Ray Charles

• NEW COLLECTION OF COLORED CLASSIC LPS

• 180 GRAM VINYL

• LIMITED EDITION

• EACH LP HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE STICKER!!

PERSONNEL:

• RAY CHARLES - piano & vocals on all tracks, plus:

• A1: Orchestra & chorus arranged and conducted by Marty Paich.
• Hollywood, February 15, 1962.

• A2-A4: Phillip Guilbeau, John Hunt (tp), David “Fathead” Newman (ts), Bennie “Hank” Crawford (as), Leroy “Hog” Cooper (bs), Edgar Willis (b), Edward “Bruno” Carr (d), The Raelettes [Gwen Berry, Margie Hendrix, Priscilla “Pat” Moseley Lyles, Ethel “Darlene” McCrea] (backing vocals).
• New York, July 5, 1961.

• A5-A6: Phillip Guilbeau, John Hunt (tp), David “Fathead” Newman, Donald Wilkerson (ts), Bennie “Hank” Crawford (as), Leroy “Hog” Cooper (bs), Edgar Willis (b), Edward “Bruno” Carr (d), unknown backing vocals.
• Hollywood, February 12, 1962.

• A7: Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt (tp), David “Fathead” Newman (ts), Bennie “Hank” Crawford (bs), Edgar Willis (b), Teagle Fleming (d), The Raelettes [Gwen Berry, Margie Hendrix, Priscilla “Pat” Moseley Lyles, Ethel “Darlene” McCrea] (backing vocals).
• Hollywood, December 29, 1959.

• A8: Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb), Allen Hanlon (g), Wendell Marshall (b), Ted Sommers (d), unidentified woodwinds and strings, Ralph Burns (arranger & conductor).
• New York, May 6, 1959.

• A9: Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt (tp), David “Fathead” Newman (ts), Bennie Crawford (bar), Edgar Willis (b), Teagle Fleming (d).
• New York, October 28, 1958.

• A10: Joe Bridgewater, Joshua Willis (tp), Don Wilkerson (ts), Cecil Payne (bs), Paul West (b), Panama Francis (d).
• New York, November 30, 1955.

• B1-B5: Ray Charles also plays organ on some tracks. Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt (tp), Bennie “Hank” Crawford (as, bs), Leroy “Hog” Cooper (bs), David “Fathead” Newman (ts), Edgar Willis (b), Milt Turner (d), plus 15 strings (on B4 only), Ralph Burns (cond, arr).
• New York, March 25 (B1, B4) & March 29 (B2-B3 & B5), 1960.

• B6: Betty Carter (vocal duet with Ray Charles), Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt, Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Don Fagerquist (tp), Dick Nash, Harry Betts, Frank Rosolino, Ken Shroyer (tb), Bennie Crawford (as), David “Fathead” Newman (ts), Leroy Cooper (bar), Bill Pittman (g), Edgar Willis (b), Mel Lewis (d), Bruno Carr (perc).
• Los Angeles, June 14, 1961.

• B7: Martin Banks, John Hunt (tp), David “Fathead” Newman (ts), Bennie “Hank” Crawford (as), Leroy “Hog” Cooper (bs), Edgar Willis (b), Milton Turner (d), The Raelettes [Gwen Berry, Margie Hendrix, Priscilla “Pat” Moseley Lyles, Ethel “Darlene” McCrea] (backing vocals).
• New York, April 27, 1960.

• B8: Same as A10.

• B9: Ray Charles plays Wurlitzer electric piano and wrote the arrangement. Marcus Belgrave (tp), David “Fathead” Newman (ts), Bennie “Hank” Crawford (bs), Edgar Willis (b), Milt Turner (d), Mongo Santamaría (congas), The Raelettes [Gwen Berry, Margie Hendrix, Priscilla “Pat” Moseley Lyles, Ethel “Darlene” McCrea] (backing vocals).
• New York, February 18, 1959.

• B10: Joe Bridgewater, Charles Whitley (tp), Don Wilkerson (ts), David Newman (bs), Wesley Jackson (g), Jimmy Bell (b), Glenn Brooks (d).
• Atlanta, November 18, 1954.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU
• A2 HIT THE ROAD, JACK
• A3 UNCHAIN MY HEART
• A4 BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, BABY
• A5 HIDE NOR HAIR
• A6 AT THE CLUB
• A7 WHO YOU GONNA LOVE
• A8 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYIN’
• A9 NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME
• A10 HALLELUJAH I LOVE HER SO

• SIDE B
• B1 GEORGIA ON MY MIND
• B2 CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINNY
• B3 CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME
• B4 BASIN STREET BLUES
• B5 ALABAMY BOUND
• B6 TOGETHER
• B7 I WONDER
• B8 DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS
• B9 WHAT’D I SAY Parts I & II
• B10 I’VE GOT A WOMAN