Ray Charles Unreleased

Ray Charles | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Night Train Int'l
• ASIN: B000EBGFG8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #552,035 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Honey, Honey [Take 1][#]

2. I'm Glad for Your Sake [Take 1][#]

3. Jack, She's on the Ball [Incomplete Take][#]

4. Baby Won't You Please Come Home [Take 1][#]

5. Sitting on Top of the World [Take 1][#]

6. Ain't That Fine [Take 1][#]

7. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now? [Take 1][#]

8. All to Myself Alone [Extended Version][#]

9. Blues Before Sunrise [Take 4][#]

10. A Sentimental Blues [Take 1][#]

11. I'm Glad for Your Sake [Take 2][#]

12. Baby Won't You Please Come Home [Incomplete Take][#]

13. Sitting on Top of the World [Take 4][#]

14. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now? [Take 3][#]

15. Blues Before Sunrise [Take 5][#]

16. A Sentimental Blues [Take 3][#]

Editorial Reviews

Tuff City is excited to announce that in response to the overwhelming demand for our Ray Charles double CD we are re-launching this release at a new low price to allow us to bring this legendary artist to a larger audience! The death of Ray Charles brought a new focus to his earliest Swing Time recordings, and the popular notion that these Los Angeles blues, ballads and swing pieces were somehow inferior to his most widely known work was put to rest! The Night Train Complete Swing Time/Down Beat Recordings showed that Charles’ foray through Central Avenue blues and pop (à la Nat King Cole) were as credible and valuable as his later rock ‘n’ roll and country & western recordings. With Unreleased, Night Train is pleased to present an exciting body of unreleased alternate recordings from the Swing Time era. The highest standards of restoration have been applied to the presentation of this extremely exciting find!

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sounds similar to the released versions, very sweet, April 3, 2007

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There are at minimum, 27 different releases on 24 different labels of his Swing Time & Down Beat Recordings from 1949-1952 when he was 19 to 22 years old. Listening closely to these snippets from the Listen button, I hear subtle differences from the released versions. I'm a huge fan of those 41 or so songs from those years. It appears quite clear that these are mostly (all?) from the same recording sessions but versions not released. I look forward to hearing these full songs. I'm delighted this label released these. It's a favor to the big early years fans of Ray's music. No cheesy back up singers, just pure Ray doin' his wonderful singing and piano playing. The songs from this period appear on both The Complete Swing Time & Down Beat Recordings 1949-1952 and Ray Charles 45 Great Performances, both 2xCD sets. Yow.