Ray Charles, Volume 2: Seven Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles

Tracklist

• CD 1: In Person (1960) / The Genius Sings the Blues (1960)
• 1
  The Right Time
  4:05
• 2
  What’d I Say
  4:21
• 3
  Yes Indeed!
  2:36
• 4
  The Spirit-Feel
  4:21
• 5
  Frenesi
  5:03
• 6
  Drown in My Own Tears
  6:23
• 7
  Tell The Truth
  3:36
• 8
  Early in the Mornin’
  2:46
• 9
  Hard Times (Nobody Knows Better Than I)
  2:54
  4.0 ★
• 10
  The Midnight Hour
  2:59
  4.0 ★
• 11
  (Night Time Is) The Right Time
  3:22
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Feelin’ Sad
  2:48
• 13
  Ray’s Blues
  2:53
• 14
  I’m Movin’ On
  2:11
• 15
  I Believe to My Soul
  2:59
• 16
  Nobody Cares
  2:38
• 17
  Mr. Charles’ Blues
  2:46
• 18
  Some Day Baby
  2:58
  3.5 ★
• 19
  I Wonder Who
  2:46
• CD 2: Soul Meeting (1961) / The Genius After Hours (1961)
• 1
  Hallelujah, I Love Her So

  Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
  5:26
• 2
  Blue Genius

  Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
  6:35
• 3
  X-Ray Blues

  Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
  8:08
• 4
  Soul Meeting

  Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
  6:00
• 5
  Love on My Mind

  Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
  3:42
• 6
  Bags of Blues

  Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
  8:48
• 7
  The Genius After Hours
  5:22
• 8
  Ain’t Misbehavin’
  5:39
• 9
  Dawn Ray
  5:01
• 10
  Joyride
  4:36
• 11
  Hornful Soul
  5:26
• 12
  The Man I Love
  4:25
• 13
  Charlesville
  4:54
• 14
  Music, Music, Music
  2:53
• CD 3: Dedicated to You (1961) / Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961)
• 1
  Hardhearted Hannah
  3:15
• 2
  Nancy (With the Laughning Face)
  3:03
• 3
  Margie
  2:44
• 4
  Ruby
  3:52
• 5
  Rosetta
  2:29
• 6
  Stella by Starlight
  3:48
• 7
  Cherry
  3:35
• 8
  Josephine
  2:11
• 9
  Candy
  4:06
• 10
  Marie
  2:18
• 11
  Diane
  3:48
• 12
  Sweet Georgia Brown
  2:29
• 13
  From the Heart
  3:33
• 14
  I’ve Got News for You
  4:30
• 15
  Moanin’
  3:15
• 16
  Let’s Go
  2:40
• 17
  One Mint Julep
  3:03
• 18
  I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
  3:40
  3.0 ★
• 19
  Stompin’ Room Only
  3:43
• 20
  Mister C.
  4:28
• 21
  Strike Up the Band
  2:33
• 22
  Birth of the Blues
  5:07
• CD 4: Ray Charles and Betty Carter (1961) / Bonus Singles
• 1
  Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye

  Ray Charles & Betty Carter
  4:36
• 2
  You and I

  Ray Charles & Betty Carter
  3:23
• 3
  Intro: Goodbye/We’ll Be Together Again

  Ray Charles & Betty Carter
  3:15
• 4
  People Will Say We’re in Love

  Ray Charles & Betty Carter
  2:48
• 5
  Cocktails for Two

  Ray Charles & Betty Carter
  3:11
• 6
  Side by Side

  Ray Charles & Betty Carter
  2:19
• 7
  Baby, It’s Cold Outside

  Ray Charles & Betty Carter
  4:07
• 8
  Together

  Ray Charles & Betty Carter
  1:31
• 9
  For All We Know

  Ray Charles & Betty Carter
  3:40
• 10
  Takes Two to Tango

  Ray Charles & Betty Carter
  3:19
• 11
  Alone Together

  Ray Charles & Betty Carter
  4:42
• 12
  Just You, Just Me

  Ray Charles & Betty Carter
  1:56
• 13
  My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do)
  3:01
• 14
  Who You Gonna Love
  2:02
• 15
  Sticks and Stones
  2:14
• 16
  Worried Life Blues
  3:07
• 17
  Georgia on My Mind
  3:37
  4.2 ★
• 18
  Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
  2:01
• 19
  Them That Got
  2:50
• 20
  I Wonder
  2:34
• 21
  Hit the Road, Jack
  2:00
  4.4 ★
• 22
  The Danger Zone
  2:22
• 23
  Unchain My Heart
  2:49
  4.0 ★
• 24
  But on the Other Hand, Baby
  3:12

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Release credits

• Ahmet Ertegun
  producer [8-19]
• Al Grey
  trombone [13-15, 19-21]
• Art Taylor
  drums (drum set) [1-5]
• Bennie Crawford
  baritone saxophone [1-2, 4-8], saxophone [14-15]
• Benny Powell
  trombone [13-15, 19-21]
• Betty Carter
  performer [1, 7], vocal [7]
• Bill Pitman
  guitar [4]
• Billy Mitchell
  tenor saxophone [13-15, 19-21]
• Bruno Carr
  drums (drum set) [21, 23]
• Budd Johnson
  tenor saxophone [16-18, 22]
• Charlie Fowlkes
  baritone saxophone [13-15, 19-21]
• Clark Terry
  trumpet [13-15, 19-21]
• Connie Kay
  drums (drum set) [1.10, 2.6]
• Creed Taylor
  producer [13-22]
• Dave McRae
  alto saxophone [10], baritone saxophone [10]
• David “Fathead” Newman
  alto saxophone [2.8, 2.10, 1.3, 1.11], saxophone [1-2, 4-7, 9], solo [1.11, 4.19, 4.23], tenor saxophone [2.8, 2.11, 4.15, 4.19, 4.21, 4.23, 1.3, 1.8, 1.14-15]
• Don Wilkerson
  tenor saxophone [9]
• Earle Warren
  alto saxophone [16-18, 22]
• Eddie Jones
  double bass [13-15, 19-21]
• Edgar Willis
  bass [1.1-8, 1.11, 1.14-15, 4.15, 4.19, 4.21, 4.23], bass guitar [4.17, 3.4]
• Emmott Dennis
  baritone saxophone [8, 11]
• Frank Foster
  tenor saxophone [13-15, 19-21]
• Frank Mitchell
  trumpet [12]
• Frank Wess
  alto saxophone [13-15, 19-21]
• Freddie Green
  guitar [13-15, 19-21]
• Freddie Hubbard
  flugelhorn [7], trumpet [7]
• George Dorsey
  alto saxophone [16-18, 22]
• George Matthews
  trombone [16-18, 22]
• Hank Crawford
  alto saxophone [15, 19, 21, 23], baritone saxophone [3, 11]
• Haywood Henry
  baritone saxophone [16-18, 22]
• Henry Coker
  trombone [13-15, 19-21]
• Irv Cottler
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Jeff Pevar
  guitar [7]
• Jerry Wexler
  producer [1.8-19, 2.7-14]
• Jesse Drakes
  trumpet [10]
• Jesse Stone
  arranger [10]
• Jimmy Cleveland
  trombone [16-18, 22]
• Jimmy Nottingham
  trumpet [16-18, 22]
• Joe Benjamin
  double bass [16-18, 22]
• Joe Bridgewater
  trumpet [1.9, 2.8, 2.11]
• Joe Harris
  drums (drum set) [9, 12, 14]
• Joe Newman
  trumpet [13-15, 19-21]
• Joe Tillman
  tenor saxophone [12]
• Joe Wilder
  trumpet [16-18, 22]
• John Frosk
  trumpet [16-18, 22]
• John Hunt
  trumpet [2.8, 2.10-11, 1.1-2, 1.4-8, 1.14-15, 4.15, 4.19, 4.21, 4.23]
• Keg Johnson
  trombone [16-18, 22]
• Kenny Burrell
  guitar [1-5]
• Kevin Turner
  guitar [7]
• Leiber & Stoller
  producer [11]
• Leroy Cooper
  baritone saxophone [15, 19, 21, 23]
• Lloyd Lambert
  bass [12]
• Lloyd Trotman
  double bass [10]
• Marcus Belgrave
  trumpet [4.19, 1.1-8, 1.11, 1.14-15]
• Margie Hendrix
  vocal [4.21, 1.11]
• Marjorie Hendricks
  vocal [1-7]
• Marshall Royal
  alto saxophone [13-15, 19-21]
• Martin Banks
  trumpet [15]
• Marty Paich
  arranger [3.4, 4.1-12], conductor [1-12]
• Mickey Baker
  guitar [10]
• Milt Turner
  drums (drum set) [4.17, 4.19, 1.11]
• Milton Turner
  drums (drum set) [15]
• Nesuhi Ertegun
  producer [7-14]
• O'Neil Gerald
  alto saxophone [12]
• Oscar Moore
  drums (drum set) [12]
• Oscar Pettiford
  bass [6], double bass [9, 12, 14]
• Percy Heath
  bass [1-5]
• Phillip Guilbeau
  trumpet [4.21, 4.23, 3.13-15, 3.19-21]
• Quincy Jones
  arranger [13, 15, 17-20]
• Ralph Burns
  arranger [3.14, 3.16, 3.21-22, 4.17]
• Ray Charles
  alto saxophone [3], arranger [1.11, 4.15, 4.19, 4.21, 4.23], electric piano [4.15, 1.11], organ [3.13-22, 1.8], piano [3.4, 4.17, 4.19, 4.21, 4.23, 1.1-10, 1.12, 1.14-15, 1.18, 2.7-14], vocal [1.1-3, 1.6-12, 1.14-15, 1.18, 4.7, 4.15, 4.17, 4.19, 4.21, 4.23, 3.4, 3.14, 3.17-18]
• Richie Goldberg
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Ricky Harper
  trumpet [3, 11]
• Riley Webb
  trumpet [9]
• Roosevelt Sheffield
  bass [9], double bass [7-8, 10-11, 13]
• Roy Haynes
  drums (drum set) [16-18, 22]
• Rudolph Johnson
  tenor saxophone [7]
• Sam Herman
  guitar [16-18, 22]
• Sam “The Man” Taylor
  tenor saxophone [10]
• Seldon Powell
  tenor saxophone [16-18, 22]
• Sid Feller
  producer [4.1-12, 4.15, 4.17, 4.19, 4.21, 4.23, 3.4]
• Snooky Young
  trumpet [13-15, 19-21]
• Sonny Payne
  drums (drum set) [13-15, 19-21]
• Steve Hoffman
  engineer [1-12]
• Teagle Fleming
  drums (drum set) [1-2, 4-8, 14-15]
• Thad Jones
  trumpet [13-15, 19-21]
• The Raelettes
  background vocals [4.15, 4.21, 4.23, 1.11], vocal [1-3, 6-7]
• The Raeletts
  background vocals [7]
• Urbie Green
  trombone [13-22]
• Wallace Davenport
  trumpet [12]
• Warren Bell
  baritone saxophone [12]
• William Peeples
  drums (drum set) [1.9, 2.7-8, 2.10-11, 2.13]
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Issues

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  Ray Charles, Volume 2: Seven Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles

  4x CD
  27 November 2012