Ray Charles
The Birth Of Soul Volume 2 (1954 - 1957)
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Date:  1957
Format:  FLAC
Genre:  Soul
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 I Got A Woman    2:50
      2.  
      		 Greenbacks    2:50
      3.  
      		 Come Back, Baby    3:05
      4.  
      		 A Fool For You    3:01
      5.  
      		 This Little Girl Of Mine    2:32
      6.  
      		 Hard Times    2:55
      7.  
      		 A Bit Of Soul    2:19
      8.  
      		 Mary Ann    2:47
      9.  
      		 Drown In My Own Tears    3:21
      10.  
      		 Hallelujah, I Love Her So    2:35
      11.  
      		 What Would I Do Without You    2:36
      12.  
      		 Lonely Avenue    2:35
      13.  
      		 I Want To Know    2:25
      14.  
      		 Leave My Woman Alone    2:40
      15.  
      		 It's Alright    2:17
      16.  
      		 Ain't That Love    2:52
      17.  
      		 Get On The Right Track    2:20
      18.  
      		 Rockhouse (Parts 1 & 2)    3:51
      The title isn't just hype — this absolutely essential three-disc box is where soul music first took shape and soared, courtesy of Ray Charles' church-soaked pipes and bedrock piano work. Brother Ray's formula for inventing the genre was disarmingly simple: he brought gospel intensity to the R&B world with his seminal "I Got a Woman," "Hallelujah I Love Her So," "Leave My Woman Alone," "You Be My Baby," and the primal 1959 call-and-response classic "What'd I Say." There's plenty of brilliant blues content within these 53 historic sides: Charles' mournful "Losing Hand," "Feelin' Sad," "Hard Times," and "Blackjack" ooze after-hours desperation. No blues collection should be without this boxed set, which comes with well-researched notes by Robert Palmer, a nicely illustrated accompanying booklet, and discographical info aplenty.