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Ray Charles The Complete Country & Western Recordings 1959-1986
Released: 27 October 1998 Label: Rhino Format : Mp3@320  Ray Charles' explorations into country music were no mere dalliance. They have their genesis in "I'm Movin' On," the last record he made for Atlantic before moving on to ABC Paramount in 1960. But it was with the enormously successful Modern Sounds in Country & Western series of albums in 1962 (and the career making single "I Can't Stop Lovin' You") that made their mark, crossing over genre boundaries that were unthinkable at the time. An African-American doing hillbilly music was not a first, nor were uptown arrangements of hillbilly songs, but here was the Genius of Soul validating the music of the white working class, plain and simple. He was putting his own spin to it (hence the Modern Sounds), not merely a black voice singing Gene Autry songs, investing them with pain, emotion, and sorrow. It was an unprecedented achievement, both commercially and artistically, and now -- decades later -- it's viewed as just another genre-bender in the grand Ray Charles tradition. But this 92-track, four-CD box set is the first to gather them all in one place and view it as a consistent piece of work spread over a career as a stylist that's second to none. The first disc combines both volumes of the Modern Sounds albums; the rest of the anthology moves through singles, various returns to the concept over the years, and stray tracks from his later stretch at Columbia to spice it all up. This multi-disc set contains some very special music, nicely packaged -- a moment in American music well worth investigating. Disc 1 1 Bye, Bye Love 2:12 2 You Don't Know Me 3:16 3 Half As Much 3:26 4 I Love You so Much It Hurts 3:34 5 Just a Little Lovin' 3:28 6 Born to Lose 3:12 7 Worried Mind 2:53 8 It Makes No Difference Now 3:36 9 You Win Again 3:31 10 Careless Love 3:59 11 I Can't Stop Loving You 4:14 12 Hey, Good Lookin' 2:10 13 You Are My Sunshine 3:00 14 No Letter Today 3:00 15 Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)2:39 16 Don't Tell Me Your Troubles 2:07 17 Midnight 3:17 18 Oh, Lonesome Me 2:10 19 Take These Chains from My Heart 2:57 20 Your Cheating Heart 3:35 21 I'll Never Stand in Your Way 2:19 22 Making Believe 2:52 23 Teardrops in My Heart 3:02 24 Hang Your Head in Shame 3:14 Disc 2 1 I'm Movin' On 2:29 2 Busted 2:08 3 No One To Cry To 2:42 4 Move It On Over 2:38 5 Love's Gonna Live Here (Swingova) 2:22 6 I'm A Fool To Care 3:19 7 Crying Time 2:57 8 Together Again 2:41 9 I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Swingova) 2:12 10 I Don't Care 2:17 11 Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Swingova) 2:10 12 Don't Let Her Know 2:53 13 Please Say You're Fooling 2:44 14 She's Lonesome Again 2:30 15 A Born Loser 2:14 16 A Girl I Used To Know 2:40 17 Here We Go Again 3:58 18 When I Stop Dreamin' 3:04 19 If You Were Mine 3:53 20 Your Love Is So Doggone Good 3:06 21 Don't Change on Me 3:26 22 Till I Can't Take It Anymore 3:32 23 You've Still Got a Place in My Heart 3:49 24 I Keep It Hid 4:12 25 Sweet Memories 3:36 26 Good Morning Dear 3:17 Disc 3 1 Ring Of Fire 3:12 2 What Am I Living For 3:42 3 The Three Bells 4:30 4 All I Ever Need Is You 4:05 5 Wichita Lineman 4:08 6 Down In The Valley 5:09 7 Take Me Home, Country Roads 3:35 8 Never Ending Song Of Love 2:41 9 Come Live with Me 3:26 10 Sunshine 3:51 11 We Had It All 4:38 12 (Turn Out The Light And) Love Me Tonight 2:28 13 I Wish You Were Here Tonight 3:12 14 Ain't Your Memory Got No Pride at All 4:06 15 Born to Love Me 3:50 16 I Don't Want No Stranger Sleepin' in My Bed 3:33 17 Let Your Love Flow 3:37 18 You Feel Good All Over 4:42 19 You've Got the Longest Leaving Act in Town 3:16 20 String Bean 4:02 Disc 4 1 3/4 Time 4:22 2 Shakin' Your Head 3:46 3 I Had It All 4:40 4 Do I Ever Cross Your Mind 3:49 5 Woman Sensuous Woman 3:46 6 Then I'll Be Over You 3:40 7 If I Were You 4:09 8 Workin' Man's Woman 3:48 9 Two Old Cats Like Us 2:35 10 This Old Heart (Is Gonna Rise Again) 3:04 11 We Didn't See A Thing 2:12 12 Who Cares 2:59 13 Friendship 2:41 14 It Ain't Gonna Worry My Mind 2:54 15 Little Hotel Room 2:59 16 Crazy Old Soldier 3:34 17 Seven Spanish Angels 3:50 18 The Pages Of My Mind 3:47 19 Slip Away 3:49 20 Anybody With The Blues 3:32 21 A Little Bit of Heaven 3:37 22 Dixie Moon 3:49 Additinal Artists Track 9 Ray Charles feat. Hank Williams, Jr Track 10 Ray Charles feat. the Oak Ridge Boys Track 11 Ray Charles feat. George Jones & Chet Atkins Track 12 Ray Charles feat. Janie Fricke Track 13 Ray Charles feat. Ricky Skaggs Track 14 Ray Charles Feat. Mickey Gilley Track 15 Ray Charles feat. Merle Haggard Track 16 Ray Charles feat. Johnny Cash Track 17 Ray Charles feat. Willie Nelson 
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