Definitive Ray Charles [Original recording remastered]

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All Ray Charles fans will want to check out The Definitive Ray Charles, because it's the first time a compiler has been able to combine the chart-topping hits from his Atlantic and ABC-Paramount years into one package. This means that we get the Genius's hits from 1953's "Mess Around" right through his golden R&B Atlantic era ("I've Got a Woman," "Drown in My Own Tears," "Hallelujah I Love Her So," "I Believe To My Soul," "What'd I Say" and so on) alongside tracks that were not only massive worldwide hits but helped redefine popular music. "Georgia on My Mind," "Hit the Road Jack," "Unchain My Heart," "I Can't Stop Loving You," and "You Don't Know Me" not only combined superior standards and country songs with Charles's patented soul-gospel vocal style, but they were couched in an orchestral or big band setting that had simply never been utilized in this way prior to Charles's arrival. Those who know of his thorough musical background will not be surprised by this development, one that kept him high in the charts until the mid-'60s. This compilation thins out after the classic "In the Heat of the Night", as well it should, his latter-day duets with the Blues Brothers and Willie Nelson tidying things up nicely. Genius plus compilation good taste: an unbeatable combination. --Keith Shadwick

Product Description
Import exclusive compilation featuring 46 tracks, 'Mess Around', 'It Should've Been Me', 'I've Got A Woman', 'This Little Girl Of Mine', 'A Fool For You', 'Drown In My Own Tears', 'Leave My Woman Alone', 'Hallelujah I Love Her So', 'Lonely Avenue', 'Night Time Is The Right Time', 'What I Say (Parts 1 & 2)', 'I Believe To My Soul', 'I'm Movin' On', 'Come Rain Or Come Shine', 'Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying', 'Sticks & Stones', 'Georgia On My Mind', 'Ruby', 'One Mint Julep', 'I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town', 'Hit The Road Jack', 'Unchain My Heart', 'Baby It's Cold Outside', 'At The Curb', 'I Can't Stop Loving You', 'Born To Lose', 'You Don't Know Me', 'You Are My Sunshine', 'Your Cheatin' Heart', 'Take These Chains From My Heart', 'Busted', 'That Lucky Old Sun', 'Crying Time', 'Cincinnati Kid', 'Let's Go Get Stoned', 'I Don't Need No Doctor', 'In The Heat Of The Night', 'Yesterday', 'Eleanor Rigby', 'I Can Make It Thru' The Days', 'Rainy Night In Georgia', 'Jealous Kind', 'Shake Your Tailfeather' feat. The Blues Brothers, 'Seven Spanish Girls', 'I'll Be Good To You' & 'Imagine'. Rhino/Warner.

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The Definitive Soul Collection Ray Charles Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music R&B | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Icons | Warner Brothers Records | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Definitive Soul Collection The Definitive Soul Collection More Motown Classics Gold The Definitive Soul Collection The Definitive Soul Collection ASIN: B000FO0AOM Release Date: 2006-07-11

Tracks:

1. Mess Around
2. It Should've Been Me
3. Don't You Know
4. Losing Hand
5. I've Got A Woman
6. Come Back Baby
7. This Little Girl Of Mine
8. A Fool For You
9. Greenbacks
10. Blackjack
11. Drown In My Own Tears
12. Mark Ann
13. Hallelujah I Love Her So
14. What Would I Do Without You
15. Leave My Woman Alone

Tracks:

1. Lonely Avenue
2. Ain't That Love
3. It's All Right
4. Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)
5. Rockhouse Parts 1 & 2
6. (Night Time Is) The Right Time
7. That's Enough
8. What'd I Say Parts I & II
9. I'm Movin' On
10. I Believe To My Soul
11. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'
12. Let The Good Times Roll
13. Just For A Thrill
14. Tell The Truth
15. Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)

Album Description

The musical brilliance of Ray Charles' seminal, revolutionary, and essentially soul-sational Atlantic Records era is spotlighted on this 30-song double cd.

Average customer rating: From the fifties to the eighties - it's all here

Definitive Ray Charles Ray Charles Manufacturer: Wea International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Blues | Imports | Stores | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Genius of Ray Charles The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years Genius + Soul = Jazz/My Kind of Jazz Standards Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music ASIN: B00005O3YU Release Date: 2001-11-01

Tracks:

1. Mess Around
2. It Should've Been Me
3. I Got a Woman
4. This Little Girl of Mine
5. Fool for You
6. Drown in My Own Tears
7. Leave My Woman Alone
8. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
9. Lonely Avenue
10. (Night Time Is) The Right Time
11. What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2
12. I Believe to My Soul
13. I'm Movin' On
14. Come Rain or Come Shine
15. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
16. Sticks and Stones
17. Georgia on My Mind
18. Ruby
19. One Mint Julep
20. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
21. Hit the Road Jack
22. Unchain My Heart
23. Baby, It's Cold Outside
24. At the Club

Tracks:

1. I Can't Stop Loving You
2. Born to Lose
3. You Don't Know Me
4. You Are My Sunshine
5. Your Cheatin' Heart
6. Take These Chains from My Heart
7. Busted
8. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
9. Crying Time
10. Cincinnati Kid
11. Let's Go Get Stoned
12. I Don't Need No Doctor
13. In the Heat of the Night
14. Yesterday
15. Eleanor Rigby
16. I Can Make It Thru the Day (But Oh Those Lonely Nights)
17. Rainy Night in Georgia
18. Jealous Kind
19. Shake Your Tailfeather
20. Seven Spanish Angels - Ray Charles, Willie Nelson
21. I'll Be Good to You
22. Imagine

From Amazon.co.uk

All Ray Charles fans will want to check out The Definitive Ray Charles, because it's the first time a compiler has been able to combine the chart-topping hits from his Atlantic and ABC-Paramount years into one package. This means that we get the Genius's hits from 1953's "Mess Around" right through his golden R&B Atlantic era ("I've Got a Woman," "Drown in My Own Tears," "Hallelujah I Love Her So," "I Believe To My Soul," "What'd I Say" and so on) alongside tracks that were not only massive worldwide hits but helped redefine popular music. "Georgia on My Mind," "Hit the Road Jack," "Unchain My Heart," "I Can't Stop Loving You," and "You Don't Know Me" not only combined superior standards and country songs with Charles's patented soul-gospel vocal style, but they were couched in an orchestral or big band setting that had simply never been utilized in this way prior to Charles's arrival. Those who know of his thorough musical background will not be surprised by this development, one that kept him high in the charts until the mid-'60s. This compilation thins out after the classic "In the Heat of the Night", as well it should, his latter-day duets with the Blues Brothers and Willie Nelson tidying things up nicely. Genius plus compilation good taste: an unbeatable combination. --Keith Shadwick

Album Description

Import exclusive compilation featuring 46 tracks, 'Mess Around', 'It Should've Been Me', 'I've Got A Woman', 'This Little Girl Of Mine', 'A Fool For You', 'Drown In My Own Tears', 'Leave My Woman Alone', 'Hallelujah I Love Her So', 'Lonely Avenue', 'Night Time Is The Right Time', 'What I Say (Parts 1 & 2)', 'I Believe To My Soul', 'I'm Movin' On', 'Come Rain Or Come Shine', 'Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying', 'Sticks & Stones', 'Georgia On My Mind', 'Ruby', 'One Mint Julep', 'I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town', 'Hit The Road Jack', 'Unchain My Heart', 'Baby It's Cold Outside', 'At The Curb', 'I Can't Stop Loving You', 'Born To Lose', 'You Don't Know Me', 'You Are My Sunshine', 'Your Cheatin' Heart', 'Take These Chains From My Heart', 'Busted', 'That Lucky Old Sun', 'Crying Time', 'Cincinnati Kid', 'Let's Go Get Stoned', 'I Don't Need No Doctor', 'In The Heat Of The Night', 'Yesterday', 'Eleanor Rigby', 'I Can Make It Thru' The Days', 'Rainy Night In Georgia', 'Jealous Kind', 'Shake Your Tailfeather' feat. The Blues Brothers, 'Seven Spanish Girls', 'I'll Be Good To You' & 'Imagine'. Rhino/Warner.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Spectacular Double Disc Collection of the Man Whose Picture Ought to Appear in the Dictionary under 'soul Music', as his Recordings and Performances Are the Very Essence of the Genre. 46 Great Tracks with all the Hits from the Last 40+ Years!

Customer Reviews:

From the fifties to the eighties - it's all here.......2002-12-08

There are plenty of Ray Charles compilations to choose from - some focusing on a particular era or a particular aspect of Ray's career. This particular compilation is the first to combine his fifties music (recorded for Atlantic) and his sixties music (recorded for ABC-Paramount) on one collection - it also includes a few tracks from more recent times.

The most famous of his early songs is probably the often-covered Hallelujah I love her so. What'd I say and I've got a woman are among the other great songs from Ray's fifties music that are included here. All those three were written by Ray, although he also recorded songs written by others even then. Fans of Ray's fifties music will need to buy a compilation devoted to those recordings - on this set, there are just 15 tracks from this era (about right for this compilation).

It is the sixties with which Ray will be forever associated and which is most strongly represented here. Despite Ray's ability to write his own songs, the two songs for which he is best remembered are both covers. Georgia on my mind is a Hoagy Carmichael song from 1931, while I can't stop loving you is a country song written by Don Gibson. In both cases, Ray did them his own way, broadening their appeal considerably.

I can't stop loving you was one of many country songs that Ray adapted to the R+B style. Some of his fans deserted him, but these recordings gained him more fans than he lost. What Ray showed was the main difference between different styles of music was the presentation - not the songs themselves. His re-interpretations of country songs are represented here by tracks 1 to 7 and track 9 of CD 2. Actually, he'd dabbled with the idea in the fifties, as his cover of I'm movin' on (CD 1, track 13) shows.

Among his other great recordings of the sixties are Baby it's cold outside (a duet with Betty Carter), Hit the road Jack (with Margie Hendrix), That lucky old sun, Yesterday and Eleanor Rigby.

After the sixties, Ray's success was limited, but he still had the talent. In 1984, he recorded a country album of duets with various country singers - it really was a country album, unlike his sixties covers. That album is represented here by Seven Spanish angels - a duet with Willie Nelson. Other (non-country) duets from the eighties are also included - Shake your tailfeather (with the Blues brothers) and I'll be good to you (with Chaka Khan).

The collection closes with an outstanding cover of Imagine, recorded for a French TV commercial in the late nineties.

Average customer rating:

Definitive Gold Ray Charles Manufacturer: Deja Vu Italy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Blues | Imports | Stores | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000IMV43M Release Date: 2006-11-06

Tracks:

1. Let The Good Times Roll
2. Georgia On My Mind
3. I Believe My Soul
4. Come Rain Or Come Shine
5. Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
6. Some Enchanted Evening
7. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
8. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts
9. Hit The Road Jack
10. Margie
11. I Wonder
12. I Can't Stop Loving You
13. Take These Chains From My Heart
14. I Can See Clearly Now
15. What'd I Say
16. America The Beautiful
17. I Love You, I Love You
18. Confession Blues
19. Let's Have A Ball
20. Alone In This City
21. Rockin' Chair Blues
22. Can Anyone Ask For More
23. If I Give You My Love
24. This Love Of Mine
25. Can't You See Darling?
26. How Long Blues
27. A Sentimental Blues
28. Ain't That Fine
29. Blues Before Sunrise
30. You'll Never Miss The Water
31. Don't Pull All Your Dreams In One Basket
32. Sittin' On Top Of The World
33. See See Rider
34. I've Had My Fun
35. What Have I Done?
36. Honey, Honey
37. She's On The Ball
38. Late In The Evening Blues
39. Th' Ego Song
40. Someday
41. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
42. All To Myself
43. Lonely Boy
44. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
45. I'll Do Anything But Work
46. I'm Glad For Your Sake
47. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
48. Kissa Me Baby
49. Funny
50. Feelin' Sad
51. I Wonder Who
52. Don't You Know
53. Nobody Cares
54. Ray's Blues
55. Mr. Charles Blues
56. Blackjack
57. I've Got A Woman
58. Greenbacks
59. Come Back Baby
60. Sun's Gonna Shine Again
61. Roll With My Baby
62. Midnight Hour
63. Jumpin' In The Morning
64. A Fool For You
65. This Little Girl Of Mind

Average customer rating: From the fifties to the eighties - it's all here

Definitive Ray Charles Ray Charles Manufacturer: Wea International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Blues | Imports | Stores | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Genius of Ray Charles The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years Genius + Soul = Jazz/My Kind of Jazz Standards Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music ASIN: B00005K9MQ Release Date: 2001-10-16

Tracks:

1. Mess Around
2. It Should've Been Me
3. I Got a Woman
4. This Little Girl of Mine
5. Fool for You
6. Drown in My Own Tears
7. Leave My Woman Alone
8. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
9. Lonely Avenue
10. (Night Time Is) The Right Time
11. What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2
12. I Believe to My Soul
13. I'm Movin' On
14. Come Rain or Come Shine
15. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
16. Sticks and Stones
17. Georgia on My Mind
18. Ruby
19. One Mint Julep
20. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
21. Hit the Road Jack
22. Unchain My Heart
23. Baby, It's Cold Outside
24. At the Club

Tracks:

1. I Can't Stop Loving You
2. Born to Lose
3. You Don't Know Me
4. You Are My Sunshine
5. Your Cheatin' Heart
6. Take These Chains from My Heart
7. Busted
8. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
9. Crying Time
10. Cincinnati Kid
11. Let's Go Get Stoned
12. I Don't Need No Doctor
13. In the Heat of the Night
14. Yesterday
15. Eleanor Rigby
16. I Can Make It Thru the Day (But Oh Those Lonely Nights)
17. Rainy Night in Georgia
18. Jealous Kind
19. Shake Your Tailfeather
20. Seven Spanish Angels - Ray Charles, Willie Nelson
21. I'll Be Good to You
22. Imagine

From Amazon.co.uk

All Ray Charles fans will want to check out The Definitive Ray Charles, because it's the first time a compiler has been able to combine the chart-topping hits from his Atlantic and ABC-Paramount years into one package. This means that we get the Genius's hits from 1953's "Mess Around" right through his golden R&B Atlantic era ("I've Got a Woman," "Drown in My Own Tears," "Hallelujah I Love Her So," "I Believe To My Soul," "What'd I Say" and so on) alongside tracks that were not only massive worldwide hits but helped redefine popular music. "Georgia on My Mind," "Hit the Road Jack," "Unchain My Heart," "I Can't Stop Loving You," and "You Don't Know Me" not only combined superior standards and country songs with Charles's patented soul-gospel vocal style, but they were couched in an orchestral or big band setting that had simply never been utilized in this way prior to Charles's arrival. Those who know of his thorough musical background will not be surprised by this development, one that kept him high in the charts until the mid-'60s. This compilation thins out after the classic "In the Heat of the Night", as well it should, his latter-day duets with the Blues Brothers and Willie Nelson tidying things up nicely. Genius plus compilation good taste: an unbeatable combination. --Keith Shadwick

Album Description

Import exclusive compilation featuring 46 tracks, 'Mess Around', 'It Should've Been Me', 'I've Got A Woman', 'This Little Girl Of Mine', 'A Fool For You', 'Drown In My Own Tears', 'Leave My Woman Alone', 'Hallelujah I Love Her So', 'Lonely Avenue', 'Night Time Is The Right Time', 'What I Say (Parts 1 & 2)', 'I Believe To My Soul', 'I'm Movin' On', 'Come Rain Or Come Shine', 'Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying', 'Sticks & Stones', 'Georgia On My Mind', 'Ruby', 'One Mint Julep', 'I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town', 'Hit The Road Jack', 'Unchain My Heart', 'Baby It's Cold Outside', 'At The Curb', 'I Can't Stop Loving You', 'Born To Lose', 'You Don't Know Me', 'You Are My Sunshine', 'Your Cheatin' Heart', 'Take These Chains From My Heart', 'Busted', 'That Lucky Old Sun', 'Crying Time', 'Cincinnati Kid', 'Let's Go Get Stoned', 'I Don't Need No Doctor', 'In The Heat Of The Night', 'Yesterday', 'Eleanor Rigby', 'I Can Make It Thru' The Days', 'Rainy Night In Georgia', 'Jealous Kind', 'Shake Your Tailfeather' feat. The Blues Brothers, 'Seven Spanish Girls', 'I'll Be Good To You' & 'Imagine'. Rhino/Warner.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Spectacular Double Disc Collection of the Man Whose Picture Ought to Appear in the Dictionary under 'soul Music', as his Recordings and Performances Are the Very Essence of the Genre. 46 Great Tracks with all the Hits from the L Ast 40+ Years!

Customer Reviews:

From the fifties to the eighties - it's all here.......2002-12-08

There are plenty of Ray Charles compilations to choose from - some focusing on a particular era or a particular aspect of Ray's career. This particular compilation is the first to combine his fifties music (recorded for Atlantic) and his sixties music (recorded for ABC-Paramount) on one collection - it also includes a few tracks from more recent times.

The most famous of his early songs is probably the often-covered Hallelujah I love her so. What'd I say and I've got a woman are among the other great songs from Ray's fifties music that are included here. All those three were written by Ray, although he also recorded songs written by others even then. Fans of Ray's fifties music will need to buy a compilation devoted to those recordings - on this set, there are just 15 tracks from this era (about right for this compilation).

It is the sixties with which Ray will be forever associated and which is most strongly represented here. Despite Ray's ability to write his own songs, the two songs for which he is best remembered are both covers. Georgia on my mind is a Hoagy Carmichael song from 1931, while I can't stop loving you is a country song written by Don Gibson. In both cases, Ray did them his own way, broadening their appeal considerably.

I can't stop loving you was one of many country songs that Ray adapted to the R+B style. Some of his fans deserted him, but these recordings gained him more fans than he lost. What Ray showed was the main difference between different styles of music was the presentation - not the songs themselves. His re-interpretations of country songs are represented here by tracks 1 to 7 and track 9 of CD 2. Actually, he'd dabbled with the idea in the fifties, as his cover of I'm movin' on (CD 1, track 13) shows.

Among his other great recordings of the sixties are Baby it's cold outside (a duet with Betty Carter), Hit the road Jack (with Margie Hendrix), That lucky old sun, Yesterday and Eleanor Rigby.

After the sixties, Ray's success was limited, but he still had the talent. In 1984, he recorded a country album of duets with various country singers - it really was a country album, unlike his sixties covers. That album is represented here by Seven Spanish angels - a duet with Willie Nelson. Other (non-country) duets from the eighties are also included - Shake your tailfeather (with the Blues brothers) and I'll be good to you (with Chaka Khan).

The collection closes with an outstanding cover of Imagine, recorded for a French TV commercial in the late nineties.

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Definitive Antology-Trilogy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Blues | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000QCUB1U Release Date: 2007-05-22

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Definitive Soul ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B000N4R9PC Release Date: 2006-07-11

Album Description

The musical brilliance of Ray Charles' seminal, revolutionary, and essentially soul-sational Atlantic Records era is spotlighted on this 30-song double cd.

Average customer rating:

Definitive Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Blues | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006ILVH Release Date: 2004-01-01

Album Description

Import exclusive compilation featuring 46 tracks. All Ray Charles fans should want to check out The Definitive Ray Charles. It's the first time any collection has surfaced that combines the chart-topping hits from his Atlantic and ABC-Paramount years into one package. This means that you get the Genius's hits from 1953's 'Mess Around' right through his golden R&B Atlantic era ('I've Got a Woman', 'Drown in My Own Tears', 'Hallelujah I Love Her So', 'I Believe To My Soul', "What'd I Say" amongst others) alongside tracks that were not only massive worldwide hits but helped redefine popular music. 'Georgia on My Mind', 'Hit The Road Jack', 'Unchain My Heart', 'I Can't Stop Loving You' and 'You Don't Know Me' not only combined superior standards and country songs with Charles's patented soul-gospel vocal style, but they were couched in an orchestral or big band setting that had simply never been utilised in this way prior to Charles's arrival. Those who know of his thorough musical background will not be surprised by this development, one that kept him high in the charts until the mid-60s. This compilation thins out after the classic 'In The Heat of the Night', as well it should, his latter-day duets with the Blues Brothers and Willie Nelson tidying thing up nicely. Genius plus compilation good taste: an unbeatable combination. Slimline Double Jewelcase. Warner/Rhino.

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