Ray Charles - Debut Album [Red Vinyl]

Cat. no: 350290
Format: LP Red Vinyl
Barcode: 8436563186646
Release Date: 10 Oct 2025
Genre: Soul/R&B

Classic Ray Charles album pressed on 180g red vinyl - the complete album + 3 bonus tracks. Contains newly prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer Brian Morton.

Presented here is Ray Charles' sensational debut LP compiled from Atlantic singles dating back as far as 1953, during Charles' most inspired years. The pieces on this recording, most of them written by Charles himself, included perennial hits such as "I've Got a Woman", "Hallelujah I Love Her So", "Ain't That Love", "Mary Ann", "A Fool for You", and "Drown in My Own Tears".

Of the 3 bonus tracks, "Hit The Road Jack", written by Percy Mayfield, is from 1961 and released by ABC Records.

Side 1
1. Ain't That Love
2. Drown In My Own Tears
3. Come Back Baby
4. Sinner's Prayer
5. Funny (But I Still Love You)
6. Losing Hand
7. Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
8. Hit The Road Jack
Side 2
1. A Fool For You
2. Hallelujah I Love Her So
3. Mess Around
4. This Little Girl Of Mine
5. Mary Ann
6. Greenbacks
7. Don't You Know
8. I've Got A Woman
9. I Believe To My Soul