1980
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October 7, 2014
Workin’ Man’s Woman
Read moreAlbum: Do I Ever Cross Your Mind, Columbia 38990, July 1984. Recorded in Nashville and finished at RPM International in Los Angeles. With Buddy Emmons – steel guitar; Fred Newell, Bucky Barrett, Phil Baugh, James Capps – guitar; Terry McMillan – harmonica; Hoot Hester, Buddy Spicher – fiddle; Matt Morris – bass; James Gadson – drums. […]
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October 7, 2014
You Feel Good All Over
Read moreUK single. Album: Wish You Were Here Tonight, Columbia 38293, March 1983. Single (B), Columbia 3810, March 1983. Recorded between 1981 and 1983 with uncredited session musicians in Nashville, finished at RPM International in Los Angeles. The tune is also documented through a demo tape that Ray used to brief arranger Sid Feller.
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October 6, 2014
You’ve Got The Longest Leaving Act In Town
Read moreAlbum: Wish You Were Here Tonight, Columbia 38293, 1983-03. Recorded between 1981 and 1983 with uncredited Nashville session musicians in Nashville, finished at RPM International in Los Angeles.
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December 24, 2013
A Second Version Of Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (1994)
Read moreSanta Claus Is Comin’ To Town was part of Ray Charles’ The Spirit Of Christmas album, recorded in the Fall of 1984, and officially released in early 1986. Today, hearing this – radically different – version came as a big surprise: This rendition was produced for the movie Miracle On 34th Street (1994). Ray almost […]
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February 8, 2012
The Two Ray Charles Concerts At The Warsaw Jazz Jamboree (1984)
Read moreInterior of 2-CD booklet. The release & media history of the concerts at the 1984 Warsaw Jazz Jamboree is really (really!) complicated. For me it started, quite simply, a few years ago, when I found two or three clips from a live concert on Youtube. Investigating the provenance of these clips a bit further for […]
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January 26, 2011
Brother Ray Is At It Again (1980)
Read moreCompared To What Anyway You Want To Don’t You Love Me Anymore (flugelhorn solo by Bobby Bryant Freddie Hubbard*) A Poor Man’s Song Now That We’ve Found Each other Ophelia I Can’t Change It Questions Crossover/Atlantic SH 8546, March 1980. This album was released more than a year after the first edition of Brother Ray; […]