Ray Charles' complete Atlantic recs. due out 9/20

[Soulstation1]

should i add this set with the genius box?

[jeffrey r]

should i add this set with the genius box?

Yup. The complete C&W recordings is a great box set. I don't have the huge Atlantic box, but I have the C&W box, the Birth of Soul - Complete Atlantic R&B Recordings 3-disc set, and the DCC Uh-Huh 2-disc set, and it's a great heaping of Ray.

Edited August 3, 2007 by jeffrey r

[Soulstation1]

Spinning this set this afternoon

This could be the best box set EVER!!!

IMO

[AllenLowe]

ever? Better than "Mel Gibson Reads the Complete King James Bible" (6 cds with alternate takes)?

[Big Wheel]

By the way, was this set deleted from the catalog? It's showing as "discontinued" at Amazon and I'm having trouble finding it at CD Universe.

[Soulstation1]

Check oldies.com for the set

[Big Wheel]

Yeah, I saw they have it. But was it deleted from Rhino's catalog?

[sal]

This was one of the first sets I put on my iPod when I got one, and its made the music a bit more accessible to listen to in a physical sense (similar to most of my other CD box sets that I've converted to digital format). Its a marvelously creative musical spell that is documented. My appreciation of this music grows with time.

[djcavanagh]

Yeah, I saw they have it. But was it deleted from Rhino's catalog?

I suspect that it is going out of print. There don't seem to be too many copies around. I got the last one that amazon.co.uk had last week - more than I wanted to spend but didn't want to let it get by me.

[Big Wheel]

Amazon has this as a lightning deal until 6 PT. $79.99. Weird that the Amazon page no longer says "discontinued by the manufacturer"...

Edited June 15, 2010 by Big Wheel

[JohnJ]

Newbury Comics has several new copies at $39.99. I assume that is a good price. They do international shipping too.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A7KL7U/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A96CQQZGK78UG

[mikelz777]

I grabbed one a couple of days ago. All I currently own from the set is the material with Milt Jackson so this buy is going to be well worth it, especially at that price.

[jazzbo]

An excellent set! I recently grabbed the Singular Genius set and can recommend it. Wow, killer mono sound.

[JSngry]

Newbury Comics has several new copies at $39.99. I assume that is a good price. They do international shipping too.

http://www.amazon.co...m=A96CQQZGK78UG

Snagged! I already had the R&B box, but not all the jazz sides. For this price, hey...

[Stefan Wood]

....yes indeed, at this price I pulled the trigger on it as well.

[felser]

....yes indeed, at this price I pulled the trigger on it as well.

I paid, I think, $49 for mine from one of the online clubs several years ago and have never had a shred of buyer's remorse. Tough set for storage though!

[jazzbo]

I put the digipaks on the shelf with my cds, and the phonograph is a "top of bookshelf display". . . with the Mercury box set Radio on top.

[AllenLowe]

I may be a minority, but I like the pre-Atlantic stuff best - not the real Nat Cole-ish stuff, but there's an in-between period when he's working things out and sounds very raw. It's been booted on a few labels, I think.

[Big Beat Steve]

I may be a minority, but I like the pre-Atlantic stuff best - not the real Nat Cole-ish stuff, but there's an in-between period when he's working things out and sounds very raw. It's been booted on a few labels, I think.

The stuff on the Swingtime label?

I have some of that but they are relatively early ones. Which sessions/recording periods are you specifically thinking of?

[AllenLowe]

yes, the swingtime - more like the "mature" Ray, but a little less slick. Not sure where my copies are right now. here's one:

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Swing-Time-Recordings-1949-52/dp/B000654ZB4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1333654702&sr=8-3

Edited April 5, 2012 by AllenLowe

[jazzbo]

I have that stuff, I like it a lot. . . but I reach for the later stuff more often.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Singular genius is an excellent box. I'm getting a great deal of pleasure out of it. I love the Swingtime/Downbeat material I've got, though it's just a couple of LPs and isn't complete. Must go for the one Allen linked to as soon as I've moved Singular genius off the frequent listening list.

But the Atlantic material, whether jazz or R&B, is tops. Gawd, it's 53 years since I bought my first Ray Charles single...

MG

[johnlitweiler]

Newbury Comics has several new copies at $39.99. I assume that is a good price. They do international shipping too.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A7KL7U/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A96CQQZGK78UG

Thanks for the heads-up, John. I ordered the (supposedly) last one.

[mikeweil]

So that was you who beat me to it ....

[king ubu]

yes, the swingtime - more like the "mature" Ray, but a little less slick. Not sure where my copies are right now. here's one:

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Swing-Time-Recordings-1949-52/dp/B000654ZB4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1333654702&sr=8-3

There's a duplified track (and hence another one missing) - not sure, but I think CD2#22 is one of the takes of "Sweet as Can Be" that's duplicated, while "Late in the Evening Blues" is missing.