Ray Charles - The Birth Of Soul : The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings, 1952-1959
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Artist: Ray CharlesEdition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 1991-10-01
Music Label: Atlantic / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- The Sun's Gonna Shine Again
- Roll with My Baby
- The Midnight Hour
- Jumpin' in the Mornin'
- It Should've Been Me
- Losing Hand
- Heartbreaker
- Sinner's Prayer
- Mess Around
- Funny (But I Still Love You)
- Feelin' Sad
- I Wonder Who
- Don't You Know
- Nobody Cares
- Ray's Blues
- Mr. Charles' Blues
- Blackjack
- I Got a Woman
- Greenbacks
- Come Back Baby
- A Fool for You
- This Little Girl of Mine
- Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
- A Bit of Soul
- Mary Ann
- Drown in My Own Tears
- Hallelujah, I Love Her So
- What Would I Do Without You?
- Lonely Avenue
- I Want to Know
- Leave My Woman Alone
- It's Alright
- Ain't That Love
- Get on the Right Track Baby
- Rock House, Pts. 1-2
- Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)
- That's Enough
- Talkin' 'Bout You
- What Kind of Man Are You
- I Want a Little Girl
- Yes, Indeed!
- I Had a Dream
- You Be My Baby
- Tell All the World About You
- My Bonnie
- Early in the Morning
- Night Time Is the Right Time
- Carryin' the Load
- Tell Me How Do You Feel
- What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2
- Tell the Truth
- I'm Movin' On
- I Believe to My Soul
Free Music Notes for The Birth Of Soul : The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings, 1952-1959
Free Music Review: THIS Is How To Present A "Best Of" Collection
Hit: 5 Stars
This 3 CD box set from Atlantic should stand as a monument to the way an artist's "best of" compilation should be presented.
Ray's first charted hit came in 1949 for the Down Beat label as a member of The Maxin Trio when Confusion Blues reached # 2 on what passed then for the R&B charts. In 1951, on his own now with the Swing Time label, he then scored with Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand [# 5 R&B] and followed that in 1952 with Kiss-A Me Baby [# 8 R&B].
That led to a contract with Atlantic Records where, in May 1954, he had his first hit with It Should've Been Me [# 5 R&B] b/w Sinner's Prayer. That was followed in August by Don't You Know [# 10 R&B] b/w Losing Hand. All four sides are in this set.
Then came the seminal I've Got A Woman [sometimes listed as I Got A Woman] which soared to # 1 R&B early in 1955 b/w Come Back, itself a hit at # 4 R&B. In fact, from that point onward to 1956's Hellelujah I Love Her So, he would have only double-sided hits. And they are ALL here, as are both sides to all his following Atlantic hits up to, and including, the old Hank Snow Country smash [a hint of things to come with that genre] I'm Movin' On [# 11 R&B/# 40 Billboard Pop Hot 100 in 1959] b/w I Believe To My Soul.
It's interesting to note that it took the Pop market over eight years to "discover" Ray, and when they did it was to deliver a modest # 34 in November 1957 for Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River), which was the B-side to Ain't That Love, which only made the R&B charts at # 9 (Swanee River Rock also scored at # 14 R&B).
For some reason, the ONLY Atlantic hits not included are Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' [# 17 R&B/# 95 Hot 100 in 1960] and its B-side, Let The Good Times Roll [# 78 Hot 100], and Just For A Thrill [# 16 R&B] and its flipside Heartbreaker. Also, while his final Atlantic hit, Tell The Truth [# 13 R&B in September 1960] IS included, the B-side, Sweet Sixteen Bars, is not.
These, however, are minor quibbles. The large 32-page booklet contains not only a complete discography of the contents, along with numerous photographs and album/45rpm/poster reproductions, but also an extensive essay as well, written by Robert Palmer.
Deserves a prize place in any serious music collection.
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