Ray Charles In Concert is a limited edition compilation album of live performances by Ray Charles released in 2003 by Rhino Handmade. The tracks were all previously released on 5 different Ray Charles live concert albums[1] released between 1958 and 1975.
Track listing
Disc one:
- "Night Time Is the Right Time" (Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman) – 3:58
- "Talkin' 'Bout You" (Ray Charles) – 4:30
- "A Fool for You" (Charles) – 7:05
- "Swanee River Rock" (Charles) – 2:07
- "The Spirit-Feel" (Milt Jackson) – 4:23
- "Yes Indeed!" (Sy Oliver) – 2:39
- "What'd I Say" (Charles) – 4:22
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) – 7:40
- "Hit the Road Jack" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:20
- "The Danger Zone" (Mayfield) – 3:45
- "Bye Bye Love" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:00
- "Georgia On My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 6:16
- "One Mint Julep" (Rudolph Toombs) – 3:01
- "I Believe to my Soul" (Charles) – 3:50
- "Unchain My Heart"(Teddy Powell, Robert Sharp, Jr.) – 3:07
- "Baby, Don't You Cry" (Johnson, Washington) – 2:42
Disc two:
- "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" (Charles) – 3:00
- "You Don't Know Me" (Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker) – 3:10
- "I Got a Woman" (Charles, Richard) – 6:11
- "Hide nor Hair" (Mayfield) – 2:55
- "Margie" (Con Conrad, Benny Davis, Russel Robinson) – 2:51
- "Don't Set Me Free" (Powell) – 3:36
- "Let the Good Times Roll" (Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore) – 3:09
- "Busted" (Harlan Howard) – 2:10
- "Don't Let Her Know" (Buck Owens, Don Rich, Bonnie Owens) – 4:23
- "Then We'll Be Home" (Sadye Shepard) – 4:02
- "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) – 3:15
- "Feel So Bad" (Leslie Temple, James Johnsonl) – 9:57
- "Living for the City" (Stevie Wonder) – 8:06
(Disc 1, tracks 1, 2, 3 originally released on Ray Charles at Newport)
(Disc 1, track 4 originally released on Ray Charles Live)
(Disc 1, tracks 5, 6, 7 originally released on Ray Charles in Person)
(Disc 1, tracks 8 ~ 15 originally released on Berlin, 1962)
(Disc 1, track 16 and disk 2, tracks 1 ~ 6 originally released on Ray Charles: Live in Concert)
(Disc 2, tracks 7 ~ 13 originally released on Ray Charles: Live in Japan)
Personnel
1958 Newport Jazz Festival performance(Disk 1, tracks 1~4)
1959 Atlanta concert(Disk 1, tracks 5~7)
1962 Berlin concert(Disk 1, tracks 8 ~ 15)
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1964 Los Angeles concert(Disk 1, track 16 and disk 2, tracks 1 ~ 6)
1975 Tokyo and Yokohama concerts(Disk 2, tracks 7 ~ 13)
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References
- ^ except "Swanee River Rock" recorded at Newport in 1958 but first released on 1987's re-issue / compilation Ray Charles Live
Further reading
- Ray Charles: In Concert (Rhino Handmade) liner notes
- In Concert at Allmusic.com