The Great Ray Charles

[king ubu]

My CD actually has Black Coffee as track number 4!

Mark, do you have the CD that looks like the one in my first post, or do you have this one:

If you indeed have this one, it's very strange:

[sheldonm]

My CD actually has Black Coffee as track number 4!

Mark, do you have the CD that looks like the one in my first post, or do you have this one:

If you indeed have this one, it's very strange:

I have the darker of the two (the one on top).

m-

Edited December 12, 2004 by sheldonm

[king ubu]

Ok - otherwise the mistake would not have been on all of the reissue's copies.

[mikeweil]

Sounds like an error made while assembling the master - I will check the copy in the shop I will visit tomorrow.

[king ubu]

Sounds like an error made while assembling the master - I will check the copy in the shop I will visit tomorrow.

and?

[king ubu]

Mike, did you check the Rhino disc in that store?

Thanks again for posting the discography for these sessions above! I got (not by pure accident, of course) the Charles-Jackson set, and will now have to get the old Great Ray Charles disc, as well (some store here has it cheap).

ubu

[mikeweil]

Mike, did you check the Rhino disc in that store?

Sorry! No, I had to cancel my visit to the store and won't be able to get there until the 10th of January.

The set with Bags is nice, eh? And I like its natural sound.

[king ubu]

Haven't really listened to it yet, am flooded with new music...

I can do without "Genius After Hours" when I get the old version of the "Great Ray Charles", if I understand your discography correct, right? The Genius disc compilated a few left overs from the first Charles/Jackson date and the three Great dates, also correct? Strange! And indeed, if you didn't own and love the albums just as they came out back in the day, for us CD-buying folks, straight LP reissues in these cases are nonsense!

ubu

[Alexander]

I got the old CD edition, and my track four is "Black Coffee." Amazing disc, btw! Well worth picking up!

[king ubu]

I got the old CD edition, and my track four is "Black Coffee." Amazing disc, btw! Well worth picking up!

I'll get the old one too. The new one has very good sound to my ears, if the old one is significantly worse, I'll keep the new one, if not, I'll downgrade... pretty ironic, isn't it?

[mikeweil]

I can do without "Genius After Hours" when I get the old version of the "Great Ray Charles", if I understand your discography correct, right? The Genius disc compilated a few left overs from the first Charles/Jackson date and the three Great dates, also correct? Strange!

Yep!

And indeed, if you didn't own and love the albums just as they came out back in the day, for us CD-buying folks, straight LP reissues in these cases are nonsense!

That's what I keep saying all the time! Even if I did own the original LPs, I prefer completed sessions and recording order in most cases.

[mikeweil]

I'll get the old one too. The new one has very good sound to my ears, if the old one is significantly worse, I'll keep the new one, if not, I'll downgrade... pretty ironic, isn't it?

Track two on disc two of my BFT was taken from the "old" CD, so you can get an idea about the sound - I think it's okay. I will keep my "old" CDs and have complete sessions.

[king ubu]

Thanks again, Mike!

Generally I do agree with the original albums/complete sessions thing, but there are albums that are just perfect as what they were: albums. Thus there are cases where one gets to love an album too much to replace it with a complete sessions reissue.

ubu

[medjuck]

For what it's worth: The Great Ray Charles (all 14 tracks) is available for download from the Apple iTunes Music Store. ($9.99).