Format Details: Lp
Release Date: 04 October 2019
Label: Vinyl Lovers
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436544171203
Genres: Jazz
Description
Limited edition 180gram premium vinyl pressing.
Presented here is the complete classic Ray Charles LP Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music (ABC Paramount ABC-410), presenting amazing arrangements by Marty Paich, Gerald Wilson and Gil Fuller. One of Ray Charles' best-selling albums ever, it earned Charles a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording at the 1963 Grammy Awards, while the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 1999, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. A further song from the same sessions that wasn't included on the original LP has been added as a bonus.
RAY CHARLES, vocals & piano, plus: On tracks A1, B4 & B6: Martin Banks, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt (tp), George Matthews, Jim Herbert, Dicky Wells (tb), Keg Johnson (b-tb), Hank Crawford, Rudy Powell (as), David "Fathead" Newman, Don Wilkerson (ts), Leroy Cooper (bar), Sonny Forriest (g), Edgar Willis (b), Bruno Carr (d). Los Angeles, February 5, 1962. On tracks A3, A5 & B2: Probably the same group with Gil Fuller (cond). Los Angeles, February 7, 1962. On A2, A4, A6, B1, B3, B5 & B7: Marty Paich Orchestra (similar personnel as above). Jack Hallorin (cond). Los Angeles, February 9-15, 1962. String arrangements by MARTY PAICH. Big band arrangements by GERALD WILSON & GIL FULLER. Original recordings produced by Sid Feller.
Tracklisting
Etta James
Chuck Berry
Elvis Presley
Freddy King
Elvis Presley
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Bo Diddley
Miles Davis
Ray Charles
Ray Charles, John Lennon, King Curtis, Hank Crawford, Gene A
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Various Artists
