Ray Charles
The Birth Of Soul Volume 1 (1952 - 1954)
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Date:  1954
Format:  FLAC
Genre:  Soul
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 The Sun's Gonna Shine Again    2:39
      2.  
      		 Roll With My Baby    2:37
      3.  
      		 The Midnight Hour    3:01
      4.  
      		 Jumpin' In The Morning    2:47
      5.  
      		 It Should Have Been Me    2:44
      6.  
      		 Losing Hand    3:13
      7.  
      		 Heartbreaker    2:52
      8.  
      		 Sinner's Prayer    3:24
      9.  
      		 Mess Around    2:41
      10.  
      		 Funny, But I Still Love You    3:15
      11.  
      		 Feelin' Sad    2:50
      12.  
      		 I Wonder Who    2:48
      13.  
      		 Don't You Know    2:57
      14.  
      		 Nobody Cares    2:39
      15.  
      		 Ray's Blues    2:55
      16.  
      		 Mr. Charles Blues    2:48
      17.  
      		 Blackjack    2:17
      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.