Ray Charles

• LIMITED CLASSIC LPS

• 180 GRAM VINYL

• AUDIOPHILE PRESSING

• INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

Presented here is the complete classic Ray Charles LP Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music (ABC Paramount ABC-410), presenting amazing arrangements by Marty Paich, Gerald Wilson and Gil Fuller. One of Ray Charles’ best-selling albums ever, it earned Charles 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. A further song from the same sessions that wasn’t included on the original LP has been added as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

• RAY CHARLES, vocals & piano, plus:

• ON TRACKS A1, B4 & B6:
• Martin Banks, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt (tp), George Matthews, Jim Herbert, Dicky Wells (tb), Keg Johnson (b-tb), Hank Crawford, Rudy Powell (as), David “Fathead” Newman, Don Wilkerson (ts), Leroy Cooper (bar), Sonny Forriest (g), Edgar Willis (b), Bruno Carr (d).
• Los Angeles, February 5, 1962.

• ON TRACKS A3, A5 & B2: Probably the same group with Gil Fuller (cond).
• Los Angeles, February 7, 1962.

• ON TARCKS A2, A4, A6, B1, B3, B5 & B7:
• Marty Paich Orchestra (similar personnel as above).
• Jack Hallorin (cond).
• Los Angeles, February 9-15, 1962.

TRACKS:

• A1 BYE BYE LOVE
• A2 YOU DON’T KNOW ME
• A3 HALF AS MUCH
• A4 I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS
• A5 JUST A LITTLE LOVIN’
• A6 BORN TO LOSE

• B1 WORRIED MIND
• B2 IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE NOW
• B3 YOU WIN AGAIN
• B4 CARELESS LOVE
• B5 I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU
• B6 HEY, GOOD LOOKIN’
• B7 AT THE CLUB (*)

• (*) BONUS TRACK: From the same sessions but not included on the original LP.