レイ・チャールズのアトランティック・ボックスが再登場

アトランティック時代のレイ･チャールズのすべてが入ったCD7枚組ボックス(全155曲)がプライスダウンで再発！もともとCD7枚にDVD1枚を加えた超豪華ボックスとして発売され、アッという間に市場から姿を消した渾身のボックス・セット。

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枚目のDISC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。

この素晴らしいリマスター･サウンドとスタジオ･アウトテイクはファンなら絶対に欲しいはず。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聴けることは未来を含め、全人類にとって最高の幸せと断言できる。レアなフォトと詳細な解説/データ掲載の豪華ブックレット付き。

収録内容
[DISC 1]
1. THE SUN’S GONNA SHINE AGAIN
2. ROLL WITH MY BABY
3. THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
4. JUMPIN’ IN THE MORNIN’
5. IT SHOULD’VE BEEN ME
6. LOSING HAND
7. HEARTBREAKER
8. SINNER’S PRAYER
9. MESS AROUND
10. FUNNY (BUT I STILL LOVE YOU)
11. FEELIN’ SAD
12. I WONDER WHO
13. DON’T YOU KNOW
14. NOBODY CARES
15. RAY’S BLUES
16. I GOT A BREAK BABY
17. BLACKJACK
18. I’VE GOT A WOMAN
19. GREENBACKS
20. COME BACK BABY
21. A FOOL FOR YOU
22. THIS LITTLE GIRL OF MINE
23. HARD TIMES (NO ONE KNOWS BETTER THAN I)
24. BLUES HANGOVER
25. MARY ANN
26. DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS
27. HALLELUJAH I LOVE HER SO
28. WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT YOU

[DISC 2]
1. DAWN RAY
2. THE MAN I LOVE
3. MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC
4. BLACK COFFEE
5. LONELY AVENUE
6. I WANT TO KNOW
7. LEAVE MY WOMAN ALONE
8. THE RAY
9. I SURRENDER DEAR
10. HORNFUL SOUL
11. AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’
12. JOY RIDE
13. SWEET SIXTEEN BARS
14. DOODLIN’
15. THERE’S NO YOU
16. UNDECIDED
17. MY MELANCHOLY BABY
18. IT’S ALL RIGHT
19. AIN’T THAT LOVE

[DISC 3]
1. ROCKHOUSE PARTS 1 & 2
2. GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY
3. SWANEE RIVER ROCK (TALKIN’ ’BOUT THAT RIVER)
4. THAT’S ENOUGH
5. TALKIN’ ’BOUT YOU
6. WHAT KIND OF MAN ARE YOU
7. I WANT A LITTLE GIRL
8. HOW LONG BLUES - Milt Jackson & Ray Charles
9. COSMIC RAY - Milt Jackson & Ray Charles
10. THE GENIUS AFTER HOURS
11. CHARLESVILLE
12. BAGS OF BLUES - Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
13. DEED I DO - Milt Jackson & Ray Charles
14. BLUE FUNK - Milt Jackson & Ray Charles
15. SOUL BROTHERS - Milt Jackson & Ray Charles

[DISC 4]
1. BAG’S GUITAR BLUES - Milt Jackson & Ray Charles
2. YES INDEED!
3. I HAD A DREAM
4. YOU BE MY BABY
5. TELL ALL THE WORLD ABOUT YOU
6. MY BONNIE
7. SOUL MEETING - Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
8. HALLELUJAH I LOVE HER SO - Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
9. BLUE GENIUS - Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
10. X-RAY BLUES - Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
11. LOVE ON MY MIND - Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
12. THE SPIRIT-FEEL (Live, 1958)
13. BLUES WALTZ (Live, 1958)
14. IN A LITTLE SPANISH TOWN (Live, 1958)
15. SHERRY (Live, 1958)
16. (NIGHT TIME IS) THE RIGHT TIME (Live, 1958)
17. A FOOL FOR YOU (Live, 1958)

[DISC 5]
1. I’VE GOT A WOMAN (Live, 1958)
2. TALKIN’ ’BOUT YOU (Live, 1958)
3. SWANEE RIVER ROCK (TALKIN’ ’BOUT THAT RIVER) (Live, 1958)
4. YES INDEED! (Live, 1958)
5. EARLY IN THE MORNIN’
6. (NIGHT TIME IS) THE RIGHT TIME
7. CARRYING THAT LOAD (Single Version)
8. CARRYING THAT LOAD (LP Version)
9. TELL ME HOW DO YOU FEEL
10. FATHEAD - David Newman
11. TIN TIN DEO - David Newman
12. BILL FOR BENNIE - David Newman
13. HARD TIMES - David Newman
14. MEAN TO ME - David Newman
15. SWEET EYES - David Newman
16. WEIRD BEARD - David Newman
17. WILLOW WEEP FOR ME - David Newman
18. TELL THE TRUTH
19. WHAT’D I SAY PARTS I & II (Mono LP Version)

[DISC 6]
1. WHAT’D I SAY PARTS I & II (Stereo LP Version)
2. TELL ME YOU’LL WAIT FOR ME
3. COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
4. DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYIN’
5. JUST FOR A THRILL
6. YOU WON’T LET ME GO
7. AM I BLUE
8. THE SPIRIT-FEEL (Live, 1959)
9. FRENESI (Live, 1959)
10. TELL THE TRUTH (Live, 1959)
11. DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS (Live, 1959)
12. (NIGHT TIME IS) THE RIGHT TIME (Live, 1959)
13. WHAT’D I SAY (Live, 1959)
14. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL
15. ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND
16. DEED I DO
17. WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE
18. TWO YEARS OF TORTURE
19. IT HAD TO BE YOU
20. I’M MOVIN’ ON
21. I BELIEVE TO MY SOUL

[DISC 7]
【Rehearsal Session With Ahmet Ertegun (1953)】
1. BABY LET ME HOLD YOUR HAND
2. UNKNOWN TITLE
3. PIANO IMPROVISATION & DIALOG #1
4.“LOSING HAND” & DIALOG #1
5.“LITTLE ROCK GETAWAY” & DIALOG
6. KENTUCKY WALTZ
7. HEARTBREAKER (Instrumental Version)
8.“HEARTBREAKER” & DIALOG
9. PIANO IMPROVISATION & DIALOG #2
10. HEARTBREAKER (False Starts 1-2)
11.“LOSING HAND” & DIALOG #2
12.“LOSING HAND” & DIALOG #3 (w/ reverb)
13.“LOSING HAND” & DIALOG #4 (w/ reverb)
14. HEARTBREAKER
15.“IT SHOULD’VE BEEN ME” & DIALOG
16. I AIN’T GOT NOBODY
17. PIANO IMPROVISATION & DIALOG #3
18. MESS AROUND
19. FUNNY (BUT I STILL LOVE YOU)
20. SINNER’S PRAYER
21. PIANO IMPROVISATION & DIALOG #4
22.“LOW SOCIETY” & DIALOG #1
23. BOOGIE WOOGIE
24.“LOW SOCIETY” & DIALOG #2
25. WORRIED LIFE BLUES
26.“COME BACK BABY” (Walter Davis Version) & DIALOG
27. LOW SOCIETY

【Recording Session Outtakes (1958) 】
28. “(NIGHT TIME IS) THE RIGHT TIME” (Takes 1-7) & DIALOG
29. TELL ME HOW DO YOU FEEL (Take 1)

【Ray's Arrangement Suggestions For The Genius Of Ray Charles Album (1959)】
30. DIALOG
31.“IT HAD TO BE YOU” & DIALOG
32.“MY BUDDY” & DIALOG
33. DIALOG
34.“WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE” & DIALOG
35. I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT
36.“LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL” & DIALOG