Charles,Ray - Essential Works: 1952 - 1961 (2LP) (Sealed) (LP)

TRACKLISTING: A1. It Should've Been Me A2. Losing Hand A3. Heartbreaker A4. Mess Around A5. Sinner's Prayer A6. The Midnight Hour A7. Greenbacks B1. Bags Of Blues B2. The Man I Love B3. Doodlin' C1. Mary Ann C2. I've Got A Woman C3. Hallelujah, I Love Her So C4. Lonely Avenue C5. It's Alright C6. Am I Blue D1. What’d I Say (Parts I & II) D2. Come Rain Or Come Shine D3. Hit The Road Jack D4. Let The Good Times Roll D5. Unchain My Heart D6. Georgia On My Mind LP FORMAT DETAILS: Pressed on standard weight black double vinyl OVERVIEW: Raymond Charles Robinson was not just a legend, “the genius”, a “force of nature” and “a presence”. He was also pure energy, the source of a radiant glow that dazzled everyone who ever came near him. His passion for music, women, and rhythm, coupled with his love of life and laughter, were ingredients that made his work a monument of 20th century culture. He left essential traces – in jazz, blues, soul and R&B – because music is something inseparable and Ray lived its rhythms from the inside. Born in poverty, raised in America’s racist South, blind at seven and an orphan at 15, Ray had all it took to be a success… Those attributes, plus a few titles in his case that he’d recorded for Swing Time, made such an impression on Ahmet Ertegun that he signed Ray to Atlantic in 1952. The next ten years forged the legend of Ray Charles. And now, six decades later, the tracks on this album are still hits hummed by all generations.