Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, 1952-1959 - бокс-сет от Ray Charles, изданный в 2012 году и состоящий из семи компакт-дисков . На семи CD представлены работы Ray Charles, выходившие на Atlantic Records в период с 1952 по 1959 год, а также ранее не издававшиеся раритетные записи. Издание дополнено красивой и информативной книгой.
Ray Charles родился в 1930 и умер в 2010 году. Этот слепой музыкант считается одной из самых влиятельных фигур джаза и блюза. В его активе более 70 студийных пластинок. Ray Charles 17 раз удостаивался премии Грэмми (это единственный человек, который получал данную премию 50 лет подряд), его имя вписано в зал славы штата Джоржия, а также в зал славы рок-н-ролла, джаза, кантри и блюза. Некоторые композиции музыканта хранятся в Библиотеке Конгресса США.
CD1:
- 1. The Sun's Gonna Shine Again
- 2. Roll With My Baby
- 3. The Midnight Hour
- 4. Jumpin' In The Mornin'
- 5. It Should've Been Me
- 6. Losing Hand
- 7. Heartbreaker
- 8. Sinner's Prayer
- 9. Mess Around
- 10. Funny (But I Still Love You)
- 11. Feelin' Sad
- 12. I Wonder Who
- 13. Don't You Know
- 14. Nobody Cares
- 15. Ray's Blues
- 16. I Got A Break Baby
- 17. Blackjack
- 18. I've Got A Woman
- 19. Greenbacks
- 20. Come Back Baby
- 21. A Fool For You
- 22. This Little Girl Of Mine
- 23. Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
- 24. Blues Hangover
- 25. Mary Ann
- 26. Drown In My Own Tears
- 27. Hallelujah I Love Her So
- 28. What Would I Do Without You
CD2:
- 1. Dawn Ray
- 2. The Man I Love
- 3. Music, Music, Music
- 4. Black Coffee
- 5. Lonely Avenue
- 6. I Want To Know
- 7. Leave My Woman Alone
- 8. The Ray
- 9. I Surrender Dear
- 10. Bornful Soul
- 11. Ain't Misbehavin'
- 12. Joy Ride
- 13. Sweet Sixteen Bars
- 14. Doodlin'
- 15. There's No You
- 16. Undecided
- 17. My Melancholy Baby
- 18. It's All Right
- 19. Ain't That Love
CD3:
- 1. Rockhouse Parts 1 & 2
- 2. Get On The Right Track Baby
- 3. Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)
- 4. That's Enough
- 5. Talkin' 'Bout You
- 6. What Kind Of Man Are You
- 7. I Want A Little Girl
- 8. How Long Blues
- 9. Cosmic Ray
- 10. The Genius After Hours
- 11. Charlesville
- 12. Bags Of Blues
- 13. Deed I Do
- 14. Blue Funk
- 15. Soul Brothers
CD4:
- 1. Bag's Guitar Blues
- 2. Yes Indeed!
- 3. I Had A Dream
- 4. You Be My Baby
- 5. Tell All The World About You
- 6. My Bonnie
- 7. Soul Meeting
- 8. Hallelujah I Love Her So
- 9. Blue Genius
- 10. X-Ray Blues
- 11. Love On My Mind
- 12. The Spirit-Feel (Live, 1958)
- 13. Blues Waltz (Live, 1958)
- 14. In A Little Spanish Town (Live, 1958)
- 15. Sherry (Live, 1958)
- 16. (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Live, 1958)
- 17. A Fool For You (Live, 1958)
CD5:
- 1. I've Got A Woman (Live, 1958)
- 2. Talkin' Bout You (Live, 1958)
- 3. Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) (Live, 1958)
- 4. Yes Indeed! (Live, 1958)
- 5. Early In The Mornin'
- 6. (Night Time Is) The Right Time
- 7. Carrying That Load (Single Version)
- 8. Carrying That Load (LP Version)
- 9. Tell Me How Do You Feel
- 10. David "Fathead" Newman - Fathead
- 11. David "Fathead" Newman - Tin Tin Deo
- 12. David "Fathead" Newman - Bill For Bennie
- 13. David "Fathead" Newman - Hard Times
- 14. David "Fathead" Newman - Mean To Me
- 15. David "Fathead" Newman - Sweet Eyes
- 16. David "Fathead" Newman - Weird Beard
- 17. David "Fathead" Newman - Willow Weep For Me
- 18. Tell The Truth
- 19. What'd I Say Parts I & II (Mono LP Version)
CD6:
- 1. What'd I Say Parts I & II (Stereo LP Version)
- 2. Tell Me You'll Wait For Me
- 3. Come Rain Or Come Shine
- 4. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'
- 5. Just For A Thrill
- 6. You Won't Let Me Go
- 7. Am I Blue
- 8. The Spirit-Feel (Live, 1959)
- 9. Frenesi (Live, 1959)
- 10. Tell The Truth (Live, 1959)
- 11. Drown In My Own Tears (Live, 1959)
- 12. (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Live, 1959)
- 13. What'd I Say (Live, 1959)
- 14. Let The Good Times Roll
- 15. Alexander's Ragtime Band
- 16. Deed I Do
- 17. When Your Lover Has Gone
- 18. Two Years Of Torture
- 19. It Had To Be You
- 20. I'm Movin' On
- 21. I Believe To My Soul
CD7:
- 1. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
- 2. Unknown Title
- 3. Piano Improvisation & Dialog #1
- 4. ''Losing Hand'' & Dialog #1
- 5. ''Little Rock Getaway'' & Dialog
- 6. Kentucky Waltz
- 7. Heartbreaker (Instrumental Version)
- 8. ''Heartbreaker'' & Dialog
- 9. Piano Improvisation & Dialog #2
- 10. Heartbreaker (False Starts 1 & 2)
- 11. ''Losing Hand'' & Dialog #2
- 12. ''Losing Hand'' & Dialog #3 (W/ Reverb)
- 13. ''Losing Hand'' & Dialog #4 (W/ Reverb)
- 14. Heartbreaker
- 15. ''It Should've Been Me'' & Dialog
- 16. Nobody Cares
- 17. Piano Improvisation & Dialog #3
- 18. Mess Around
- 19. Funny (But I Still Love You)
- 20. Sinner's Prayer
- 21. Piano Improvisation & Dialog #4
- 22. ''Low Society'' & Dialog #1
- 23. Boogie Woogie
- 24. ''Low Society'' & Dialog #2
- 25. Worried Life Blues
- 26. ''Come Back Baby'' (Walter Davis Version) & Dialog
- 27. Low Society
- 28. "(Night Time Is) The Right Time" (Takes 1-7) & Dialog
- 29. Tell Me How Do You Feel (Take 1)
- 30. Dialog
- 31. ''It Had To Be You'' & Dialog
- 32. ''My Buddy'' & Dialog
- 33. Dialog
- 34. ''When Your Love Has Gone'' & Dialog
- 35. I'm Beginning To See The Light
- 36. "Let The Good Times Roll" & Dialog