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The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years
(1994)
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Ray Charles
Taking one of the most interesting bodies of work in the history of American music and trying to narrow it down to one 20-song compact disc would seem to be the sort of project that's doomed to failure, and there's little arguing that this collection of Ray Charles's classic Atlantic Records sides merely skims the surface of some of the most ...
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The Definitive Soul Collection
(2006)
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Ray Charles
Rhino's 2006 double-disc set The Definitive Soul Collection is the latest in a long list of Ray Charles compilations from Rhino, and it covers much of the same territory as the others: namely, it's a selection of highlights from his classic Atlantic recordings from the '50s. Since it doesn't have any of Ray's ABC sides of the '60s, it can't quite ...
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Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959)
(2005)
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Ray Charles
Ray Charles' seminal recordings for Atlantic have been boxed once before, as the triple-disc 1991 set The Birth of Soul. That box contained 53 tracks, the best moments of what is arguably the best period of Charles' career, but Rhino/Atlantic's 2005 seven-disc sequel, Pure Genius, doesn't bother with merely the highlights: as its subtitle makes ...
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Early Classics
(2000)
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Stevie Wonder
Early Classics features the gifted singer/writer/musician transcending from Little Stevie Wonder into maturity. The 18 selections are OK, but would have been stronger if "Sunset," "Purple Raindrops," "Hey Love," "Contract on Love," and "Old People Call It the Blues (But I Call It Pretty Music)" had been included; they would have compensated ...
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Blue Note Plays Ray Charles
(2005)
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Various Artists
Blue Note Plays Ray Charles contains 11 previously released performances by jazz artists associated with the label who dip into the songbook of "Brother Ray." These are enjoyable re-creations courtesy of several Hammond B-3 masters, including Jimmy McGriff's "I Got a Woman," Freddie Roach's "Night Time Is the Right Time," and Jimmy Smith's "I'm ...
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Softly as a Summer Breeze
(1958)
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Jimmy Smith
Softly As a Summer Breeze is one of Jimmy Smith's more obscure Blue Notes. The six-song trio program finds the organist joined by either guitarist Kenny Burrell and drummer Philly Joe Jones or guitarist Eddie McFadden and drummer Donald Bailey. In the original liner notes, Leonard Feather makes it seem like a ballad-oriented set, but "Hackensack" ...
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The Birth of Soul
(1991)
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Ray Charles
The title isn't just hype -- this absolutely essential three-disc box is where soul music first took shape and soared, courtesy of Ray Charles' church-soaked pipes and bedrock piano work. Brother Ray's formula for inventing the genre was disarmingly simple: he brought gospel intensity to the R&B world with his seminal "I Got a Woman," "Hallelujah ...
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Talkin' 'Bout You
(1988)
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Diane Schuur
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Sugar 'n' Spice
(1962)
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Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee is in fine voice throughout this jazz-flavored set, backed by ensembles arranged by Benny Carter, Billy Byers, Billy May, and Shorty Rogers. The program (which has been expanded from 12 songs to 15 for this reissue) only includes two performances over three minutes in length, so there is not much for the backup bands to do. However, the ...
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Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
(2001)
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Stevie Wonder
Relative to the brilliant work he would go on to do in the '70s and '80s, Stevie Wonder's early recordings for Motown in the 1960s aren't really worth getting too excited about. A few of his songs from the "Little Stevie" era are undisputed masterpieces -- "Fingertips, Pts. 1-2," "Uptight (Everything's Alright)," "I Was Made to Love Her," "Yester ...
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Hallelujah I Love Her So!
(1962)
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Ray Charles
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Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles
(1962)
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Bobby Darin
Released in March of 1962, Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles was his second-to-last for Atco. The tribute to one of the musicians who had most influenced him included 11 solid covers. The album peaked at number 96 and stayed on Billboard's charts for 11 weeks. The opening song, "What'd I Say," earned Darin a Grammy nomination for Best Rhythm and Blues ...
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Crazy Cajun Recordings
(1999)
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Sonny Landreth
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Little Miss Dynamite [Bear Family]
(1997)
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Brenda Lee
Five hours of pure gold on four CDs, covering the 127 songs that Brenda Lee recorded during the years 1956 through 1962, with the added allure of an 84-page hardcover book. What's more, there's hardly a second-rate song or performance here, and Lee's singing style evolved so far that there are surprises throughout. Her early rockabilly sides are ...
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Tribute to Uncle Ray
(1962)
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Little Stevie Wonder
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Shades Of: The Chess Singles 1961-1968
(2008)
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Mitty Collier
Though Mitty Collier recorded fairly often for Chess throughout most of the 1960s, she experienced relatively little commercial success. A few of her singles -- "I'm Your Part Time Love," "I Had a Talk with My Man," "No Faith, No Love," and "Sharing You" (all included on this release) -- had some success on the R&B charts, but had Dusty ...
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Very Best of Ray Charles [Greatest Hits]
(2007)
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Ray Charles
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Complete Satellite Recordings
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Various Artists
The Complete Satellite Recordings captures the Memphis-based label's early-'60's history -- before it took on its more familiar name of Stax Records -- and its mix of country, rock & roll, and R&B on this 32-song CD. There are no notes here (just release dates and catalog numbers), but there is a lot of delightful music across several genres. ...
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Legend Lives On
(2008)
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Ray Charles
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