{"product_id":"the-best-of-ray-charles-the-atlantic-years-blue-vinyl","title":"The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years [Blue Vinyl]","description":"Personnel includes: Ray Charles (vocals, acoustic \u0026amp; electric piano); Margie Hendrix (vocals); Wesley Jackson, Mickey Baker (guitar); Hank Crawford (alto saxophone); Freddie Mitchell, Pinky Williams, Joe Tillman, Don Wilkerson (tenor saxophone); Dave McRae, Warren Bell, Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone); Wallace Davenport, Frank Mitchell, Joe Bridgewater, Charles Whitley, Joshua Willis (trumpet); Lloyd Trotman, Lloyd Lambert, Jimmy Bell, Paul West (bass); Connie Kay, Oscar Moore, Glenn Brooks, Panama Francis (drums); The Cookies (background vocals); David \"Fathead\" Newman.\u003cbr\u003eProducers: Jerry Wexler, Zenas Sears, Nesuhi Ertegun, Ahmet Ertegun.\u003cbr\u003eCompilation producer: Yves Beauvais.\u003cbr\u003eRecorded between 1953 \u0026amp; 1959. Includes liner notes by Leo Sacks \u0026amp; Billy Vera.\u003cbr\u003eThis is not just a terrific greatest hits package. It's also a revelatory look at the astonishingly rapid development of Ray Charles' music between 1954 (when he signed with Atlantic after a few previous years as a Nat \"King\" Cole wannabe) and 1960, when he departed for ABC-Paramount for what was at the time one of the biggest advances any artist had ever received.\u003cbr\u003eThe distance between the opening \"Should've Been Me,\" a charming, if not particularly memorable piece of journeyman R\u0026amp;B, which Charles sings a la Richard Berry, and the concluding \"Just For a Thrill,\" in which he's recognizably Brother Ray and which pointed the way his music would go in future years, is immense. In between, you'll find the big hits, such as \"Hallelujah, I Just Love Her So\" and \"I Got a Woman,\" with their revolutionary combination of blues and gospel (the sacred and the profane), as well as fascinating lesser-known tracks like the guitar-driven, bluesy \"Blackjack,\" and a spectacular live version of Lowman Pauling's \"Tell the Truth.\" Great stuff.","brand":"InnerSleeve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41901191823525,"sku":"603497845224","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/6007\/1077\/files\/b83807841bbf5af6d605f497730f81be.jpg?v=1781139722","url":"https:\/\/www.innersleeve.com\/en-au\/products\/the-best-of-ray-charles-the-atlantic-years-blue-vinyl","provider":"InnerSleeve","version":"1.0","type":"link"}