Ray Charles 05/10/1953
Set I
Someday Baby
"Backwater Blues Type: (Instrumental)
"Albert Ammons" (Instrumental)
"Yancey" (Instrumental)
Come Back, Baby
Untitled Vocal No. 3 (Blues Improvisation)
'Similar to' Losing Hand
Little Rock Getaway
Beautiful Kentucky Waltz
Losing Hand (Take 1)
Losing Hand (Take 2, With Echo)
Losing Hand (Take 3, With Echo)
Heartbreaker (Instrumental, Take 1)
Heartbreaker (Vocal, Take 2)
Heartbreaker (Take 3)
Heartbreaker (Take 4)
Heartbreaker (Take 5)
It Should've Been Me (Additional Unknown Vocal)
I Ain't Got Nobody
Mess Around (Unknown Vocal)
Funny But I Still Love Yoou
Sinner's Prayer
Let Me Hold Your Hand
"Backwater Blues Type: (Instrumental)
"Albert Ammons" (Instrumental)
"Yancey" (Instrumental)
Come Back, Baby
Untitled Vocal No. 3 (Blues Improvisation)
'Similar to' Losing Hand
Little Rock Getaway
Beautiful Kentucky Waltz
Losing Hand (Take 1)
Losing Hand (Take 2, With Echo)
Losing Hand (Take 3, With Echo)
Heartbreaker (Instrumental, Take 1)
Heartbreaker (Vocal, Take 2)
Heartbreaker (Take 3)
Heartbreaker (Take 4)
Heartbreaker (Take 5)
It Should've Been Me (Additional Unknown Vocal)
I Ain't Got Nobody
Mess Around (Unknown Vocal)
Funny But I Still Love Yoou
Sinner's Prayer
Let Me Hold Your Hand
Set II
Set III
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Ray Charles tree disc 1
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| User (active/rating) | Media / # | Show | Sound | Details | DB Source | User Source |
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| MyLibbyDog | CDR / 1 | A | A | View | ||
| Notes: | Fabulous Mono Soundboard of Outtakes from Ray Charles' First LP, including "Mess Around." | |||||
| Brandon Moeller | CD-R / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Received in a trade. | |||||
| Shin | CDR / 1 | A | View | SBD | ||
| PeaceTrader | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Jeff S | cd-r / 1 | A- | View | sbd/analog mix | ||
| Notes: | Archival Group Tree, disc 1. Great stuff. | |||||
| nch103 | CDR / 1 | A- | A- | View | ||
| Slammer | CDR / 1 | A | View | |||
| Lord Jess | 1 cd / 1 | A | View | SBD | ||
| Notes: | Rehearsals; some really interesting studio stuff here and the sound quality is great | |||||
| niccolo mugnaioni | cdr / 1 | View | sbd>c>dat>cdr | |||
| Chris Bct | cdr / 1 | A | View | |||
| Notes: | Rehearsals. My wife and I always wanted to see him but would say, 'ah, he's too old now, it won't be that good.' Sure enough the day after the show the local newspaper reviews would always be, 'Man, that guy can put on a show.' Never did go see him. Liked that Ray movie. Get his 45 songs 2xCD set from amazon.com. It's real inexpensive when it's available and it's 1949 to 1952 when he's 19 to 22!! His finest material. Some songs on there just kill man. | |||||
| travis | cdr / 1 | a | View | |||
| gagabbard | audio / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Studio rehearsals Combination of 2 sources; studio sbd>Analog Gen?>CDr; pitch-corrected and reconstructed to match studio sessions playlist I remember meeting Ray Charles on a Saturday morning at his RPM International studio on Washington Blvd. The previous day I had taken possession of Ray's complete 'master reels' from the Atlantic tape library, which were sent from Manhattan. It was my great responsibility and honor to deliver these reels, which were to be incorporated into Ray's personal tape vault. I arrived and pushed the backdoor buzzer, when, to my surprise, it was Ray himself who appeared at the door, in his stocking feet. After carefully hoofing the boxes up the steep stairs, around a few tight turns, it became rather obvious the only folks in the building were Ray and myself. I recall it being a warm day and the studio air was stuffy. I thought to myself, that's why he wasn't wearing shoes. Ray returned to stand behind the massive mixing board in the center of the room, with his coffee cup (a large beer stein) set exactly where he had left it, as I unloaded the reels. I somewhat nervously began a conversation with him. "What happened to your shoes, Ray?" Without missing a beat, he replied, "Man, don't you know nothin' 'bout recording?!" Then, almost whispering, his mouth curled with his trademark grin, he said "I don't want the sound of my shoes hitting the floor to be heard on the tape." "Now, what do you have there?" I begin to read song titles off the tape boxes -- familiar titles that we shared like a common friend we both knew and loved -- when I come across a label dated 5/10/53. Ray said, "Hand that to me." He slid down into his office chair and rolled backwards, snagging the box from me. He pulled out the tape and spooled it on a reel-to-reel machine behind him in seconds flat. There was a moment of silence as the leader passed over the playback head. Then, we were transported back in time, to a rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun in New York forty-six years earlier. What can I say? It was a thrilling moment, certainly a life-long memory, underscored only by the incredible joy of watching and listening to Ray sing along. As I later read aloud more song titles, we came across an Atlantic '45 RPM comp' tape of Ray and other label artists grafted onto a 12-inch reel, I mentioned a song title there by LaVern Baker. Ray began to sing a couple verses and the chorus of "Tweedlee Dee." Yep, that's right -- I'm a lucky so-and-so. With the greatest respect for the real deal...thank you Ray Charles. -Michael Johnson Co-Reissue Producer of The Complete Country And Western Recordings 1959-86 | |||||
| Adam Lawler | .flac / 1 | View | SBD | |||
| Notes: | Unknown SBD | |||||
| Andrew Murawa | cd / 1 | B+ | View | Studio | ||
| Kevin Sigafoos | flac / 1 | View | ||||
| havard | cdr, flac / 0 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Part 1 of comp | |||||
| Jayanand Govindaraj | CDR / 1 | View | SBD>Analog Gen?>CDR (Combined from 2 sources) | |||
| Notes: | Archival Group Tree - Disk 1 out of 7 | |||||
| Freebird 63 | cdr / 1 | A | A | View | ||
| John Cook | FLAC / 1 | View | SBD > ? > FLAC | |||
| Notes: | 279 MB, 57:00 | |||||
| paul | cdr / 1 | a | a | View | ||
| Peri | CD / 1 | A+ | View | |||
| CJ | CDR / 1 | A | View | |||
| chris weaver | / 1 | A+ | View | Studio Mix | ||
| brian gathy | CDR / 1 | A | View | SBD | ||
| Paul | AUD / 1 | A | A | View | ||
| a thomson | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| Chad Francis | CDR / 2 | View | ||||
| Alex Bushe | CD-R / 1 | View | SBD | |||
| DiamondDave | CDR / 1 | A | View | SBD>??>CD | ||
| Mia724 | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Mike Redondo | shn / 0 | View | sbd>?>shn | |||
| Larry Sanders | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| John Kilcar | CDr / 1 | View | Studio Out-takes | |||
| spero | CDR / 1 | View | SBD | |||
| Drew Covert | CDR / 1 | A | A | View | SBD>Analog Gen?>CDR (Combined from 2 sources)>EAC(secure/offset correct)>WAV | |
| Greg Cohoon | FLAC / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | 1 FLAC, 1 CDA "Vol 1" shares FLAC disc with RAYCHARLES-19860725 |
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| Pat | / 0 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Unknown Studio New York, NY Studio Rehearsals *on Slayer 9-18-88 | |||||
| Shawnee | FLAC / 1 | A | A- | View | Studio | |
| djwilly | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| matthew | flac / 1 | A+ | A- | View | studio sbd > Analog Gen? > CDRx > FLAC | |
| Notes: | Wow, the immortal Ray Charles riffing in the studio. What a blessing. The candor, the feeling. Gets an A- only because it has a light hiss. | |||||
| Carey H. | FLAC / 1 | View | Studio | |||
| Adam Gott | cd-r / 1 | a | View | |||
| Jackie H. | CD-R//flac / 1 | A+ | View | |||
| AAA Audio | flac / 1 | View | ||||
| Laotsu | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Brian O'Hagan | / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Mess Around sung unidentified vocalist. Is it possible that this was Ahmet Ertegun, just like the movie?! | |||||
| jason klingele | / 1 | A | View | |||
| devout | flac / 1 | A | View | SBD | ||
| Terrance Dineen | FLAC / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | 1 FLAC; 1 CDR | |||||
| Mike Kelly | cdr / 1 | View | Studio | |||
| Phil | CD/R / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Archival Group Tree - Disk 1 out of 7 | |||||
| buc2220 | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| Brian C | FLAC / 1 | A | A | View | studio outtakes | |
| Notes: | Archival Group Ray Charles tree disc 1; studio rehearsals; tree art located at: http://www.archival-group.org/ray_charles.htm; FLAC'd 6/10/04 for STG, R.I.P. Brother Ray; Transfer: CDR>EAC(secure/offset correct)>WAV>Flac Frontend(level 5)>FLAC | |||||
| Mark Diamond | / 1 | View | ||||
| DrGoody | Flac / 1 | View | [Archival Group - Ray Charles tree disc 1] | |||
| John | CDR / 1 | A | A | View | ||
| Notes: | Nice sounding and interesting rehearsal set. | |||||
| Jim O'Brien | CD / 1 | View | Studio SBD>??>CD | |||
| Dave H. in DC | cdr / 1 | View | ? | |||
| Notes: | probably from Atlantic Studios Ray first recorded for Atlantic in New York City on September 11, 1952. Unlike his Swingtime sides, his Atlantic debut single, "The Sun's Gonna Shine Again," was pure Ray Charles. He also shined on "Roll With Me Baby" and "Jumpin' in the Mornin'." His second session, on May 17, 1953, produced the blues classics "Mess Around" and "Losing Hand." (from: http://home.attbi.com/~soulexpress4/soulbio3.htm ) | |||||
| arthur | flac / 1 | View | SBD>Analog Gen?>CDR (Combined from 2 sources)>EAC(secure/offset correct)>WAV>Flac... | |||
| Charlie | / 0 | View | ||||
| Drew | CDR / 1 | A | A | View | SBD | |
| Notes: | Ray's first sessions for Atlantic records | |||||
| Eric S. | FLAC / 1 | A | A | View | SBD > ?? > CDR in trade > FLAC | |
| Notes: | 23 tracks; practice sessions & outtakes; great stuff | |||||
| David Backus | DVD+R/FLAC / 1 | View | SBD | |||
| Malibu Jesus | 1 cd / 1 | A | View | SBD | ||
| Notes: | Rehearsals; some really interesting studio stuff here and the sound quality is great | |||||
| tee-waii | CDR / 1 | A | View | SBD | ||
| Dawn | FLAC, CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | thanks prince :) | |||||
| Ken Doughty | flac / 1 | A- | View | sbd | ||
| Notes: | No Source Info | |||||
| Matthew Kupchinsky | CDR-FLAC / 1 | A- | B+ | View | Studio rehearsals Combination of 2 sources; studio sbd>Analog Gen?>CDr; pitch-corrected and... | |
| Jeff | FLAC / 1 | View | Lineage Unknown>CDR>EAC>FLAC | |||
| Notes: | Ray Charles 1953-05-10 Unknown Studio New York, NY Studio Rehearsals [Ray Charles tree disc 1] 1. Someday Baby 2. "Backwater Blues type: (instrumental) 3. "Albert Ammons" (instrumental) 4. "Yancey" (instrumental) 5. Come Back, Baby 6. Untitled Vocal No. 3 (blues inprovisation) 7. 'similar to' Losing Hand 8. Little Rock Getaway 9. Beautiful Kentucky Waltz Losing Hand (take 1) Losing Hand (take 2, w/ echo) Losing Hand (take 3, w/ echo) 10. Heartbreaker (instrumental, take 1) 11. Heartbreaker (vocal, take 2) Heartbreaker (take 3) 12. Heartbreaker (take 4) Heartbreaker (take 5) It Should?ve Been Me (additional unknown vocal) 13. I Ain't Got Nobody 14. Mess Around (unknown vocal) 15. Funny But I Still Love Yoou 16. Sinner's Prayer 17. Let Me Hold Your Hand [Archival Group - Ray Charles tree disc 1] Artwork included in torrent; the complete artwork for the whole tree is at http://www.archival-group.org/ray_charles.htm Size: 279 MB Time: 56:58 length expanded size cdr WAVE problems filename 3:18.35 35009564 --- -- --xx Track 1.flac 1:33.10 16428764 --- -- --xx Track 10.flac 1:13.55 13006604 --- -- --xx Track 11.flac 5:58.10 63174764 --- -- --xx Track 12.flac 2:32.20 26859884 --- -- --xx Track 13.flac 1:29.50 15817244 --- -- --xx Track 14.flac 1:30.35 15958364 --- -- --xx Track 15.flac 0:24.15 4268924 --- -- --xx Track 16.flac 2:53.40 30611324 --- -- --xx Track 17.flac 2:58.10 31422764 --- -- --xx Track 18.flac 3:58.05 41995004 --- -- --xx Track 19.flac 4:13.20 44676284 --- -- --xx Track 2.flac 3:13.55 34174604 --- -- --xx Track 20.flac 3:30.25 37102844 --- -- --xx Track 21.flac 3:39.00 38631644 --- -- --xx Track 22.flac 0:35.37 6261068 --- -- --xx Track 23.flac 2:08.65 22732124 --- -- --xx Track 3.flac 3:20.20 35327084 --- -- --xx Track 4.flac 2:09.60 22896764 --- -- --xx Track 5.flac 1:40.30 17710604 --- -- --xx Track 6.flac 1:46.60 18839564 --- -- --xx Track 7.flac 1:33.20 16452284 --- -- --xx Track 8.flac 1:18.70 13923884 --- -- --xx Track 9.flac 56:59.72 575.33 MB (totals for 23 files, 0.4842 overall compression ratio) | |||||
| Tom Bashara/Eric Linstrom | FLAC / 1 | View | ||||
| Robert McCauley | CD / 1 | View | Bit Torrent D/L from stg | |||
| Howard Leach | SHN / 1 | View | ||||
| w302nv | / 0 | View | ||||
| Graveyard Boots | CDR / 1 | A- | View | Studio | ||
| Notes: | rehearsals | |||||
| Eric | / 0 | View | ||||
| Rannilt | CD-r / 1 | View | ||||
| steve | / 0 | View | ||||
| Dave and Kim | CDR/FLAC / 1 | View | ||||
| Eddy | 1cdr / 0 | A- | View | Sbd | ||
| Notes: | Studio rehearsal | |||||
| David Coffman | / 1 | A | View | |||
| Notes: | NYC | |||||
| shannon | FLAC / 1 | View | ||||
| Nathan | FLAC / 1 | View | Studio SBD>Analog Gen?>CDR>?>FLAC(via [Archival Group - Ray Charles tree disc 1]) | |||
| Oreo137 | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Volume 1 of 10 | |||||
| John VB (johnvan) | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Lukas Karlsson | FLAC / 1 | View | ||||
| zingapoor | / 0 | View | STU | |||
| Chris Davis | cdr / 1 | A | View | studio sbd > analog gen > cdr (2 different sources) | ||
| Notes: | great rehearsal, vintage Ray | |||||
| Josephine | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Ryan Davis | / 1 | View | Studio | |||
| CAREY415 | CDR / 0 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Artwork and setlists (too much to list here) can be found at http://www.archival-group.org/ray_charles.htm Disc 1 - 22 NYC Studio Rehearsals 10 May 53 Disc 2 - LIVE Toyohashi, Japan 25 July 86 Disc 3 - LIVE Saratoga, CA 5 June 88 Disc 4 - LIVE Saratoga, CA / Italy 5 June 88 / 1990 Disc 5 - LIVE Glasgow, Scotland 26 May 99 Disc 6 - LIVE Basel, Switzerland 10 Nov 00 Disc 7 - LIVE Paris, France 22 Nov 00 | |||||
| TCA | FLAC / 1 | View | ||||
| TCA | FLAC / 1 | View | 2 sources: studio SBD > Analog gen? > CDR | |||
| bacchus | / 0 | View | ||||
| Razmid | shn / 2 | View | ||||
| Billy Williams | CDR / 1 | View | Studio | |||
| Mark Brenna | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Jordan Wolfson | flac / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Archival Group Tree Disc 1, with artwork | |||||
| Jamie Dubs | FLAC / 1 | View | ?>FLAC | |||
| Chris Haddock | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| Bean | / 0 | View | ||||
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