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Porgy & Bess

Ray Charles & Cleo Laine

1976 · Stage & Screen

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Porgy & Bess by Ray Charles & Cleo Laine

Porgy & Bess is a Soundtrack & Scores album by Ray Charles & Cleo Laine, originally released in 1976. On Gatefold: 21 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Summertime (Instrumental)1:26
  2. A2Summertime6:12
  3. A3My Man's Gone Now4:40
  4. A4A Woman Is A Sometime Thing2:42
  5. A5They Pass By Singin'3:01

Side B

  1. B1What You Want Wid Bess?2:20
  2. B2I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (Instrumental)5:25
  3. B3I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'3:47
  4. B4Buzzard Song3:21
  5. B5Bess, You Is My Woman5:25
  6. B6Oh, Doctor Jesus2:10

Side C

  1. C1Crab Man1:45
  2. C2Here Come De Honey Man1:24
  3. C3Strawberry Woman (Instrumental)0:56
  4. C4Strawberry Woman1:21
  5. C5It Ain't Necessarily So (Instrumental)4:34
  6. C6It Ain't Necessarily So4:13
  7. C7There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York3:20
  8. C8There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York (Instrumental)4:50

Side D

  1. D1I Loves You, Porgy (Instrumental)4:21
  2. D2I Loves You, Porgy5:00
  3. D3Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (Instrumental)3:22
  4. D4Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess3:33
  5. D5Oh Lord, I'm On My Way3:15

Sound DNA

  • Soundtrack & Scores
  • Musical Theatre & Stage
  • lush
  • tender
  • theatrical

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Other (Price Code on spine): 1498
Some copies with sticker PROMO-COPY, NOT FOR SALE
Catalog no.Printed as CPL 2-1831 on the outside of the boxed set and on the label as CPL2-1831.
Box set with a 12 page booklet. From the booklet:
"Cleo Laine and Ray Charles recorded April 20, 21, 22 and 23, 1976 and Ray Charles Instrumentals recorded July 13, 1976 at RCA Recording Studio, Hollywood, California."
The # in runouts B and C represents a scratch-out.

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Rare pressing on Gatefold · 21 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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