Ray Charles - The Genius Sings the Blues (Mono, Ultra Analog, Half-speed Mastering)
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Ray Charles - piano, organ, vocals [click here to see more vinyl featuring Ray Charles]
Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt, Joe Bridgewater, Riley Webb - trumpet
David Newman - tenor saxophone
Bennie Crawford - alto, baritone saxophone
Edgar Willis, Roosevelt Sheffield - bass
Teagle Fleming, William Peeples - drums
1 LP, standard sleeve
Limited numbered edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Half-speed Mastering
Gain 2™ Ultra Analog
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Mono
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : MOFI
Original Label : Atlantic
Recorded in Miami on April 23, 1955 and New York City on October 28, 1958
Remastered by Shawn R. Britton
Originally released in 1961
Reissued in 2010
Tracks:
Side A :
- Early In the Mornin'
- Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
- The Midnight Hour
- The Right Time
- Feelin' Sad
- Ray's Blues
Side B :
- I'm Movin' On
- I Believe To My Soul
- Nobody Cares
- Mr. Charles' Blues
- Some Day Baby
- I Wonder Who
Reviews :
"Down-home, anguished laments and moody ballads were turned into triumphs by Ray Charles. He sang these songs with the same conviction, passion, and energy that made his country and soul vocals so majestic. This has not turned up in the reissue bins." AllMusic Review by Ron Wynn
"Mobile Fidelity has now remastered the original mono master tape-revealing both its beauty and its warts with startling clarity. The beauty, of course, lies in the music." - Wayne Garcia, The Absolute Sound Magazine, April 2011, Issue 212
Ultra Analog™ : The GAIN 2 Ultra Analog™ Series stems from the use of the Gain 2 system, mastered at half speed from the original master tapes where possible, capturing and uncovering as before undiscovered sonic information.
Half-speed mastering. In half-speed mastering, the whole process is slowed down to half of the original speed. A typical 33 1/3 rpm record is cut at 16 2/3 rpm. The source material is also slowed down (reducing the pitch in the process) meaning the final record will still sound normal when played back. Slowing the whole process down allows more time, which means the end result sounds better and is more efficient — allowing engineering to minimize the effects of inherent limitations within the vinyl format. The result is a more accurate and more open high-frequency response in the half speed vinyl when compared with a normal speed recording.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,42 / 5 , The Absolute Sound : 4/5 Music, 3/5 Sonics