Baby Won't You Please Come Home - Ray Charles, Warfield, Charles
She's on the Ball
Honey, Honey - Ray Charles, Green, Velma
Ain't That Fine - Ray Charles, Hall, Betty
How Long? - Ray Charles, Carr, Leroy
I Found My Baby There
You Never Miss the Water ('til the Well Runs Dry) - Ray Charles, York, William
The Snow Is Falling - Ray Charles, Leiber, Jerry
Tell Me Baby
Blues Before Sunrise - Ray Charles, Carr, Leroy
Some Day (Blues Is My Middle Name)
Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
Kissa Me Baby
C.C. Rider - Ray Charles, Rainey, Ma
A Sentimental Blues - Ray Charles, York, William
Don't Put All Your Dreams in One Basket - Ray Charles, Morgan, Dennis [Cou
Why Did You Go?
Can't You See Darling?
This Love of Mine - Ray Charles, Parker, Sol
Going Down Slow
Track Listings (20) - Disc #2
Confession Blues
I Love You, I Love You (I Will Never Let You Go) - Ray Charles, Lawrence, J. Lee
What Have I Done?
Alone in the City
Th' Ego Song - Ray Charles, Glenn, Lloyd
Late in the Evening Blues - Ray Charles, Henry, Shifty
Sitting on Top of the World - Ray Charles, Chatmon, Lonnie
If I Give You My Love - Ray Charles, Leventhal, Herbert
Rockin' Chair Blues
Let's Have a Ball
Can Anyone Ask for More?
Back Home
Guitar Blues
Walkin' and Talkin'
I'm Wonderin' and Wonderin'
Let Me Hear You Call My Name
Misery in My Heart
Lonely Boy - Ray Charles, Henry, Shifty
Hey Now
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now? - Ray Charles, Adams, Frank
UK release for the man most responsible for developing soul music. This collection features virtually all of his pre-Atlantic recordings. 40 tracks. Platinum Collection. 2004.
UK release for the man most responsible for developing soul music. This collection features virtually all of his pre-Atlantic recordings. 40 tracks. Platinum Collection. 2004.
CD Reviews
Early Ray Charles at his best
Chad Lee Cubitt | Roanoke, VA USA | 12/30/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"If you want a taste of what influenced & shaped Ray Charles then this is it.
All of the pre-Atlantic recordings-pre dating What I'd Say, Mess Around & I've Got A Woman.
This is Ray in his pseudo Nat King Cole phase & he does it better than Nat (which yes is a stretch to purists.)
songs like Baby Won't You Please Come Home show case him at his essential Nat.
fast forward to song 8 The Snow Is Falling & you can hear he is searching for his own voice, which he eventually will find.
Any way you cut it this is Ray Charles that YOU NEED IN YOUR COLLECTION. TRUE FANS WILL BUY IT even the curious listener who wants an early introduction to Ray & his roots will enjoy it.
I highly recommend this collection it is a great addition to any Ray Collection."
Track Listings (20) - Disc #1