Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959)
Ray Charles
Release: 20 Sep 2005 United States,
Language: English,
Status: Official
Format: CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD,
Tracks: 155,
Length: 9:7:05,
Barcode: 0081227973506
Release type: Album - Compilation
Contents
CD #1
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1
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The Sun’s Gonna Shine Again
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2:38
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2
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Roll With My Baby
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2:37
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3
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The Midnight Hour
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3:02
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4
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Jumpin’ in the Mornin’
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2:48
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5
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It Should’ve Been Me
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2:43
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6
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Losing Hand
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3:14
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7
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Heartbreaker
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2:53
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8
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Sinner’s Prayer
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3:24
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9
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Mess Around
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2:42
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10
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Funny (but I Still Love You)
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3:15
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11
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Feelin’ Sad
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2:51
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12
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I Wonder Who
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2:50
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13
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Don’t You Know
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2:57
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14
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Nobody Cares
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2:40
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15
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Ray’s Blues
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2:54
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16
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I Got a Break Baby
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2:47
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17
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Blackjack
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2:20
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18
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I’ve Got a Woman
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2:54
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19
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Greenbacks
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2:52
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20
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Come Back Baby
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3:06
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21
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A Fool for You
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3:03
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22
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This Little Girl of Mine
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2:33
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23
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Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
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2:55
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24
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Blues Hangover
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2:19
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25
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Mary Ann
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2:48
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26
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Drown in My Own Tears
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3:21
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27
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Hallelujah I Love Her So
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2:35
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28
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What Would I Do Without You
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2:34
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CD #2
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1
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Dawn Ray
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5:03
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2
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The Man I Love
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4:28
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3
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Music, Music, Music
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2:56
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4
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Black Coffee
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5:32
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5
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Lonely Avenue
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2:34
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6
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I Want to Know
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2:11
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7
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Leave My Woman Alone
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2:41
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8
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The Ray
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3:59
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9
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I Surrender Dear
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5:06
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10
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Hornful Soul
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5:30
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11
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Ain’t Misbehavin’
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5:41
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12
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Joy Ride
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4:39
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13
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Sweet Sixteen Bars
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4:08
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14
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Doodlin’
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5:53
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15
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There’s No You
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4:47
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16
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Undecided
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3:42
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17
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My Melancholy Baby
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4:22
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18
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It’s All Right
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2:17
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19
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Ain’t That Love
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2:51
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CD #3
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1
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Rockhouse, Parts 1 & 2
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3:52
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2
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Get on the Right Track Baby
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2:19
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3
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Swanee River Rock (Talkin’ ’bout That River)
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2:17
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4
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That’s Enough
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2:46
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5
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Talkin’ ’Bout You
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2:49
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6
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What Kind of Man Are You
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2:50
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7
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I Want a Little Girl
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2:56
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8
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How Long Blues
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9:17
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9
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Cosmic Ray
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5:24
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10
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The Genius After Hours
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5:24
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11
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Charlesville
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4:56
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12
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Bags of Blues
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8:53
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13
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Deed I Do
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5:51
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14
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Blue Funk
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8:12
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15
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Soul Brothers
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9:33
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CD #4
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1
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Bag’s Guitar Blues
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6:28
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2
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Yes Indeed!
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2:17
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3
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I Had a Dream
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2:54
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4
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You Be My Baby
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2:30
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5
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Tell All the World About You
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2:02
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6
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My Bonnie
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2:50
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7
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Soul Meeting
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6:05
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8
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Hallelujah I Love Her So
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5:31
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9
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Blue Genius
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6:42
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10
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X‐Ray Blues
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7:07
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11
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Love on My Mind
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3:49
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12
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The Spirit‐Feel (live)
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3:46
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13
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Blues Waltz (live)
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6:24
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14
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In a Little Spanish Town (live)
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3:48
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15
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Sherry (live)
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4:26
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16
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(Night Time Is) The Right Time (live)
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4:04
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17
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A Fool for You (live)
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7:11
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CD #5
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1
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I’ve Got a Woman (live)
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6:19
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2
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Talkin’ ’Bout You (live)
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4:22
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3
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Swanee River Rock (Talkin’ ’Bout That River) (live)
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2:09
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4
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Yes Indeed! (live)
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2:40
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5
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Early in the Mornin’
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2:48
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6
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(Night Time Is) The Right Time
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3:26
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7
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Carrying That Load (single version)
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2:16
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8
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Carrying That Load (LP version)
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2:24
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9
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Tell Me How Do You Feel
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2:44
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10
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Fathead
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5:23
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11
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Tin Tin Deo
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5:22
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12
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Bill for Bennie
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4:17
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13
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Hard Times
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4:43
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14
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Mean to Me
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4:16
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15
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Sweet Eyes
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3:45
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16
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Weird Beard
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4:49
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17
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Willow Weep for Me
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4:59
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18
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Tell the Truth
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3:06
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19
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What’d I Say, Parts I & II (mono LP version)
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5:04
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CD #6
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1
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What’d I Say, Parts I & II (stereo LP version)
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6:30
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2
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Tell Me You’ll Wait for Me
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3:25
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3
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Come Rain or Come Shine
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3:42
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4
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Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’
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3:46
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5
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Just for a Thrill
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3:26
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6
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You Won’t Let Me Go
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3:22
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7
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Am I Blue
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3:41
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8
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The Spirit‐Feel (live)
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4:23
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9
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Frenesi (live)
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5:04
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10
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Tell the Truth (live)
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3:35
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11
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Drown in My Own Tears (live)
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6:24
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12
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(Night Time Is) The Right Time (live)
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4:05
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13
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What’d I Say (live)
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4:25
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14
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Let the Good Times Roll
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2:53
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15
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Alexander’s Ragtime Band
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2:53
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16
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Deed I Do
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2:27
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17
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When Your Lover Has Gone
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2:51
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18
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Two Years of Torture
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3:25
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19
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It Had to Be You
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2:45
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20
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I’m Movin’ On
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2:22
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21
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I Believe to My Soul
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2:59
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CD #7
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1
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Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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0:21
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2
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Unknown Title (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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1:16
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3
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Piano Improvisation – Dialog #1 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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0:31
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4
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Losing Hand – Dialog #1 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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1:47
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5
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Little Rock Getaway – Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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1:16
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6
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Kentucky Waltz (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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1:23
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7
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Heartbreaker (instrumental) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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2:13
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8
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Heartbreaker – Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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1:13
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9
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Piano Improvisation – Dialog #2 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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0:42
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10
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Heartbreaker (False Starts 1 & 2) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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1:12
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11
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Losing Hand – Dialog #2 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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1:20
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12
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Losing Hand – Dialog #3 (with reverb) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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1:27
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13
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Losing Hand – Dialog #4 (with reverb) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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4:55
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14
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Heartbreaker (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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2:53
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15
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It Should’ve Been Me – Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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2:56
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16
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Nobody Cares (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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3:57
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17
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Piano Improvisation – Dialog #3 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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0:33
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18
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Mess Around (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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2:39
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19
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Funny (but I Still Love You) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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3:17
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20
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Sinner’s Prayer (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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3:44
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21
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Piano Improvisation – Dialog #4 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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1:01
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22
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Low Society – Dialog #1 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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3:08
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23
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Boogie Woogie (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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1:56
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24
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Low Society – Dialog #2 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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3:28
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25
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Worried Life Blues (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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3:01
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26
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Come Back Baby (Walter Davis version) – Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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1:59
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27
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Low Society (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953)
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2:56
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28
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(Night Time Is) The Right Time (Takes 1–7) – Dialog (recording session outtake, 1958)
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8:17
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29
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Tell Me How Do You Feel (take 1) (recording session outtake, 1958)
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3:21
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30
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Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
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1:01
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It Had to Be You – Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
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1:40
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32
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My Buddy – Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
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1:45
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33
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Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
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0:18
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34
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When Your Lover Has Gone – Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
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1:50
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35
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I’m Beginning to See the Light (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
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1:26
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Let the Good Times Roll – Dialog (Ray’s Arrangement Suggestions for “The Genius of Ray Charles” album, 1959)
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2:46
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