RAY CHARLES
PURE GENIUS: THE COMPLETE ATLANTIC RECORDINGS 1952-1959
ピュア・ジーニアス：ザ・コンプリート・アトランティック・レコーディングス1952-1959

品番 : R2-74731   仕様 : 7CD+1DVD

空前絶後。レコード・プレーヤー型の箱に入った8枚組ボックス・セット。
これでアトランティック時代のレイ・チャールズはすべてあなたのもの。

この破天荒なボックスはアトランティック在籍時に発売になった全曲が録音順に1枚目から6 枚目までに収録され7枚目には大変興味深いレコーディング・セッションやアウトテイクな どを収録、8枚目はニューポート・ジャズ・フェスティヴァル出演時の映像を収録したDVDとなっている。　見所は何も変形ボックスだけでなく素晴らしい最新のリマスターの音質とスタジオアウトテイク。映画『RAY』でも披露されたプロデューサー、アーメット・アーテガンがレイにこういうのはどうなんだと、手本を見せた「Mess Around」の実際の音源にはびっくり。アーメットの歌というのはこれはこれで貴重。R&B歌手、ピアノ・プレイヤーの側面で見れば間違いなく最高の録音を残した50年代アトランティック時代の全録音をこうして聞けることは未来を含めて全人類にとって最高の幸せと断言できる。何も迷わず買い、の１枚、いや１台。

収録内容

DISC 1

• The Sun's Gonna Shine Again (Remastered LP Version)
• Roll With My Baby (Remastered LP Version)
• The Midnight Hour (Remastered LP Version)
• Jumpin' In The Morning (Remastered LP Version)
• It Should've Been Me (Remastered Version)
• Ray Charles And His Orchestra - Losing Hand (Remastered Version)
• Heartbreaker (Remastered LP Version)
• Sinner's Prayer (Remastered LP Version)
• Mess Around (Remastered Version)
• Funny (But I Still Love You) (Remastered LP Version)
• Ray Charles And His Orchestra - Feelin' Sad (Remastered LP Version)
• I Wonder Who (Remastered LP Version)
• Don't You Know (Remastered Version)
• Nobody Cares (Remastered LP Version)
• Ray's Blues (Remastered LP Version)
• I Got A Break Baby(Remastered LP Version)
• Blackjack (Remastered Version)
• I've Got A Woman (Remastered Version)
• Greenbacks (Remastered Version)
• Come Back Baby (Remastered LP Version)
• A Fool For You (Remastered Version)
• This Little Girl Of Mine (Remastered Version)
• Hard Times [No One Knows Better Than I] (Remastered Version)
• Blues Hangover (aka A Bit Of Soul on Original Release) (Remastered LP Version)
• Mary Ann (Remastered Version)
• Drown In My Own Tears (Remastered Version)
• Hallelujah I Love Her So (Remastered Version)
• What Would I Do Without You (Remastered Version)

DISC 2

• Dawn Ray (Remastered LP Version)
• The Man I Love (Remastered LP Version)
• Music, Music, Music (Remastered LP Version)
• Black Coffee (Remastered LP Version)
• Lonely Avenue (Remastered Version)
• I Want To Know (Remastered Single/LP Version)
• Leave My Woman Alone (Remastered Version)
• The Ray (Remastered LP Version)
• I Surrender Dear (Remastered LP Version)
• Hornful Soul (Remastered LP Version)
• Ain't Misbehavin' (Remastered LP Version)
• Joy Ride (Remastered LP Version)
• Sweet Sixteen Bars (Remastered LP Version)
• Doodlin' (Remastered LP Version)
• There's No You (Remastered LP Version)
• Undecided (Remastered LP Version)
• My Melancholy Baby (Remastered LP Version)
• It's Alright (Remastered Version)
• Ain't That Love (Remastered Version)

DISC 3

• Rockhouse (Parts 1 & 2) (Remastered Version)
• Get On The Right Track Baby (Remastered Single/LP Version)
• Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) (Remastered Version)
• That's Enough (Remastered Version)
• Talkin' About You (Remastered Single/LP Version)
• What Kind Of Man Are You (Remastered Single/LP Version)
• I Want A Little Girl (Remastered Single/LP Version)
• Ray Charles & Milt Jackson - How Long Blues (Remastered LP Version)
• Ray Charles & Milt Jackson - Cosmic Ray (Remastered LP Version)
• The Genius After Hours (Remastered Album Version)
• Ray Charles featuring Milt Jackson - Charlesville (Remastered LP Version)
• Ray Charles & Milt Jackson - Bags Of Blues (Remastered LP Version)
• Ray Charles & Milt Jackson - Deed I Do (Remastered LP Version)
• Ray Charles & Milt Jackson - Blue Funk (Remastered LP Version)
• Ray Charles & Milt Jackson - Soul Brothers (Remastered LP Version)

DISC 4

• Ray Charles & Milt Jackson - Bag's Guitar Blues (Remastered Mono LP Version)
• Yes Indeed! (Remastered Single/LP Version)
• I Had A Dream (Remastered Single/LP Version)
• You Be My Baby (Remastered Single/LP Version)
• Tell All The World About You (Remastered Single/LP Version)
• My Bonnie (Remastered Single/LP Version)
• Ray Charles & Milt Jackson - Soul Meeting (Remastered LP Version)
• Hallelujah I Love Her So (Remastered LP Version)
• Ray Charles & Milt Jackson - Blue Genius (Remastered LP Version)
• X-Ray Blues (Remastered Version)
• Love On My Mind (Remastered LP Version)
• The Spirit - Feel (Remastered Live At Newport Jazz)
• Blues Waltz (Remastered Live At Newport Jazz)
• In A Little Spanish Town (Remastered Live At Newport Jazz)
• Sherry (Remastered Live At Newport Jazz Edit)
• Night Time Is The Right Time (Remastered Live at Newport Jazz Version)
• A Fool For You (Remastered Live At Newport Jazz)

DISC 5

• I've Got A Woman (Remastered Live At Newport Jazz)
• Talkin' 'Bout You (Remastered Live At Newport Jazz)
• Swanee River Rock (Remastered Live At Newport Jazz)
• Yes Indeed! (Remastered Live at Newport Jazz Version)
• Early In The Morning (Remastered Single/LP Version)
• Night Time Is The Right Time (Remastered LP Version)
• Carryin' That Load (Remastered Single Version)
• Carryin' That Load (Remastered LP Version)
• Tell Me How Do You Feel (Remastered LP Version)
• David Newman & Ray Charles - Fathead (Remastered LP Version)
• David Newman & Ray Charles - Tin Tin Deo (Remastered LP Version)
• David Newman & Ray Charles - Bill For Bennie (Remastered LP Version)
• David Newman & Ray Charles - Hard Times (Remastered LP Version)
• David Newman & Ray Charles - Mean To Me (Remastered LP Version)
• David Newman & Ray Charles - Sweet Eyes (Remastered LP Version)
• David Newman & Ray Charles - Weird Beard (Remastered LP Version)
• David Newman & Ray Charles - Willow Weep For Me (Remastered LP Version)
• Tell The Truth (Remastered Version)
• What'd I Say Parts I & II (Remastered Mono LP Version)

DISC 6

• What'd I Say Parts I & II (Remastered Stereo LP Version)
• Tell Me You'll Wait For Me (Remastered LP Version)
• Come Rain Or Come Shine (Remastered LP Version)
• Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (Remastered Version)
• Just For A Thrill (Remastered Version)
• You Won't Let Me Go (Remastered LP Version)
• Am I Blue (Remastered LP Version)
• The Spirit - Feel (Remastered Live, 1959)
• Frenesi (Remastered Live, 1959)
• Tell The Truth (Remastered Live, 1959)
• Drown In My Own Tears (Remastered Live, 1959)
• Night Time Is The Right Time (Remastered Live, 1959)
• What I'd Say (Remastered Live, 1959)
• Let The Good Times Roll (Remastered Version)
• Alexander's Ragtime Band (Remastered LP Version)
• Deed I Do (Remastered LP Version)
• When Your Lover Has Gone (Remastered LP Version)
• Two Years Of Torture (Remastered LP Version)
• It Had To Be You (Remastered LP Version)
• I'm Movin' On (Remastered Version)
• I Believe To My Soul (Remastered Version)

DISC 7

• Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Unknown Title (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Piano Improvisation & Dialog #1 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Losing Hand & Dialog #1 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Little Rock Getaway & Dialog (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Kentucky Waltz (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Heartbreaker (Instrumental Version) (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Heartbreaker & Dialog (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Piano Improvisation & Dialog #2 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Heartbreaker (False Starts 1-2) (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Losing Hand & Dialog #2 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Losing Hand & Dialog #3 (w/reverb) (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Losing Hand & Dialog #4 (w/reverb) (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Heartbreaker (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• It Should've Been Me & Dialog (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• I Ain't Got Nobody (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Piano Improvisation & Dialog #3 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Mess Around (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Funny (But I Still Love You) (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Sinner's Prayer (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Piano Improvisation & Dialog #4 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Low Society & Dialog #1 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Boogie Woogie (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Low Society & Dialog #2 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Worried Life Blues (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Come Back Baby & Dialog (Walter Davis Version) (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Low Society (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
• Night Time Is The Right Time (Takes 1-7 Recording Session, 1958) & Dialog
• Tell Me How Do You Feel (Take 1 Recording Session, 1958)
• Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)
• It Had To Be You & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)
• My Buddy & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)
• Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)
• When Your Lover Has Gone & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)
• I'm Beginning to See The Light (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)
• Let The Good Times Roll & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)

DVD

• Lil' Darlin' (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1960) (Video)
• Blues Waltz (Live At Newport Jazz) (Video)
• Let The Good Times Roll (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1960) (Video)
• Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1960) (Video)
• Sticks And Stones (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1960) (Video)
• My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do) (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1960) (Video)
• Drown In My Own Tears (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1960) (Video)
• What I'd Say (Live at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1960) (Video)
• I Believe To My Soul (Live at The Newport Jazz Festival, 1960)
• Interview With Ahmet Ertegun