Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959)

Original Release Date:  September 20, 2005

Track Listing

• 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 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?
• 29. Dawn Ray
• 30. The Man I Love
• 31. Music, Music, Music
• 32. Black Coffee
• 33. Lonely Avenue
• 34. I Want to Know
• 35. Leave My Woman Alone
• 36. The Ray
• 37. I Surrender Dear
• 38. Hornful Soul
• 39. Ain't Misbehavin'
• 40. Joy Ride
• 41. Sweet Sixteen Bars
• 42. Doodlin'
• 43. There's No You
• 44. Undecided
• 45. My Melancholy Baby
• 46. It's Alright
• 47. Ain't That Love
• 48. Rockhouse, Pts. 1 & 2
• 49. Get on the Right Track Baby
• 50. Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)
• 51. That's Enough
• 52. Talkin' 'Bout You
• 53. What Kind of Man Are You
• 54. I Want a Little Girl
• 55. How Long Blues
• 56. Cosmic Ray
• 57. The Genius After Hours
• 58. Charlesville
• 59. Bags of Blues
• 60. 'Deed I Do
• 61. Blue Funk
• 62. Soul Brothers
• 63. Bag's Guitar Blues
• 64. Yes, Indeed!
• 65. I Had a Dream
• 66. You Be My Baby
• 67. Tell All the World About You
• 68. My Bonnie
• 69. Soul Meeting
• 70. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
• 71. Blue Genius
• 72. X-Ray Blues
• 73. Love on My Mind
• 74. The Spirit-Feel [Live]
• 75. Blues Waltz [Live]
• 76. In a Little Spanish Town [Live]
• 77. Sherry [Live]
• 78. (Night Time Is) The Right Time [Live]
• 79. A Fool for You [Live]
• 80. I Got a Woman [Live]
• 81. Talkin' 'Bout You [Live]
• 82. Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) [Live]
• 83. Yes, Indeed! [Live]
• 84. Early in the Morning
• 85. (Night Time Is) The Right Time
• 86. Carrying That Load [Single Version]
• 87. Carrying That Load [LP Version]
• 88. Tell Me How Do You Feel
• 89. Fathead
• 90. Tin Tin Deo
• 91. Bill for Bennie
• 92. Hard Times
• 93. Mean to Me
• 94. Sweet Eyes
• 95. Weird Beard
• 96. Willow Weep for Me
• 97. Tell the Truth
• 98. What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 [Mono LP Version]
• 99. What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 [Stereo LP Version]
• 100. Tell Me You'll Wait for Me
• 101. Come Rain or Come Shine
• 102. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
• 103. Just for a Thrill
• 104. You Won't Let Me Go
• 105. Am I Blue
• 106. The Spirit-Feel [Live]
• 107. Frenesi [Live]
• 108. Tell the Truth [Live]
• 109. Drown in My Own Tears [Live]
• 110. (Night Time Is) The Right Time [Live]
• 111. What'd I Say [Live]
• 112. Let the Good Times Roll
• 113. Alexander's Ragtime Band
• 114. 'Deed I Do
• 115. When Your Lover Has Gone
• 116. Two Years of Torture
• 117. It Had to Be You
• 118. I'm Movin' On
• 119. I Believe to My Soul
• 120. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand [#]
• 121. Unknown Title [#]
• 122. Piano Improvisation & Dialog #1 [#]
• 123. Losing Hand & Dialog #1 [#]
• 124. Little Rock Getaway & Dialog
• 125. Kentucky Waltz [#]
• 126. Heartbreaker [#][Instrumental]
• 127. Heartbreaker & Dialog [#]
• 128. Piano Improvisation & Dialog #2 [#]
• 129. Heartbreaker [False Starts 1-2][#]
• 130. Losing Hand & Dialog #2 [#]
• 131. Losing Hand & Dialog #3 [W/Reverb][#]
• 132. Losing Hand & Dialog #4 [W/Reverb]
• 133. Heartbreaker [#]
• 134. It Should've Been Me & Dialog [#]
• 135. Nobody Cares [#]
• 136. Piano Improvisation & Dialog #3 [#]
• 137. Mess Around [#]
• 138. Funny (But I Still Love You) [#]
• 139. Sinner's Prayer [#]
• 140. Piano Improvisation & Dialog 4 [#]
• 141. Low Society & Dialog, No. 1 [#]
• 142. Boogie Woogie [#]
• 143. Low Society & Dialog, No. 2 [#]
• 144. Worried Life Blues [#]
• 145. Come Back Baby [Walter Davis Version][#]
• 146. Low Society
• 147. (Night Time Is) The Right Time [Takes 1-7][#]
• 148. Tell Me How Do You Feel [Take 1][#]
• 149. Dialog [#]
• 150. It Had to Be You & Dialog [#]
• 151. My Buddy & Dialog [#]
• 152. Dialog [#]
• 153. When Your Lover Has Gone & Dialog [#]
• 154. I'm Beginning to See the Light [#]
• 155. Let the Good Times Roll & Dialog [#]
• 156. Lil' Darlin' [DVD][Live][#]
• 157. Blues Waltz [DVD][Live][#]
• 158. Let the Good Times Roll [DVD][Live][#]
• 159. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' [DVD][Live][#]
• 160. Sticks and Stones [DVD][Live][#]
• 161. My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do) [DVD][Live][#]
• 162. Drown in My Own Tears [DVD][Live][#]
• 163. What'd I Say [DVD][Live][#]
• 164. I Believe to My Soul [DVD][Live][#]
• 165. Interview with Ahmet Ertegu [DVD][#][*]

Credits

• Charles Brown: Composer
• Leroy Carr: Composer
• Walter Davis: Composer
• Lowell Fulson: Composer
• Lloyd Glenn: Composer
• Percy Mayfield: Composer
• George Gershwin: Composer
• Hank Snow: Composer
• Irving Berlin: Composer
• Ray Charles: Organ, Piano, Arranger, Celeste, Composer, Organ (Hammond), Piano (Electric), Sax (Alto), Vocals, Vocals (Background), Wurlitzer, Soloist
• Titus Turner: Composer
• Count Basie: Composer
• Marcus Belgrave: Trumpet, Soloist
• Bob Brookmeyer: Trombone (Valve)
• Hank Crawford: Composer
• Leonard Feather: Liner Notes
• Paul Gonsalves: Sax (Tenor), Soloist
• Freddie Green: Guitar
• Al Grey: Trombone
• Johnny Hodges: Composer
• Milt Jackson: Guitar, Piano, Composer, Vibraphone, Soloist
• Harry James: Composer
• Quincy Jones: Arranger, Composer
• Melba Liston: Trombone
• Billy Mitchell: Sax (Tenor)
• Cecil Payne: Sax (Baritone)
• Oscar Pettiford: Bass
• Max Roach: Composer
• Marshall Royal: Sax (Alto)
• Jimmy Rushing: Composer
• Horace Silver: Composer
• Art Taylor: Drums
• Fats Waller: Composer
• Charlie Shavers: Composer
• Ralph Burns: Arranger
• Wallace Davenport: Trumpet
• Neal Hefti: Composer
• Buddy Johnson: Composer
• Oscar Moore: Composer, Drums
• Sy Oliver: Composer
• Ernie Royal: Trumpet
• Joe Sullivan: Composer
• Harold Arlen: Composer
• Mort Shuman: Composer
• Jimmy Bell: Bass
• Willis Conover: Narrator
• Sam "The Man" Taylor: Sax (Tenor), Soloist
• Big Maceo Merriweather: Composer
• T-Bone Walker: Composer
• Chano Pozo: Composer
• Quentin Jackson: Trombone
• Andy Razaf: Composer
• Connie Kay: Drums
• Percy Heath: Bass
• Herb Abramson: Producer
• John "Johnny" Adriano Acea: Arranger
• Joe Adams: Project Assistant
• Fred E. Ahlert: Composer
• Al Cohn: Arranger
• Lil Armstrong: Composer
• James Austin: Producer, Package Concept, Package Development
• Harry Barris: Composer
• Clifton Best: Guitar
• Edgar Blanchard: Guitar
• Joe Bridgewater: Trumpet
• Glenn Brooks: Drums
• Hugh Brown: Art Direction
• Napoleon Brown: Composer
• Sonny Burke: Composer
• Kenny Burrell: Guitar
• Ozzie Cadena: Composer
• Candido Camero: Conga
• Clark Terry: Trumpet
• Leroy Cooper: Sax (Baritone)
• Bennie Hank Crawford: Composer
• Emmett Dennis: Sax (Baritone)
• Walter Donaldson: Composer
• Tom Dowd: Engineer
• Jesse Drakes: Trumpet
• Duke Ellington: Composer
• Ernie Wilkins: Arranger
• Ahmet Ertegun: Composer, Vocals, Producer, Liner Notes
• Nesuhi Ertegun: Producer
• Colin Escott: Photography
• Frank Fields: Bass
• Teagle Fleming: Drums
• Charlie Fowlkes: Sax (Baritone)
• David "Panama" Francis: Drums
• O'Neil Gerald: Sax (Alto)
• Ira Gershwin: Composer
• Henry Glover: Composer
• Philip Guilbeau: Trumpet
• Joe Harris: Drums
• Harry Lookofsky: Director
• Margie Hendrix: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Nat Hentoff: Liner Notes
• Dan Hersch: Mastering
• John Hunt: Trumpet
• Bill Inglot: Mastering
• Wesley Jackson: Guitar
• Dorothy Jones: Vocals (Background)
• Isham Jones: Composer
• Gus Kahn: Composer
• Gary Kramer: Liner Notes
• Lloyd Lambert: Bass
• Jeff Lyons: Art Direction, Design
• Charles Macey: Pedal Steel
• Jose Mangual: Bongos
• Wendell Marshall: Bass
• Ethel "Earl-Jean" McCrea: Vocals (Background)
• Dave McRae: Sax (Baritone)
• Johnny Mercer: Composer
• Frank Mitchell: Trumpet
• Thomas Mitchell: Trombone
• Billy Moll: Composer
• Charles Morris: Composer
• David "Fathead" Newman: Arranger, Composer, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor), Vocals (Background), Soloist
• William Peeples: Drums
• Charlie Persip: Drums
• Gary Peterson: Project Assistant
• Doc Pomus: Composer
• The Raelettes: Vocals (Background)
• Don Raye: Composer
• Fred Rose: Composer
• Mongo Santamarķa: Conga
• Bill Schwartau: Engineer
• Zenas Sears: Producer, Liner Notes
• Roosevelt Sheffield: Bass
• Alonzo Stewart: Drums
• Jesse Stone: Arranger, Composer, Vocals
• Billy Taylor: Liner Notes
• Joe Tillman: Sax (Tenor)
• Lloyd Trotman: Bass
• Roy Turk: Composer
• Milt Turner: Drums
• Riley Webb: Trumpet
• Paul Francis Webster: Composer
• Frank Wess: Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
• Jerry Wexler: Tambourine, Producer, Liner Notes
• Charles Whitley: Trumpet
• Edgar Willis: Bass
• Joshua Willis: Trumpet
• Snooky Young: Trumpet
• David Ritz: Liner Notes
• Lew Herman: Composer
• Sam M. Lewis: Composer
• Ren Grevatt: Liner Notes
• Allen Hanlon: Guitar
• Hal Hopper: Composer
• Don Paulsen: Photography
• Lowman Pauling: Composer
• Bill Randle: Liner Notes
• Ray Baradat: Research Assistant
• Gwen Berry: Vocals (Background)
• Eddie Jones: Bass, Composer
• Billy Ray: Photography
• Joe Newman Quartet: Trumpet
• Patrick Milligan: Project Assistant
• Harry Brooks: Composer
• Harold Chapman: Engineer
• Bob Kaus: Editorial Assistant
• Reggie Collins: Discographical Annotation
• Paul J. Hoeffler: Photography
• Phil Carson: Project Assistant
• Alberto Dominguez: Composer
• Taylor Hackford: Conductor, Project Assistant
• Joe Young: Composer
• Ann Ronell: Composer
• Ted Williams: Photography
• Betty Smith: Vocals (Background)
• Tom Adair: Composer
• Harry Akst: Composer
• Don George: Composer
• Ernie Burnett: Composer
• Grant Clarke: Composer
• Gordon Clifford: Composer
• Walter Hirsch: Composer
• Murray Mencher: Composer
• Fleecie Moore: Composer
• George Norton: Composer
• Einar A. Swan: Composer
• Renald Richard: Composer
• Sid Robins: Composer
• Sam Theard: Composer
• Memphis Curtis: Composer
• Mabel Wayne: Composer
• Karen LeBlanc: Project Assistant
• Joe Greene: Composer
• Charles E. Calhoun: Composer
• Sophia T. Fields: Producer
• Randy Perry: Project Assistant
• Michael "Mike Dee" Johnson: Project Assistant
• Mary Ann Fisher: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Mike Engstrom: Product Manager
• Cory Frye: Editorial Supervision
• Scott Webber: Art Supervisor
• Ahmet Nugetre: Composer
• Earl Singers Brown: Engineer
• Matthew Abels: Project Assistant
• McHouston "Mickey" Baker: Guitar
• Alice Calamar: Package Supervision
• Frances Chantly: Project Coordinator
• Joėl Dufour: Research Assistant
• Lee "Ricci" Zedric Harper: Trumpet
• Warren Hebrard: Sax (Tenor)
• Kenneth Lee Karpe: Liner Notes
• Priscilla "Pat" Moseley Lyles: Vocals (Background)
• Ivan Miles: Engineer
• Guy Remark: Liner Notes
• Paul E. West: Bass
• Ricci Harper: Composer