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October 24, 2014
None Of Us Are Free
Read moreAlbum: My World, Warner Bros 26735 (CD), WE 833 (vinyl), March 1993. Eric Clapton picked the guitar solo. Recorded at Rat Cherokee, House of Soul, Capitol, Summa, Studio Ultimo, Clinton Recording Studio B, and Peter Rafelson Studio. For details, follow the link to the album description, above.
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October 22, 2014
One Drop Of Love
Read moreAlbum: My World, Warner Bros 26735 (CD), WE 833 (vinyl), March 1993. Recorded at Rat Cherokee, House of Soul, Capitol, Summa, Studio Ultimo, Clinton Recording Studio B, and Peter Rafelson Studio. For session data, follow the link to the album description, above.
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October 22, 2014
Out Of My Life
Read moreAlbum: Strong Love Affair, Qwest Records 9362-46107-2, January 1996. Recorded in Paris (instruments) and at RPM International in Los Angeles (voice). Produced by Jean-Pierre Grosz. For the personnel, check the album link.
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October 22, 2014
Please (You Got That) (With INXS’ Michael Hutchence)
Read moreAlbum3: INXS, Full Moon, Dirty Hearts, EastWest 4509942182 / Atlantic Records, 82541-2, 2 November 1993. Singles3 (CD, cassette, 7″ & 12″ vinyl): EastWest 4509944362 / Atlantic DMD 2078, 11 December 1993 – including several mixes: Club Need Mix, Needful Dub Mix, Downtown Dub Mix, Downtown Instrumental Mix (cf. this). The INXS album was recorded between November ’92 […]
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October 21, 2014
Ray’s Collard Greens (With Steve Turre) (Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Steve Turre, In The Spur Of The Moment, Telarc B00004TUOZ, 1999. The album was recorded at the Avatar Studios, and the Studios A & C in New York City on August 14 and October 8, 1999. With Steve Turre – shells, trombone; Ray Charles – piano; Peter Washington – bass; Peter Turre – drums. First tune:
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October 20, 2014
Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town [2 versions]
Read moreOriginal – Album: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. Film – Album3 (soundtrack CD): Miracle on 34th Street, Fox Records 7822-11022-2, 15 November 1994. The original version was recorded for the Spirit album at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra in the fall of 1984 (or maybe in early 1985). Arranged […]
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October 19, 2014
Say No More
Read moreAlbum: Strong Love Affair, Qwest Records 9362-46107-2, January 1996. Recorded in Paris (instruments) and at RPM International in Los Angeles (voice). Produced by Jean-Pierre Grosz. For the session’s personnel, follow the album link, above. On 13 February 1996 France 2 News had an item with interviews of the team that wrote Say No More for Ray Charles: Jean-Pierre Grosz, Ronnie […]
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October 19, 2014
Separate Ways
Read moreAlbum: Strong Love Affair, Qwest Records 9362-46107-2, January 1996. Recorded in Paris (instruments) and at RPM International in Los Angeles (voice). Produced by Jean-Pierre Grosz. For the personnel, follow the album link, above.
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October 19, 2014
Shadows Of My Mind (The Raelettes, ft. Karen Evans)
Read moreAlbum (Blu Ray DVD): Ray Charles Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival, Eagle Rock B001JL2V2E, December 2012 [there were several more releases]. The Raelettes in the Montreux 1997 version were (fltr): Estella Yarbrough, Katrina Harper Cooke, Kathy Mackey, Karen Evans, Tonette McKinney. Two audiotapes of working sessions where Feller and Charles worked out the arrangement of the […]
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October 17, 2014
So Help Me God
Read moreAlbum: My World, Warner Bros 26735 (CD), WE 833 (vinyl), March 1993. Remarkable – but nice – fusion between a bombastic hymn (“How can I hang in this environmental state of being / When everything I’m striving for it’s nothing that I’m seeing”) and a cliché love song (“Cause you are the one I love / […]
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October 15, 2014
Still Crazy After All These Years
Read moreAlbum: My World, Warner Bros 26735 (CD), WE 833 (vinyl), March 1993. Recorded at Rat Cherokee, House of Soul, Capitol, Summa, Studio Ultimo, Clinton Recording Studio B, and Peter Rafelson Studio. Arranged by Jeremy Lubbock. For the names of the session musicians, follow the link to the album description, above. About Paul Simon’s Still Crazy After […]
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October 15, 2014
Strong Love Affair
Read moreAlbum: Strong Love Affair, Qwest Records 9362-46107-2, January 1996. Recorded in Paris (instruments) and at RPM International in Los Angeles (voice). Produced by Jean-Pierre Grosz. For the personnel, follow the album link, above.