True Genius

Description

Double vinyl LP pressing. Ray Charles is both one of the most iconic artists of all time as well as one of the hardest to define by genre. At the beginning of his career, he was dubbed the Genius of Soul for boldly combining traditional R&B with Gospel music and giving birth to Soul music. Yet this momentous musical accomplishment was just the beginning of a five-decade career in which he uniquely succeeded in virtually every genre. Ray’s unique mastery of music allowed him to continue to explore all forms of music, freely floating between jazz, blues, pop, rock, soul and country while continuing to combine them in new, unprecedented ways. This two (2) disc vinyl collection illustrates the many musical “sides” of Ray by focusing each album side on some of the broader genre categories he visited most.

• – Disc 1 –
• 1Hit the Road Jack – Side One – Soul
• 2I Don’t Need No Doctor – Side One – Soul
• 3Unchain My Heart – Side One – Soul
• 4No One – Side One – Soul
• 5Hide Nor Hair – Side One – Soul
• 6I’ve Got a Woman (Live) – Side One – Soul
• 7Let’s Go Get Stoned – Side Two – Jazz & Blues
• 8I’m Gonna Moce to the Outskirts of Town – Side Two – Jazz & Blues
• 9Smack Dab in the Middle – Side Two – Jazz & Blues
• 10Them That Got – Side Two – Jazz & Blues
• 11One Mint Julep – Side Two – Jazz & Blues
• 12I’ve Got News for You – Side Two – Jazz & Blues
• – Disc 2 –
• 1Here We Go Again – Side Three – Country
• 2You Are My Sunshine – Side Three – Country
• 3Crying Time – Side Three – Country
• 4Take These Chaing from My Heart – Side Three – Country
• 5Ring of Fire – Side Three – Country
• 6I Can’t Stop Loving You – Side Three – Country
• 7Georgia on My Mind – Side Four – Pop Classics
• 8Eleanor Rigby – Side Four – Pop Classics
• 9Busted – Side Four – Pop Classics
• 10Till There Was You – Side Four – Pop Classics
• 11Hallelujah I Love Her So (Live) – Side Four – Pop Classics
• 12A Song for You – Side Four – Pop Classics