Album 1977 True

  • November 18, 2014

    Anonymous Love

    Album: True To Life, Crossover/Atlantic 19142, October 1977. Single (B): Crossover/Atlantic 3443, November 1977, b/w I Can See Clearly Now Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with a mix of road musicians from his Orchestra, and studio musicians. Ray sang his own backing vocals.

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  • November 17, 2014

    Be My Love

    Album: True To Life, Crossover/Atlantic 19142, October 1977. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with a mix of road musicians from his Orchestra, and strings. An audiotape of a working session where Sid Feller and Ray Charles discussed and worked on the arrangement of the song has survived. ’99 LC Tulsa

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  • November 11, 2014

    Game Number Nine

    Album: True To Life, Crossover/Atlantic 19142, October 1977.Single (A): Crossover/Atlantic 3473, March 1978, b/w A Peace That We Never Before Could Enjoy.             . Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with a mix of road musicians from his Orchestra and session cats, and… one girl with a speaking role.

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  • November 9, 2014

    Heavenly Music

    Album: True To Life, Crossover/Atlantic 19142, October 1977. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with a mix of road musicians from his Orchestra, The Raelettes and studio musicians.

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  • November 8, 2014

    How Long Has This Been Going On

    Album: True To Life, Crossover/Atlantic 19142, October 1977. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with a mix of road musicians from his Orchestra, The Raelettes and studio musicians. Arranged by Larry Muhoberac. Trumpet intro by Johnny Coles. Toyohashi 1986: Live: ’73? LC Germany – Pseudo Basie – Released’76 LC Antibes’76 LC Stuttgart’80 LC Northsea’85 LC NewHaven’86 […]

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  • November 8, 2014

    I Can See Clearly Now

    Album: True To Life, Crossover/Atlantic 19142, October 1977.Single (A): Crossover/Atlantic 3443, November 1977, b/w Anonymous Love. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with a mix of road musicians, The Raelettes and studio musicians. The performance in Stuttgart, in late September of 1976, may imply that the song was already studio-recorded by then. Gladys 1977 (sorry for […]

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  • October 31, 2014

    Let It Be

    Album: True To Life, Crossover/Atlantic 19142, October 1977. The True To Life-album was recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with a mix of road musicians from his Orchestra, some studio musicians, and The Raelettes. The two known live performances were also brilliant, maybe even more so.* To me it’s a miracle why Brother Ray didn’t sing […]

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  • October 24, 2014

    Oh, What A Beautiful Morning

    Album: True To Life, Crossover/Atlantic 19142, October 1977. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with a mix of road musicians from his Orchestra, The Raelettes, and studio musicians. Roger Neumann wrote the chart. Bass player Cliff Hugo* remembers: “I did play on Oh ,What A Beautiful Morning [… with] Harold Mason on drums. I did a bunch […]

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  • October 12, 2014

    The Jealous Kind

    Album: True To Life, Crossover/Atlantic 19142, October 1977. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with a mix of road musicians (from his Orchestra), session musicians, and The Raelettes. Arranged by Roger Neumann. Live: ’78 LC Antibes ’79 LC Antibes ’80 TV TS

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