Ray Charles - Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles'

Forum member rob68 passed along this news:

...and I agree with some other members it deserves its own thread. So here 'tis!

 

I don't know a lot about this period...was there much stuff that was released as singles that are not on the albums?

 

According to the link above:

It then goes on to say 30 songs are making their CD debut, though I'm not sure yet how many of those 30 were released on albums.

The question I have is will they use the original single mixes?

 

A great question, because I'm not sure that the edited single version of "I Can't Stop Loving You" has ever been on CD.

 

I am so getting this from Santa...

 

Very underrated period in Ray's career - after the groundbreaking Atlantic years, fairly analogous to Sinatra's period on Reprise after the brilliance of the Capitol stuff - not as revolutionary, but still a lot of very solid stuff.

And some great tracks that I think have only appeared previously on comps. Just off the top of my head, "Brightest Smile In Town" and "I Don't Need No Doctor" are absolutely essential Charles.

 

It should include The Train, flip-side of Let's Go Get Stoned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5bexw0bo8M

Now if they'd just release a CD of Ray's 1990/1991 NPR Piano Jazz session with Marian McPartland.

http://raycharlesvideomuseum.blogspot.com/2010/04/ray-charles-on-piano-jazz.html

 

My Baby (I Love Her Yes I Do)/Who You Gonna Love (ABC Jan-60 #10081)
Sticks And Stones/Worried Life Blues (ABC May-60 #10118)
Georgia On My Mind/Carry Me Back To Old Virginny (ABC Aug-60 #10135)
Them That Got/I Wonder (ABC Aug-60 #10141)
Ruby/Hard Hearted Hannah (ABC Nov-60 #10164)
Hit The Road, Jack/The Danger Zone (ABC Aug-61 #10244)
Unchain My Heart/But On The Other Hand, Baby (ABC Nov-61 #10266)
Baby, It’s Cold Outside/We’ll Be Together Again (w. Betty Carter) (ABC Jan-62 #10298)
At the Club/Hide Nor Hair (ABC Mar-62 #10314)
I Can’t Stop Loving You/Born To Lose (ABC Apr-62 #10330)
You Don’t Know Me/Careless Love (ABC Jul-62 #10345)
You Are My Sunshine/Your Cheating Heart (ABC Nov-62 #10375)
Don’t Set Me Free/The Brightest Smile In Town (ABC Feb-63 #10405)
Take These Chains from My Heart/No Letter Today (ABC Mar-63 #10435)
No One/Without Love (There Is Nothing) (ABC May-63 #10453)
Busted/Making Believe (ABC Aug-63 #10481)
That Lucky Old Sun/Ol’ Man River (ABC Nov-63 #10509)
Baby, Don’t You Cry/My Heart Cries For You (ABC Feb-64 #10530)
My Baby Don’t Dig Me/Something’s Wrong (ABC May-64 #10557)
No One To Cry To/A Tear Fell (ABC Jun-64 #10571)
Smack Dab In The Middle/I Wake Up Crying (ABC Sep-64 #10588)
Makin’ Whoopee (vocal)/Makin’ Whoopee (piano) – LIVE (ABC Nov-64 #10609)
Cry/Teardrops From My Eyes (ABC Jan-65 #10615)
I’ve Got a Woman (Part 1)/I’ve Got A Woman (Part 2) LIVE (ABC Mar-65 #10649)
Without A Song (Part 1)/Without A Song (Part 2) (ABC Apr-65 #10663)
I’m A Fool to Care/Love’s Gonna Live Here (ABC Jun-65 #10700)
The Cincinnati Kid/That’s All I Am To You (ABC Sep-65 #10720)
Crying Time/When My Dream Boat Comes Home (ABC Oct-65 #10739)
Together Again/You’re Just About To Lose Your Clown (ABC Mar-66 #10785)
Let’s Go Get Stoned/The Train (ABC May-66 #10808)
I Chose to Sing the Blues/Hopelessly (ABC Aug-66 #10840)
Please Say You’re Fooling/I Don’t Need No Doctor (ABC Oct-66 #10865)
I Want To Talk About You/Something Inside Me (ABC Feb-67 #10901)
Here We Go Again/Somebody Ought to Write a Book About It (ABC Apr-67 #10938)
In The Heat Of The Night/Something’s Got to Change (ABC Aug-67 #10970)
Yesterday/Never Had Enough of Nothing Yet (ABC Oct-67 #11009)
Go On Home/That’s A Lie (ABC Jan-68 #11045)
Understanding/Eleanor Rigby (ABC May-68 #11090)
Sweet Young Thing Like You/Listen, They’re Playing My Song (ABC Aug-68 #11133)
If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck/When I Stop Dreaming (ABC Nov-68 #11170)
I’ll Be Your Servant/I Didn’t Know What Time it Was (ABC Feb-69 #11193)
Let Me Love You/I’m Satisfied (ABC Apr-69 #11213)
We Can Make It/I Can’t Stop Loving You, Baby (ABC Aug-69 #11239)
Claudie Mae/Someone to Watch Over Me (ABC Nov-69 #11251)
Laughin’ And Clownin’/That Thing Called Love (ABC Jan-70 #11259)
If You Were Mine/Till I Can’t Take it Anymore (ABC Aug-70 #11271)
Don’t Change On Me/Sweet Memories (ABC Feb-71 #11291)
Feel So Bad/Your Love Is So Doggone Good (ABC Jul-71 #11308)
What Am I Living For/Tired Of My Tears (ABC Nov-71 #11317)
Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma/America The Beautiful (ABC Jun-72 #11329)
Hey Mister/There’ll Be No Peace Without All Men As One (ABC Nov-72 #11337)
Every Saturday Night/Take Me Home, Country Roads (ABC Jan-73 #11344)
I Can Make It Thru the Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights)/Ring of Fire (ABC Apr-73 #1135)

 

Same here.

 

I have no idea, but in other Ray Charles threads it's been made clear the mono mixes don't quite sparkle like the stereo mixes...

still I've got a mono vinyl best of with some of his early ABC singles that sounds quite nice so I hope to see it in mono..

 

This looks tasty!

 

I want mono too. The original single mixes.

Was "Never Say Naw" ever released on cd?

 

Album cut, but probably never a single and it looks the CD was not widely available.

 

Just ordered my copy from Amazon.com for $49.68, including free 2-day shipping!!! My first purchase under Amazon Prime!!!

 

It'll be nice getting "The Train" without the record noise I'm used to..BTW,I'd had me a copy that had the earliest ABC Records logo,complete with the "Full Color Fidelity" Warped Rainbow-colored record in minature underneath the "abc" logo...Does anyone else remember this rare Labeled version of this Ray Charles 45?

 

Amazon US says its coming out October 25th...so not sure where it's coming out November 15th...maybe overseas release date?

 

That's the second label, not really a rarity. "Let's Go Get Stoned" b/w "The Train" was issued in mid-1966, at which time ABC-Paramount was transitioning to ABC Records. There are common copies of the 45 with either the ABC-Paramount label or the label you describe, both pictured below.

 

The one on the right was the version I'd had,alright! THANX,Garrett!BTW,What other of Charles' 45s had had this quirk? And,did any of the Soupy Sales 45's have this as well?

 

Is there any word on if they are going to the actual single masters for this release. I hope so. It would be a lot of work but well worth it.

 

never mind, just got an email from Amazon changing my ship date to November 15th...that's the release date for sure.

 

If this track listing is accurate, the Booty Butt/Sidewinder single (1971) is missing.

http://theseconddisc.com/2011/09/21...s-coming-in-november-plus-live-dvd/#more-8309

According to www.raycharles.com, it was on ABC. Hardly a deal-breaker, but it seems like a strange omission

 

And mastered by........?