This really is "The Ultimate Collection"
75 songs including all the big hits
Excellent sound quality - surpasses anything on Atlantic or Rhino
Hours of great music / 75 original recordings on 3CDs
Atlantic & ABC
1953 - 1963


Ray Charles

The Ultimate Collection

2013




3CDs / 2013 / 320Kbps


Disc 1:

1. Hit The Road Jack
2. What'd I Say
3. I Got A Woman
4. Leave My Woman Alone
5. Let The Good Times Roll
6. Unchain My Heart
7. Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)
8. I Wonder
9. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
10. Sticks And Stones
11. Ruby
12. When Your LoverHasGone
13. You Won't Let Me Go
14. Mississippi Mud
15. It Had To Be You
16. Yes Indeed!
17. Swanee River Rock
18. Lonely Avenue
19. California,Here I Come
20. Take These Chains From My Heart
21. Get On The Right Track Baby
22. I'm Movin' On
23. Drown In My Own Tears
24. Hide Nor Hair
25. You Win Again


Disc 2:

1. Georgia On My Mind
2. Mess Around
3. Night Time Is The Right Time
4. It Should Have Been Me
5. Born To Lose
6. I m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
7. But On The Other Hand,Baby
8. Come Rain Or Come Shine
9. Rock house
10. Baby,It's Cold Outside
11. Them That Got
12. Don't You Know
13. Greenbacks
14. That's Enough
15. Moon Over Miami
16. This Little Girl Of Mine
17. Black jack
18. Chattanooga Choo-Choo
19. Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
20. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'
21. What Would I Do Without You?
22. 'Deed I Do
23. Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
24. Sweet Georgia Brown
25. You Are My Sunshine


Disc 3:

1. Hallelujah,I Love Her So
2. CC Rider
3. A Fool For You
4. Your Cheatin' Heart
5. One Mint Julep
6. You Don't Know Me
7. Hard Hearted Hannah
8. The Danger Zone
9. Careless Love
10. I Love You So Much It Hurts
11. I've Got News For You
12. Ain't That Love?
13. Come Back Baby
14. Alabamy Bound
15. Tell The Truth
16. Deep In The Heart Of Texas
17. Mary Ann
18. At The Club
19. Moonlight In Vermont
20. I Can't Stop Loving You
21. Blue Hawaii
22. Oh,Lonesome Me
23. Just For A Thrill
24. My Bonnie
25. Hey,Good Lookin'


The term legend is used all too loosely in this day and age, with music arguably the worst offender.
But in Ray Charles, modern music has someone it can proudly label one of culture's true geniuses.
This 3CD, 75 track set celebrates his most popular, influential and seminal recordings.