Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959)

Album by Ray Charles

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Sun’s Gonna Shine Again
    2:38
  2. 2.
    Roll With My Baby
    2:37
  3. 3.
    The Midnight Hour
    3:02
  4. 4.
    Jumpin’ in the Mornin’
    2:48
  5. 5.
    It Should’ve Been Me
    2:43
  6. 6.
    Losing Hand
    3:14
  7. 7.
    Heartbreaker
    2:53
  8. 8.
    Sinner’s Prayer
    3:24
  9. 9.
    Mess Around
    2:42
  10. 10.
    Funny (but I Still Love You)
    3:15
  11. 11.
    Feelin’ Sad
    2:51
  12. 12.
    I Wonder Who
    2:50
  13. 13.
    Don’t You Know
    2:57
  14. 14.
    Nobody Cares
    2:40
  15. 15.
    Ray’s Blues
    2:54
  16. 16.
    I Got a Break Baby
    2:47
  17. 17.
    Blackjack
    2:20
  18. 18.
    I’ve Got a Woman
    2:54
  19. 19.
    Greenbacks
    2:52
  20. 20.
    Come Back Baby
    3:06
  21. 21.
    A Fool for You
    3:03
  22. 22.
    This Little Girl of Mine
    2:33
  23. 23.
    Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
    2:55
  24. 24.
    Blues Hangover
    2:19
  25. 25.
    Mary Ann
    2:48
  26. 26.
    Drown in My Own Tears
    3:21
  27. 27.
    Hallelujah I Love Her So
    2:35
  28. 28.
    What Would I Do Without You
    2:34

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Dawn Ray
    5:03
  2. 3.
    The Man I Love
    4:28
  3. 4.
    Music, Music, Music
    2:56
  4. 5.
    Black Coffee
    5:32
  5. 6.
    Lonely Avenue
    2:34
  6. 7.
    I Want to Know
    2:11
  7. 8.
    Leave My Woman Alone
    2:41
  8. 9.
    The Ray
    3:59
  9. 10.
    I Surrender Dear
    5:06
  10. 11.
    Hornful Soul
    5:30
  11. 12.
    Ain’t Misbehavin’
    5:41
  12. 13.
    Joy Ride
    4:39
  13. 14.
    Sweet Sixteen Bars
    4:08
  14. 15.
    Doodlin’
    5:53
  15. 16.
    There’s No You
    4:47
  16. 17.
    Undecided
    3:42
  17. 18.
    My Melancholy Baby
    4:22
  18. 19.
    It’s All Right
    2:17
  19. 20.
    Ain’t That Love
    2:51

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Rockhouse, Parts 1 & 2
    3:52
  2. 4.
    Get on the Right Track Baby
    2:19
  3. 5.
    Swanee River Rock (Talkin’ ’bout That River)
    2:17
  4. 6.
    That’s Enough
    2:46
  5. 7.
    Talkin’ ’Bout You
    2:49
  6. 8.
    What Kind of Man Are You
    2:50
  7. 9.
    I Want a Little Girl
    2:56
  8. 10.
    How Long Blues
    9:17
  9. 11.
    Cosmic Ray
    5:24
  10. 12.
    The Genius After Hours
    5:24
  11. 13.
    Charlesville
    4:56
  12. 14.
    Bags of Blues
    8:53
  13. 15.
    Deed I Do
    5:51
  14. 16.
    Blue Funk
    8:12
  15. 17.
    Soul Brothers
    9:33

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Bag’s Guitar Blues
    6:28
  2. 5.
    Yes Indeed!
    2:17
  3. 6.
    I Had a Dream
    2:54
  4. 7.
    You Be My Baby
    2:30
  5. 8.
    Tell All the World About You
    2:02
  6. 9.
    My Bonnie
    2:50
  7. 10.
    Soul Meeting
    6:05
  8. 11.
    Hallelujah I Love Her So
    5:31
  9. 12.
    Blue Genius
    6:42
  10. 13.
    X‐Ray Blues
    7:07
  11. 14.
    Love on My Mind
    3:49
  12. 15.
    The Spirit‐Feel (live)
    3:46
  13. 16.
    Blues Waltz (live)
    6:24
  14. 17.
    In a Little Spanish Town (live)
    3:48
  15. 18.
    Sherry (live)
    4:26
  16. 19.
    (Night Time Is) The Right Time (live)
    4:04
  17. 20.
    A Fool for You (live)
    7:11

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    I’ve Got a Woman (live)
    6:19
  2. 6.
    Talkin’ ’Bout You (live)
    4:22
  3. 7.
    Swanee River Rock (Talkin’ ’Bout That River) (live)
    2:09
  4. 8.
    Yes Indeed! (live)
    2:40
  5. 9.
    Early in the Mornin’
    2:48
  6. 10.
    (Night Time Is) The Right Time
    3:26
  7. 11.
    Carrying That Load (single version)
    2:16
  8. 12.
    Carrying That Load (LP version)
    2:24
  9. 13.
    Tell Me How Do You Feel
    2:44
  10. 14.
    Fathead
    5:23
  11. 15.
    Tin Tin Deo
    5:22
  12. 16.
    Bill for Bennie
    4:17
  13. 17.
    Hard Times
    4:43
  14. 18.
    Mean to Me
    4:16
  15. 19.
    Sweet Eyes
    3:45
  16. 20.
    Weird Beard
    4:49
  17. 21.
    Willow Weep for Me
    4:59
  18. 22.
    Tell the Truth
    3:06
  19. 23.
    What’d I Say, Parts I & II (mono LP version)
    5:04

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    What’d I Say, Parts I & II (stereo LP version)
    6:30
  2. 7.
    Tell Me You’ll Wait for Me
    3:25
  3. 8.
    Come Rain or Come Shine
    3:42
  4. 9.
    Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’
    3:46
  5. 10.
    Just for a Thrill
    3:26
  6. 11.
    You Won’t Let Me Go
    3:22
  7. 12.
    Am I Blue
    3:41
  8. 13.
    The Spirit‐Feel (live)
    4:23
  9. 14.
    Frenesi (live)
    5:04
  10. 15.
    Tell the Truth (live)
    3:35
  11. 16.
    Drown in My Own Tears (live)
    6:24
  12. 17.
    (Night Time Is) The Right Time (live)
    4:05
  13. 18.
    What’d I Say (live)
    4:25
  14. 19.
    Let the Good Times Roll
    2:53
  15. 20.
    Alexander’s Ragtime Band
    2:53
  16. 21.
    Deed I Do
    2:27
  17. 22.
    When Your Lover Has Gone
    2:51
  18. 23.
    Two Years of Torture
    3:25
  19. 24.
    It Had to Be You
    2:45
  20. 25.
    I’m Movin’ On
    2:22
  21. 26.
    I Believe to My Soul
    2:59

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    0:21
  2. 8.
    Unknown Title (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    1:16
  3. 9.
    Piano Improvisation – Dialog #1 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    0:31
  4. 10.
    Losing Hand – Dialog #1 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    1:47
  5. 11.
    Little Rock Getaway – Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    1:16
  6. 12.
    Kentucky Waltz (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    1:23
  7. 13.
    Heartbreaker (instrumental) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    2:13
  8. 14.
    Heartbreaker – Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    1:13
  9. 15.
    Piano Improvisation – Dialog #2 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    0:42
  10. 16.
    Heartbreaker (False Starts 1 & 2) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    1:12
  11. 17.
    Losing Hand – Dialog #2 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    1:20
  12. 18.
    Losing Hand – Dialog #3 (with reverb) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    1:27
  13. 19.
    Losing Hand – Dialog #4 (with reverb) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    4:55
  14. 20.
    Heartbreaker (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    2:53
  15. 21.
    It Should’ve Been Me – Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    2:56
  16. 22.
    Nobody Cares (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    3:57
  17. 23.
    Piano Improvisation – Dialog #3 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    0:33
  18. 24.
    Mess Around (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    2:39
  19. 25.
    Funny (but I Still Love You) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    3:17
  20. 26.
    Sinner’s Prayer (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    3:44
  21. 27.
    Piano Improvisation – Dialog #4 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    1:01
  22. 28.
    Low Society – Dialog #1 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    3:08
  23. 29.
    Boogie Woogie (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    1:56
  24. 30.
    Low Society – Dialog #2 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    3:28
  25. 31.
    Worried Life Blues (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    3:01
  26. 32.
    Come Back Baby (Walter Davis version) – Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    1:59
  27. 33.
    Low Society (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
    2:56
  28. 34.
    (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Takes 1–7) – Dialog (recording session outtake, 1958)
    8:17
  29. 35.
    Tell Me How Do You Feel (take 1) (recording session outtake, 1958)
    3:21
  30. 36.
    Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
    1:01
  31. 37.
    It Had to Be You – Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
    1:40
  32. 38.
    My Buddy – Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
    1:45
  33. 39.
    Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
    0:18
  34. 40.
    When Your Lover Has Gone – Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
    1:50
  35. 41.
    I’m Beginning to See the Light (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
    1:26
  36. 42.
    Let the Good Times Roll – Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
    2:46

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