Ray Charles

2 LPs on 1 CD + 1 BONUS TRACK

5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

This release presents two complete original albums by the great Ray Charles. Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music Vols. 1 & 2 (ABC Paramount ABC-410 & ABC-435), presenting amazing arrangements by Marty Paich, Gerald Wilson and Gil Fuller. As a bonus, we have added a further song from the same sessions that wasn’t included on the original LP. One of Ray Charles’ best-selling albums ever, volume 1 earned him a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording at the 1963 Grammy Awards, while the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 1999, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

PERSONNEL:

RAY CHARLES, vocals & piano & His Orchestra
Featuring: Dicky Wells (tb), Keg Johnson (b-tb), Hank Crawford, Rudy Powell (as),
David "Fathead" Newman, Don Wilkerson (ts), among others.
String arrangements by MARTY PAICH.
Big band arrangements by GERALD WILSON & GIL FULLER.

(1-12): Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music Vol.1
Los Angeles, February 5-15, 1962.

(12-24) Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music Vol.2
Los Angeles, September 5-7, 1962.


MODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC VOL. 1
01 BYE BYE LOVE 2:11
02 YOU DON’T KNOW ME 3:16
03 HALF AS MUCH 3:25
04 I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS 3:35
05 JUST A LITTLE LOVIN’ 3:29
06 BORN TO LOSE 3:16
07 WORRIED MIND 2:55
08 IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE NOW 3:35
09 YOU WIN AGAIN 3:31
10 CARELESS LOVE 4:01
11 I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU 4:16
12 HEY, GOOD LOOKIN’ 2:12

MODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC VOL. 2
13 YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE 2:58
14 NO LETTER TODAY 3:01
15 SOMEDAY (YOU’LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU) 2:40
16 DON’T TELL ME YOUR TROUBLES 2:07
17 MIDNIGHT 3:17
18 OH, LONESOME ME 2:10
19 TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART 2:56
20 YOUR CHEATING HEART 3:35
21 I’LL NEVER STAND IN YOUR WAY 2:19
22 MAKING BELIEVE 2:52
23 TEARDROPS IN MY HEART 3:02
24 HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME 3:15

BONUS TRACK:
25 AT THE CLUB 2:59

TOTAL TIME: 77:06