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September 28, 2017
February 22, 1968 – RPM Studio, Los Angeles
Read moreSession No: Liberty 1426.Period: The ABC / Tangerine Years (1959 – 1972).Location: RPM Studio, Los Angeles.Artist: Clydie King.Album (compilation): Clydie King - The Imperial & Minit Years.Label: Liberty Records; Stateside 5099950958122. Personnel: Clydie King (vocals); Jimmy Holiday (2nd lead vocals); Bobby Bryant, Mike Akopoff, Melvin Moore, Roy Burrows (trumpet); Bobby Knight, Tommy Shepard, Streamline Ewing, Dick “Slyde” Hyde (trombone); Georgie Auld, Charles […]
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January 14, 2017
Ray Charles’ Zurich 1961 Concert Released
Read moreA while ago my inquiries at the Swiss Radio archives resulted in the discovery of a set of 2 edited tapes with parts of a Jazzkonzert by the Ray Charles Big Band at the Kongresshaus in Zürich, on October 18, 1961.This concert is now part of an abundant “Swiss Radio Days Jazz” CD-series with post-WWII […]
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December 10, 2014
An Album That Was Never Released: Ray Charles Sings For You (1964/65)
Read moreIn the last quarter of 1964 ABC-Paramount made full preparations to release a compilation album titled Ray Charles Sings For You – the liner notes were compiled, the artwork was ordered, the release numbers for the mono and stereo versions (ABC-Paramount #500 A&B) were claimed, and the following tracks – until that date all only released […]
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November 25, 2014
Who You Gonna Love
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10081, January 1960, b/w My Baby (I Love Her Yes I Do).Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. From the first recording session for ABC Paramount, in late 1959. With the band and The Raelettes. (Poor audio):
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November 25, 2014
Sunday, Monday Or Always (By Jimmy Scott, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Jimmy Scott: Falling In Love Is Wonderful, Tangerine, TRC 1501, 1963. Taped at the United Recordings Studios in Hollywood, in 1962. Arranged by Gerald Wilson.
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November 21, 2014
All For You
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles Invites You To Listen, ABC/Tangerine 595, June 1967. Recorded at RPM International in 1966/1967. With The Ray Charles Orchestra, a strings section, and singers (all uncredited).Arranged by Sid Feller. Update 24.01.2021: the footage of this performance appears no longer available, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, […]
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November 20, 2014
A Born Loser
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in June 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. With uncredited horns, Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, The Raelettes (Merry Clayton, Gwen Berry, Clydie King, Lilian Fort or possibly Edna Wright), and Ray contributing to the backing vocals. Arranged by Rene Hall. […]
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November 20, 2014
A Girl I Used To Know
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in August 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. With strings; a choir; Ray Charles – organ and piano; Rene Hall – guitar; Carol Kaye – bass; Hal Blaine – drums. The live version, with The Raelettes and Billy Preston’s pedal work on organ – was considerably better. ’68 LC […]
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November 20, 2014
A Stranger In Town
Read moreAlbum: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. Recorded on 10 and 13 July 1963 in New York. Oliver Beener, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt, Roy Burrows, Floyd Jones, Curtis Miller – trumpets; Henderson Chambers, James Lee Harbert, Keg Johnson, Julian Priester, Fred Morden – trombones; Hank Crawford, Bill Pearson, Harold Minerve, […]
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November 20, 2014
A Tear Fell
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10571*, June 1964, b/w No One To Cry To. Album: Sweet And Sour Tears, ABC/Paramount 480, August 1964. Recorded at the Bell Sound Studios in New York, around May 8, 1964. With The Ray Charles Orchestra and The Gene Lowell Singers. Arranged by Sid Feller. Within Ray Charles’ oeuvre, the differences between a studio […]
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November 20, 2014
After My Laughter Came Tears
Read moreAlbum: Sweet And Sour Tears, ABC/Paramount 480, August 1964. Recorded at the Bell Sound Studios in New York, around May 8, 1964. With rhythm section, strings and the Gene Lowell Singers. Arranged by Sid Feller. Audio sample here.
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November 20, 2014
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Read moreAlbum: The Genius After Hours, Atlantic 1369, June 1961 (1956, 1957). Recorded on 20 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Live: 68 TV Bishop – With George Burns (skit)