1971
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October 25, 2014
Never No More (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle (A): Tangerine TRC 923, May 1962, b/w I Reached For A Tear. Album3: Percy Mayfield, Bought Blues, Tangerine TRCS 1510, 1971. Recorded in New York City on March 23, 1962. In the early 1960s Ray involved the members of his old septet in sessions for Percy: Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor […]
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October 22, 2014
One Hurt Deserves Another (The Raelettes, Ray Charles On Organ)
Read moreSingle (A): Tangerine 972, 1966, b/w One Room Paradise. Album3: The Raelettes, Souled Out, Tangerine 1511, 1971. Ray Charles on organ. The Raelettes: Merry Clayton (lead), Clydie King (contralto), Gwen Berry (alto) and Alex Brown (tenor). Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians (all or mostly from the Ray Charles orchestra). Live: ’67 […]
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October 22, 2014
One Room Paradise (By The Raelettes, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreSingle (B): Tangerine 972, 1966, b/w One Hurt Deserves Another. Album3: The Raelettes, Souled Out, Tangerine 1511, 1971. Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians (all or most from the Ray Charles orchestra). Ray Charles on piano. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Merry Clayton (lead), Clydie King (contralto), Gwen Berry (alto) and Alex Brown (tenor).
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October 19, 2014
See You Then
Read moreAlbum: Volcanic Action Of My Soul, ABC/Tangerine 726, April 1971. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Musicians nr singers were credited. Arranged by Sid Feller. (LQ audio):
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October 17, 2014
Something
Read moreAlbum: Volcanic Action Of My Soul, ABC/Tangerine 726, April 1971. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited. Arranged by Sid Feller. George Harrison’s wrote the tune in 1969. He later stated: “It has probably got a range of five notes, which fits most singers’ needs best. When I wrote it, in my […]
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October 16, 2014
Spirit In The Dark (With Aretha Franklin)
Read moreAlbum3: Aretha Franklin, Live At The Fillmore West (Atlantic, SD 7205). Album 3: Don’t Fight The Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin & King Curtis Live At Fillmore West, Rhino Handmade, 3 May 2005. Audio stream: Aretha Franklin – Fillmore West, Concert Vault, S.a. Video stream: Aretha Franklin, Spirit In The Dark, Concert Vault, S.a. Line-up: King Curtis’s the […]
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October 14, 2014
Tears Inside (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: Blues Connotation, Jazz Birdies Of Paradise, J-Bop 052, S.a. (taped on 9 October 1971 in Torino). The tune was penned by Ornette Coleman. “Blues Connotation”, the title chosen for the (bootleg) CD, and there also quoted as the title for this track, is from another, much better known Coleman composition. Ray Charles – p; Marcus […]
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October 12, 2014
The Long And Winding Road
Read moreAlbum: Volcanic Action Of My Soul, ABC/Tangerine 726, April 1971-04 Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited. Arranged by Sid Feller. McCartney told the Sunday Herald in 2003, “I just sat down at my piano in Scotland, started playing and came up with that song, imagining it was going to be done […]
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October 11, 2014
The Three Bells
Read moreAlbum: Volcanic Action Of My Soul, ABC/Tangerine 726, April 1971. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited. Arranged by Sid Feller. It may seem odd to see The Genius spend his talents on Les Trois Cloches, but I guess his direct inspiration was the version by The Browns, from 1959.
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October 9, 2014
What Am I Living For
Read moreAlbum: Volcanic Action Of My Soul, ABC/Tangerine 726. April 1971. Single (A): ABC 11317, December 1971, b/w Tired Of My Tears. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited. Arranged by Sid Feller.
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October 8, 2014
Wichita Lineman
Read moreAlbum: Volcanic Action Of My Soul, ABC/Tangerine 726, April 1971. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited (but it has the great Buddy Emmons playing pedal steel guitar). Arranged by Sid Feller.
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February 20, 2011
Bought Blues (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano) (1971)
Read moreNever No More* Ha Ha In The Day Time* I Reached For A Tear* My Bottle Is My Companion We Both Must Cry River’s Invitation* Pretty Eyed Baby Long As You’re Mine You Don’t Exist Anymore Fading Love * Ray played on these tracks. Known personnel on Percy’s earliest Tangerine tracks: Percy Mayfield – […]