Ray Charles Eight Classic Albums

# - Disc 1 - # 1 Ain't That Love - 2:53 # 2 Drown in My Own Tears - 3:22 # 3 Come Back Baby - 3:06 # 4 Sinner's Prayer - 3:24 # 5 Funny (But I Still Love You) - 3:14 # 6 Losing Hand - 3:11 # 7 A Fool for You - 3:02 # 8 Hallelujah I Love Her So - 2:35 # 9 Mess Around - 2:41 # 10 This Little Girl of Mine - 2:33 # 11 Mary Ann - 2:46 # 12 Greenbacks - 2:52 # 13 Don't You Know - 2:56 # 14 I Got a Women - 2:50 # 15 The Ray - 3:57 # 16 My Melancholy Baby - 4:22 # 17 Black Coffee - 5:31 # 18 There's No You - 4:46 # 19 Doodlin' - 5:52 # 20 Sweet Sixteen Bars - 4:06 # 21 I Surrender Dear - 5:06 # 22 Undecided - 3:36 # - Disc 2 - # 1 What Would I Do Without You - 2:34 # 2 It's All Right - 2:17 # 3 I Want to Know - 2:11 # 4 Yes Indeed - 2:17 # 5 Get On the Right Track Baby - 2:19 # 6 Talkin' About You - 2:49 # 7 Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) - 2:17 # 8 Lonely Avenue - 2:34 # 9 Blackjack - 2:20 # 10 The Sun's Gonna Shine Again - 2:38 # 11 I Had a Dream - 2:54 # 12 I Want a Little Girl - 2:56 # 13 Heartbreaker - 2:53 # 14 Leave My Women Alone - 2:41 # 15 Night Time Is the Right Time - 4:04 # 16 In a Little Spanish Town - 3:43 # 17 I Got a Women - 6:19 # 18 Blues Waltz - 6:20 # 19 Hot Rod (The Spirit Feel) - 3:46 # 20 Talkin' 'Bout You - 4:16 # 21 Sherry - 4:25 # 22 A Fool For You - 7:11 # - Disc 3 - # 1 What'd I Say, Pt. 1 & 2 - 5:04 # 2 Jumpin' In the Morning - 2:48 # 3 You Be My Baby - 2:30 # 4 Tell Me How Do You Feel - 2:44 # 5 What Kind of Man Are You - 2:50 # 6 Rockhouse, Pt. 1 & 2 - 3:52 # 7 Roll With Me Baby - 2:37 # 8 Tell All the World About You - 2:02 # 9 My Bonnie - 2:50 # 10 That's Enough - 2:46 # 11 Let the Good Times Roll - 2:53 # 12 It Had To Be You - 2:45 # 13 Alexander's Ragtime Band - 2:53 # 14 Two Years of Torture - 3:25 # 15 When Your Love Has Gone - 2:51 # 16 Deed I Do - 2:27 # 17 Just For a Thrill - 3:26 # 18 You Won't Let Me Go - 3:22 # 19 Tell Me You'll Wait For You - 3:25 # 20 Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' - 3:46 # 21 Am I Blue - 3:41 # 22 Come Rain or Come Shine - 3:42 # - Disc 4 - # 1 Soul Brothers - 9:33 # 2 How Long Blues - 9:13 # 3 Cosmic Ray - 5:21 # 4 Blue Funk - 8:07 # 5 Bag's Guitar Blues - 6:27 # 6 Deed I Do - 5:47 # 7 Alabamy Bound - 1:53 # 8 Georgia On My Mind - 3:35 # 9 Basin Street Blues - 2:44 # 10 Mississippi Mud - 3:23 # 11 Moonlight In Vermont - 3:01 # 12 New York's My Home - 3:03 # 13 California, Here I Come - 2:08 # 14 Moon Over Miami - 3:18 # 15 Deep In the Heart of Texas - 2:26 # 16 Carry Me Back To Old Virginia - 2:00 # 17 Blue Hawaii - 2:57 # 18 Chattanooga Choo Choo - 3:00

This varied, budget-priced, four-disc set collects seven of the great Ray Charles' Atlantic Records LPs, plus an LP from ABC Records in the same package, which means one hears Charles in all sorts of formats, with small combos, at the piano in an intimate setting, with full orchestras, and in live performance, and it adds up to a wide-angle look at one of the most important voices of 20th century pop music. Included are the albums Ray Charles and The Great Ray Charles, both from 1957, Yes, Indeed!! and Brothers of Soul, both from 1958, Ray Charles at Newport, What'd I Say, and The Genius of Ray Charles, all from 1959, and The Genius Hits the Road from 1960. Genius, indeed -- this is vintage Ray Charles in the middle of his legendary career, all for a budget price. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi

Price: $24.98