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- Cookie-Records Museum
- 37F Ray Charles (September 23, 1930 - June 10, 2004, aged 73)
- Ray Charles / The Genius Of Ray Charles (US, mono, Atlantic, 1312) <October 1959>
Ray Charles / The Genius Of Ray Charles (US, mono, Atlantic, 1312) <October 1959>
Ray Charles / The Genius Of Ray Charles (US, mono, Atlantic, 1312) <October 1959>
(SIDE 1) 11587-B
(SIDE 2) 11588-E
Original Mono Edition. Full dynamics-frequency Spectrum. Purple & Red, 'White Fan' label center label.
Recorded;May 6 and June 23, 1959 at 6 West Recording in New York City on Ampex 3 track.
「ジャケは有名だけど聴いたことないアルバム」の代表格。ビッグ・バンドのアレンジ・指揮はクインシー・ジョーンズでバンドのメンバーはベイシーやエリントンバンドの精鋭、レコーディングは（おそらくまだ駆け出しの）トム・ダウド、ライナーはナット・ヘンホフと、知った名前がゴロゴロしてました。Discogsの素人評で、初めてこの作品が「当時は革新的だった」ということを知りました。
長らく探していますが、プロモを見たことが一度もありません。
[Wikiより]
The Genius of Ray Charles is a 1959 Ray Charles album, released in October by Atlantic Records, the seventh album since the debut Ray Charles in 1957. The album consists of swinging pop with big band arrangements. It comprises a first half of big band songs and a second half of string-backed ballads.The Genius of Ray Charles sold fewer than 500,000 copies and charted at number 17 on the Billboard 200. "Let the Good Times Roll" and "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'" were released as singles in 1959.
[Discogsより]
melvinmephistopheles 2011年8月10日
It's hard to hear now just what made this record so revolutionary and new when it first came out. One English critic, who liked Charles' piano playing, said, "the mixture of gospel-style vocal phrasing with banal blues lyrics is most unsatisfactory, if not positively objectionable." Oh well, so much for soul music!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFHAagh2uzk
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