At Newport [Import, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered, Live]

Ray Charles | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered, Live
• Label: Atlantic UK
• ASIN: B00000G6HI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,846 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Right Time

2. In A Little Spanish Town

3. I Got A Woman

4. Blues Waltz

5. Hot Rod

6. Talkin Bout You

7. Sherry

8. A Fool For You

Editorial Reviews

French remastered mid-price reissue of 1958 album. Packaged in a digipak.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome !!1, June 11, 2004

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Diane Ekins (Salt Lake, Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: At Newport (Audio CD)

If one is interested in the early Ray Charles jazz years this is a wonderful example. The album abounds with demonstrations of his virtuosity on piano, and that of other musicians in his large band. Check out Blues Waltz!! A good listen! We won't see his like again.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Genius' Soul Live, February 23, 2006

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Robert W. Reed "The Random Button" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: At Newport (Audio CD)

This blew my mind in '58 and it does so again now--and maybe more. This disc contains great jazz instrumentals such as Blues Waltz and In a Little Spanish Town, yet its greatest cuts (and all are great) demonstrate Ray's soul. Check out A Fool For You, for instance. The Right Time's "La Do Day" background singing is cool. My favorite since '58 has been "Talking Bout You." Play it over and over and try to sit still. It brings tears to my eyes. In my view, this is Ray's best record.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars found after all these years, April 18, 2008

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L.L. (Austin,TX.) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: At Newport (Audio CD)

I was 12 or so when I first heard this "album". It was my introduction to Ray Charles. I had never heard anyone Wail like he did, and the version of In a little Spanish Town and his incomparable "I got a woman", along with a number of other top flight covers and other original stuff just knocked me out. I lost the album so several years ago I looked for it online and to my chagrin it was out of distribution. I was delighted when Atlantic decided to re-release it as part of their 50th anniversary.My liking of the album has not dimmed at age 61.