The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Confession Blues
  2:30
• 2
  Sitting on Top of the World
  2:38
• 3
  Leave My Woman Alone
  2:40
• 4
  Drown in My Own Tears
  3:20
  4.0 ★
• 5
  All to Myself
  3:03
• 6
  How Long Blues
  2:35
• 7
  What I’d Say, Pts. 1 & 2
  6:28
  3.5 ★
• 8
  She’s on the Ball
  2:31
• 9
  You’ll Never Miss the Water (Until the Well Runs Dry)
  2:48
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Alone in the City
  2:57
• 11
  Come Back Baby
  3:06
• 12
  I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now?
  2:19
• 13
  I Got a Break, Baby
  2:47
• 14
  Sinner’s Prayer
  3:23
• 15
  I’ve Had My Fun
  2:47
• 16
  Snow Is Falling
  2:49
• 17
  Funny (But I Still Love You)
  3:14
• 18
  Blues Before Sunrise
  2:47
• 19
  Losing Hand
  3:11
• 20
  A Fool for You
  3:01
• CD 2
• 1
  Hallelujah I Love Her So
  2:34
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Mess Around
  2:41
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Mary Ann
  2:46
• 4
  I’ve Got a Woman
  2:53
• 5
  It Should Have Been Me
  2:43
• 6
  Night Time Is the Right Time
  3:27
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Lonely Avenue
  2:35
• 8
  Honey, Honey
  2:39
• 9
  That’s Enough
  2:44
• 10
  I’m Movin’ On
  2:20
• 11
  What Would I Do Without You
  2:36
• 12
  Don’t You Know
  2:56
• 13
  This Little Girl of Mine
  2:32
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Blackjack
  2:19
• 15
  Swanee River Rock
  2:19
• 16
  Greenbacks
  2:51
• 17
  Rockhouse
  3:52
• 18
  Feelin’ Sad
  2:49
• 19
  Ain’t That Love
  2:52
• 20
  I’m Wonderin’ and Wonderin’
  3:19
• CD 3
• 1
  Ain’t That Fine
  2:17
• 2
  Here I Am
  2:28
• 3
  The Ego Song
  2:20
• 4
  See See Rider
  2:35
• 5
  I’ll Do Anything but Work
  2:38
• 6
  Misery in My Heart
  3:03
• 7
  Jumpin’ in the Mornin’
  2:47
• 8
  Rockin’ Chair Blues
  2:47
• 9
  Kissa Me Baby
  3:10
• 10
  Hey Now
  2:18
• 11
  The Sun’s Gonna Shine Again
  2:38
• 12
  Roll With Me Baby
  2:37
• 13
  The Midnight Hour
  3:00
• 14
  I Want to Know
  2:10
• 15
  Sweet Sixteen Bars
  4:06
• 16
  Doodlin’, Parts 1 & 2
  5:53
• 17
  Can Anyone Ask for More
  2:49
• 18
  It’s All Right
  2:16
• 19
  Get on the Right Track Baby
  2:19
• 20
  What Have I Done
  2:33

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Release credits

• Ahmet Ertegun
  producer [2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.16, 2.18-19, 1.4, 1.7, 1.11, 1.20]
• Bennie Crawford
  saxophone [10]
• Cecil Payne
  baritone saxophone [2.1, 1.4]
• Charles "Clanky" Whitley
  trumpet [2.14, 2.16, 1.11]
• Connie Kay
  drums (drum set) [2]
• Dave McRae
  baritone saxophone [2]
• David “Fathead” Newman
  alto saxophone [2.6, 2.13, 1.20], baritone saxophone [1.11, 1.20, 2.13-14, 2.16], saxophone [9], solo [6-7, 16], tenor saxophone [1.7, 2.7, 2.10, 2.19]
• Don Wilkerson
  solo [1], tenor saxophone [1.4, 1.11, 1.20, 2.1, 2.13-14, 2.16]
• Edgar Willis
  bass [1.7, 2.6, 2.9-10]
• Emmott Dennis
  baritone saxophone [7, 9, 17, 19]
• Frank Mitchell
  trumpet [18]
• Glenn Brooks
  drums (drum set) [1.11, 2.14, 2.16]
• Hank Crawford
  baritone saxophone [2.6, 1.7]
• Herb Abramson
  producer [2]
• Jerry Wexler
  producer [2.1, 2.6-7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.16, 2.18-19, 1.4, 1.7, 1.11, 1.20], tambourine [19]
• Jesse Drakes
  trumpet [2]
• Jesse Stone
  arranger [2]
• Jimmy Bell
  bass [2.14, 2.16, 1.11]
• Joe Bridgewater
  trumpet [2.1, 2.7, 2.9, 2.13-14, 2.16-17, 2.19, 1.4, 1.11, 1.20]
• Joe Tillman
  tenor saxophone [18]
• John Hunt
  trumpet [7, 10, 17, 19]
• Joshua Willis
  trumpet [2.1, 1.4]
• Leiber & Stoller
  producer [6]
• Lloyd Lambert
  bass [18]
• Lloyd Trotman
  double bass [2]
• Marcus Belgrave
  trumpet [1.7, 2.6, 2.10]
• Margie Hendrix
  vocal [6]
• Mary Ann Fisher
  vocal [9]
• Mickey Baker
  guitar [2]
• Milt Turner
  drums (drum set) [2.6, 1.7]
• O'Neil Gerald
  alto saxophone [18]
• Oscar Moore
  drums (drum set) [18]
• Panama Francis
  drums (drum set) [1.4, 2.1]
• Paul West
  double bass [2.1, 1.4]
• Ray Charles
  arranger [1.4, 1.7, 1.11, 1.20, 2.1, 2.3, 2.6-7, 2.16, 2.19], electric piano [1.7, 2.6], keyboard [9, 17], piano [1.4, 1.11, 1.20, 2.1-2, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13-14, 2.16, 2.18-19], vocal [1.4, 1.7, 1.11, 1.20, 2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.13-14, 2.16-19]
• Ray Charles Trio
  performer [8]
• Renald Richard
  vocal [2]
• Ricky Harper
  trumpet [6, 9]
• Riley Webb
  trumpet [1.20, 2.13]
• Roosevelt Sheffield
  bass [2.7, 2.17, 2.19, 1.20], double bass [13]
• Sam “The Man” Taylor
  tenor saxophone [2]
• Teagle Fleming
  drums (drum set) [10]
• The Cookies
  background vocals [7]
• The Maxim Trio
  performer [1.9, 1.18, 3.1]
• The Raelettes
  background vocals [2.6, 2.19, 1.7], vocal [9]
• Wallace Davenport
  trumpet [18]
• Warren Bell
  baritone saxophone [18]
• Wesley Jackson
  guitar [1.11, 2.14, 2.16]
• William Peeples
  drums (drum set) [2.7, 2.9, 2.13, 2.17, 2.19, 1.20]
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Issues

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  The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

  3x CD
  2010