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Pure Genius - The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959)

Ray Charles

2005 · Blues

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Pure Genius - The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) by Ray Charles

Pure Genius - The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) is a Blues album by Ray Charles, originally released in 2005. On Gatefold: 3 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

  1. 1The Sun's Gonna Shine Again2:36
  2. 2Roll With My Baby2:35
  3. 3The Midnight Hour2:59
  4. 4Jumpin' In the Morning2:45
  5. 5It Should've Been Me2:41
  6. 6Losing Hand3:11
  7. 7Heartbreaker2:50
  8. 8Sinner's Prayer3:22
  9. 9Mess Around2:38
  10. 10Funny (But I Still Love You)3:12
  11. 11Feelin' Sad2:48
  12. 12I Wonder Who2:47
  13. 13Don't You Know2:55
  14. 14Nobody Cares2:38
  15. 15Ray's Blues2:52
  16. 16I Got a Break Baby2:45
  17. 17Blackjack2:20
  18. 18I've Got a Woman2:52
  19. 19Greenbacks2:49
  20. 20Come Back (Baby)3:04
  21. 21A Fool for You3:02
  22. 22This Little Girl of Mine2:31
  23. 23Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)2:52
  24. 24Blues Hangover (a.k.a. A Bit of Soul)2:17
  25. 25Mary Ann2:45
  26. 26Drown In My Own Tears3:18
  27. 27Hallelujah I Love Her So2:35
  28. 28What Would I Do Without You2:37
  29. 29Dawn Ray5:01
  30. 30The Man I Love4:25
  31. 31Music, Music, Music2:53
  32. 32Black Coffee5:29
  33. 33Lonely Avenue2:33
  34. 34I Want to Know2:08
  35. 35Leave My Woman Alone2:40
  36. 36The Ray3:58
  37. 37I Surrender Dear5:05
  38. 38Hornful Soul5:27
  39. 39Ain't Misbehavin'5:39
  40. 40Joy Ride4:38
  41. 41Sweet Sixteen Bars4:05
  42. 42Doodlin'5:51
  43. 43There's No You4:45
  44. 44Undecided3:39
  45. 45My Melancholy Baby4:19
  46. 46It's Alright2:14
  47. 47Ain't That Love2:51
  48. 48Rockhouse, Pts. 1 & 23:51
  49. 49Get On the Right Track Baby2:17
  50. 50Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)2:16
  51. 51That's Enough2:46
  52. 52Talkin' 'Bout You2:49
  53. 53What Kind of Man Are You2:48
  54. 54I Want a Little Girl2:53
  55. 55How Long Blues9:17
  56. 56Cosmic Ray5:22
  57. 57The Genius After Hours5:23
  58. 58Charlesville4:54
  59. 59Bags of Blues8:51
  60. 60'Deed I Do5:49
  61. 61Blue Funk8:10
  62. 62Soul Brothers9:33
  63. 63Bag's Guitar Blues6:26
  64. 64Yes Indeed!!2:14
  65. 65I Had a Dream2:52
  66. 66You Be My Baby2:27
  67. 67Tell All the World About You2:01
  68. 68My Bonnie2:46
  69. 69Soul Meeting6:03
  70. 70Hallelujah I Love Her So5:30
  71. 71Blue Genius6:40
  72. 72X-Ray Blues7:05
  73. 73Love On My Mind3:46
  74. 74The Spirit-Feel (Live At Newport Jazz)3:46
  75. 75Blues Waltz (Live At Newport Jazz)6:24
  76. 76In a Little Spanish Town (Live At Newport Jazz)3:48
  77. 77Sherry (Live At Newport Jazz) [Edit]4:26
  78. 78Night Time Is the Right Time (Live At Newport Jazz)4:04
  79. 79A Fool for You (Live At Newport Jazz)7:11
  80. 80I've Got a Woman (Live At Newport Jazz)6:19
  81. 81Talkin' 'Bout You (Live At Newport Jazz)4:22
  82. 82Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) [Live At Newport Jazz]2:09
  83. 83Yes Indeed! (Live At Newport Jazz)2:38
  84. 84Early In the Mornin'2:46
  85. 85Night Time Is the Right Time3:24
  86. 86Carryin' That Load (Single Version)2:14
  87. 87Carryin' That Load2:22
  88. 88Tell Me How Do You Feel2:41
  89. 89Fathead5:20
  90. 90Tin Tin Deo5:18
  91. 91Bill for Bennie4:14
  92. 92Hard Times4:40
  93. 93Mean to Me4:14
  94. 94Sweet Eyes3:43
  95. 95Weird Beard4:47
  96. 96Willow Weep for Me4:57
  97. 97Tell the Truth3:04
  98. 98What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 (Mono)5:04
  99. 99What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 (Stereo)6:27
  100. 100Tell Me You'll Wait for Me3:22
  101. 101Come Rain or Come Shine3:41
  102. 102Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying3:45
  103. 103Just for a Thrill3:23
  104. 104You Won't Let Me Go3:19
  105. 105Am I Blue3:38
  106. 106The Spirit-Feel (Live 1959)4:23
  107. 107Frenesi (Live 1959)5:04
  108. 108Tell the Truth (Live 1959)3:35
  109. 109Drown In My Own Tears (Live 1959)6:24
  110. 110Night Time Is the Right Time (Live 1959)4:05
  111. 111What'd I Say (Live 1959)4:22
  112. 112Let the Good Times Roll2:52
  113. 113Alexander's Ragtime Band2:52
  114. 114'Deed I Do2:25
  115. 115When Your Lover Has Gone2:49
  116. 116Two Years of Torture3:24
  117. 117It Had to Be You2:42
  118. 118I'm Movin' On2:22
  119. 119I Believe to My Soul2:59
  120. 120Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)0:21
  121. 121Unknown Title (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)1:16
  122. 122Piano Improvisation & Dialog #1 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)0:31
  123. 123Losing Hand & Dialog #1 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)1:45
  124. 124Little Rock Getaway & Dialog (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)1:16
  125. 125Kentucky Waltz (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)1:23
  126. 126Heartbreaker (Instrumental) [Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]2:13
  127. 127Heartbreaker & Dialog (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)1:13
  128. 128Piano Improvisation & Dialog #2 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)0:42
  129. 129Heartbreaker (False Starts 1-2) [Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]1:11
  130. 130Losing Hand & Dialog #2 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)1:20
  131. 131Losing Hand & Dialog #3 (With Reverb) [Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]1:27
  132. 132Losing Hand & Dialog #4 (With Reverb) [Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]4:53
  133. 133Heartbreaker (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)2:51
  134. 134It Should've Been Me & Dialog (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)2:54
  135. 135Nobody Cares (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)3:54
  136. 136Piano Improvisation & Dialog #3 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)0:33
  137. 137Mess Around (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)2:37
  138. 138Funny (But I Still Love You) [Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]3:17
  139. 139Sinner's Prayer (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)3:43
  140. 140Piano Improvisation & Dialog #4 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)1:01
  141. 141Low Society & Dialog #1 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)3:08
  142. 142Boogie Woogie (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)1:56
  143. 143Low Society & Dialog #2 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)3:26
  144. 144Worried Life Blues (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)2:59
  145. 145Come Back Baby & Dialog (Walter Davis Version) [Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]1:57
  146. 146Low Society (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)2:54
  147. 147Night Time Is the Right Time & Dialog (Takes 1-7) [Recording Session, 1958]8:14
  148. 148Tell Me How Do You Feel (Take 1) [Recording Session, 1958]3:17
  149. 149Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)1:01
  150. 150It Had to Be You & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)1:40
  151. 151My Buddy & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)1:45
  152. 152Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)0:18
  153. 153When Your Lover Has Gone & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)1:50
  154. 154I'm Beginning to See the Light (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)1:26
  155. 155Let the Good Times Roll & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)2:46

Sound DNA

  • Blues
  • Jump Blues
  • raw
  • celebratory
  • soulful

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