Ray Charles - No One Does It Like...Ray Charles!

Ray Charles — No One Does It Like...Ray Charles!

Limited edition orange colored vinyl

Collection includes mid-960s singles, B-sides, rare non-album cuts

Captures the soul pioneer in one of the most creatively explosive phases of his career!

At the height of his early 1960s creative explosion, Ray Charles was moving faster than the industry could keep up. His groundbreaking albums were redefining popular music, while several hit singles never found a home on LP. Now, for the first time, those non-album gems are finally brought together on No One Does It Like... Ray Charles!, a newly curated Tangerine Masters release that captures the genius in his prime.

The album gathers a string of R&B hits, including "No One," "Hide Nor Hair," "At the Club," "Don't Set Me Free," and "My Heart Cries for You," restored and remastered with care by multi-Grammy winner Michael Graves. Pressed on tangerine vinyl and mastered by Jeff Powell, it feels both archival and immediate, a missing chapter made whole.

Featuring a period-perfect cover illustration by renowned artist Paul Mann, the collection has been curated, designed, and presented as the Ray Charles album that might have been released alongside his greats of the era. Thanks to The Ray Charles Foundation and the Tangerine Masters series, No One Does It Like... Ray Charles! does not just fill in a gap in his discography, it restores a crucial part of his creative story.

"A discography can define legacy, it can define a tenure of greatness, but to appreciate the gifts of Ray Charles, one has to avoid taking such a wide-lens approach, which is a way of saying that each Ray Charles song is a universe," writes award-winning poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib in an exclusive essay penned expressly for this new release. "No One Does It Like...Ray Charles! is an offering which makes that plain....All of the songs on this album existed, somewhere, before this, stretched out alongside the massive career of Ray Charles. But this is the first time they've been curated and organized in one single place. Before this, these songs existed primarily as scattered singles or one-off bonus tracks, but they all came out of an Era where Charles was at his best, a 1960s run where he showcased his brilliance, and his range, and also a decade where he was at his most prolific, releasing multiple albums every year. Because of this, it can feel like we have all heard Charles at the highest level, we have witnessed and dissected his greatness, and we have the massive run of albums to prove it all."

 

 

Side A

1. My Baby Don’t Dig Me

2. Without Love (There Is Nothing)

3. The Brightest Smile In Town

4. Hide Nor Hair

5. My Baby (I Love Her, Yes I Do)

6. No One

Side B

1. Don’t Set Me Free

2. Something’s Wrong

3. At The Club

4. Worried Life Blues

5. Who You Gonna’ Love

6. My Heart Cries For You

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