tracks

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

Ray Charles

Original release : 2005

Atlantic / Cleopatra

An 8 CD box set of recordings made for Atlantic.

Tracks

  • The Sun's Gonna Shine Again (Charles)
  • Roll with My Baby (Sweet)
  • The Midnight Hour (Sweet)
  • Jumpin' in the Mornin' (Charles)
  • It Should've Been Me (Curtis)
  • Losing Hand (Calhoun)
  • Heartbreaker (Nugetre)
  • Sinner's Prayer (Fulson / Glenn)
  • Mess Around (Ertegun / Stone)
  • Funny (But I Still Love You) (Charles)
  • Feelin' Sad (Jones)
  • I Wonder Who (Charles)
  • Don't You Know (Charles)
  • Nobody Cares (Charles)
  • Ray's Blues (Charles)
  • I Got a Break Baby (Walker)
  • Blackjack (Charles)
  • I Got a Woman (Charles / Richard)
  • Greenbacks (Charles / Richard)
  • Come Back Baby (Charles)
  • A Fool for You (Charles)
  • This Little Girl of Mine (Charles)
  • Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) (Charles)
  • Blues Hangover (Glenn)
  • Mary Ann (Charles)
  • Drown in My Own Tears (Glover)
  • Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Charles)
  • What Would I Do Without You? (Charles)
  • Dawn Ray (Charles)
  • The Man I Love (Gershwin / Gershwin)
  • Music, Music, Music (Gershwin / Gershwin)
  • Black Coffee (Burke / Webster)
  • Lonely Avenue (Pomus)
  • I Want to Know (Charles)
  • Leave My Woman Alone (Charles)
  • The Ray (Jones)
  • I Surrender Dear (Barris / Clifford)
  • Hornful Soul (Charles)
  • Ain't Misbehavin' (Brooks / Razaf / Waller)
  • Joy Ride (Charles)
  • Sweet Sixteen Bars (Charles)
  • Doodlin' (Silver)
  • There's No You (Adair / Hopper)
  • Undecided (Robins / Shavers)
  • My Melancholy Baby (Burnett / Norton)
  • It's Alright (Charles)
  • Ain't That Love (Charles)
  • Rockhouse, Pts. 1 & 2 (Charles)
  • Get on the Right Track Baby (Turner)
  • Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) (Charles)
  • That's Enough (Charles)
  • Talkin' 'Bout You (Charles)
  • What Kind of Man Are You (Charles)
  • I Want a Little Girl (Mencher / Moll)
  • How Long Blues (Carr)
  • Cosmic Ray (Charles)
  • The Genius After Hours (Charles)
  • Charlesville (Charles)
  • Bags of Blues (Jackson)
  • 'Deed I Do (Hirsch / Rose)
  • Blue Funk (Charles)
  • Soul Brothers (Jackson)
  • Bag's Guitar Blues (Jackson)
  • Yes, Indeed! (Oliver)
  • I Had a Dream (Charles / Harper)
  • You Be My Baby (Charles / Pomus / Shuman)
  • Tell All the World About You (Charles)
  • My Bonnie (Traditional)
  • Soul Meeting (Jackson)
  • Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Charles)
  • Blue Genius (Charles)
  • X-Ray Blues (Charles)
  • Love on My Mind (Charles)
  • The Spirit-Feel (Jackson)
  • Blues Waltz (Roach)
  • In a Little Spanish Town (Lewis / Wayne / Young)
  • Sherry (Crawford)
  • (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Brown / Cadena / Herman)
  • A Fool for You (Charles)
  • I Got a Woman (Charles / Richard)
  • Talkin' 'Bout You (Charles)
  • Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) (Charles)
  • Yes, Indeed! (Oliver)
  • Early in the Morning (Glover)
  • (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Brown / Cadena / Herman)
  • Carrying That Load (Pomus / Shuman)
  • Carrying That Load (Pomus / Shuman)
  • Tell Me How Do You Feel (Charles / Mayfield)
  • Fathead (Newman)
  • Tin Tin Deo (Pozo)
  • Bill for Bennie (Crawford)
  • Hard Times (Mitchell)
  • Mean to Me (Ahlert / Turk)
  • Sweet Eyes (Crawford)
  • Weird Beard (Crawford)
  • Willow Weep for Me (Ronell)
  • Tell the Truth (Pauling)
  • What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 (Charles)
  • What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 (Charles)
  • Tell Me You'll Wait for Me (Brown / Moore)
  • Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen / Mercer)
  • Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' (Greene)
  • Just for a Thrill (Armstrong / Raye)
  • You Won't Let Me Go (Allen / Johnson)
  • Am I Blue (Akst / Clarke)
  • The Spirit-Feel (Jackson)
  • Frenesi (Dominguez)
  • Tell the Truth (Pauling)
  • Drown in My Own Tears (Glover)
  • Night Time Is) The Right Time (Brown / Cadena / Herman)
  • What'd I Say (Charles)
  • Let the Good Times Roll (Moore / Theard)
  • Alexander's Ragtime Band (Berlin)
  • 'Deed I Do (Hirsch / Rose)
  • When Your Lover Has Gone (Swan)
  • Two Years of Torture (Mayfield / Morris)
  • It Had to Be You (Jones / Kahn)
  • I'm Movin' On (Snow)
  • I Believe to My Soul (Charles)
  • Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (Charles)
  • Unknown Title
  • Piano Improvisation & Dialog
  • Losing Hand & Dialog (Calhoun)
  • Little Rock Getaway & Dialog (Sullivan)
  • Kentucky Waltz (Monroe)
  • Heartbreaker (Nugetre)
  • Heartbreaker & Dialog (Nugetre)
  • Piano Improvisation & Dialog
  • Heartbreaker (Nugetre)
  • Losing Hand & Dialog (Calhoun)
  • Losing Hand & Dialog (Calhoun)
  • Losing Hand & Dialog (Calhoun)
  • Heartbreaker (Nugetre)
  • It Should've Been Me & Dialog (Memphis Curtis)
  • Nobody Cares (Charles)
  • Piano Improvisation & Dialog
  • Mess Around (Ertegun / Stone)
  • Funny (But I Still Love You) (Charles)
  • Sinner's Prayer (Fulson / Glenn)
  • Piano Improvisation & Dialog
  • Low Society & Dialog (Fulson / Glenn)
  • Boogie Woogie (Basie / Rushing)
  • Low Society & Dialog (Fulson / Glenn)
  • Worried Life Blues (Merriweather)
  • Come Back Baby (Davis)
  • Low Society (Fulson)
  • (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Brown / Cadena / Herman)
  • Tell Me How Do You Feel (Charles / Mayfield)
  • Dialog
  • It Had to Be You & Dialog (Jones / Kahn)
  • My Buddy & Dialog (Donaldson / Kahn)
  • Dialog
  • When Your Lover Has Gone & Dialog (Swan)
  • I'm Beginning to See the Light (Ellington / George / Hodges / James)
  • Let the Good Times Roll & Dialog (Moore / Theard)
  • Lil' Darlin' (Hefti)
  • Blues Waltz (Roach)
  • Let the Good Times Roll (Moore / Theard)
  • Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' (Greene)
  • Sticks and Stones (Glover / Turner)
  • My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do) (Charles)
  • Drown in My Own Tears (Glover)
  • What'd I Say (Charles)
  • I Believe to My Soul (Charles)
  • Interview with Ahmet Ertegu
Buy from amazon.com

album cover


Home