lyricist and composer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US songwriter/producer)
1:14
9Piano Improvisation – Dialog #2 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
0:42
10Heartbreaker (False Starts 1 & 2) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
recording of:
Heartbreaker
lyricist and composer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US songwriter/producer)
1:13
11Losing Hand – Dialog #2 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
1:21
12Losing Hand – Dialog #3 (with reverb) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
1:27
13Losing Hand – Dialog #4 (with reverb) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
4:55
14Heartbreaker (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
recording of:
Heartbreaker
lyricist and composer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US songwriter/producer)
2:53
15It Should’ve Been Me – Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
2:56
16Nobody Cares (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
recording of:
Nobody Cares
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
13:58
17Piano Improvisation – Dialog #3 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
0:34
18Mess Around (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
recording of:
Mess Around
writer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US songwriter/producer)
publisher:
Progressive Music (publisher), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
2:39
19Funny (but I Still Love You) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
recording of:
Funny (but I Still Love You)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
3:17
20Sinner’s Prayer (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
cover recording of:
Sinner’s Prayer
writer:
Lowell Fulson and Lloyd Glenn
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
3:45
21Piano Improvisation – Dialog #4 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
1:01
22Low Society – Dialog #1 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
3:08
23Boogie Woogie (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
1:57
24Low Society – Dialog #2 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
3:29
25Worried Life Blues (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
cover recording of:
Worried Life Blues
writer:
Sleepy John Estes and Maceo Merriweather
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Someday Baby Blues
3:01
26Come Back Baby (Walter Davis version) – Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
1:59
27Low Society (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
2:57
28(Night Time Is) The Right Time (Takes 1–7) – Dialog (recording session outtake, 1958)
cover recording of:
Night Time Is the Right Time (in 1958)
composer:
Lew Herman
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Planemar Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. and Tro-Essex Music
8:17
29Tell Me How Do You Feel (take 1) (recording session outtake, 1958)
recording of:
Tell Me How Do You Feel
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) and Percy Mayfield
publisher:
Percy Mayfield Pub Company and Unichappell Music, Inc.
13:22
30Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
1:01
31It Had to Be You – Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
1:40
32My Buddy – Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
1:46
33Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
0:18
34When Your Lover Has Gone – Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
cover recording of:
When Your Lover Has Gone
lyricist and composer:
Einar Aaron Swan
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
1:51
35I’m Beginning to See the Light (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
1:27
36Let the Good Times Roll – Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
2:46

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ASIN:US: B000A7KL7U [info]