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The title isn't just hype -- this absolutely essential three-disc box is where soul music first took shape and soared, courtesy of Ray Charles' church-soaked pipes and bedrock piano work. Brother Ray's formula for inventing the genre was disarmingly simple: he brought gospel intensity to the R&B world with his seminal "I Got a Woman," "Hallelujah I Love Her So," "Leave My Woman Alone," "You Be My Baby," and the primal 1959 call-and-response classic "What'd I Say." There's plenty of brilliant blues content within these 53 historic sides: Charles' mournful "Losing Hand," "Feelin' Sad," "Hard Times," and "Blackjack" ooze after-hours desperation. No blues collection should be without this boxed set, which comes with well-researched notes by Robert Palmer, a nicely illustrated accompanying booklet, and discographical info aplenty.
Ray Charles
The Birth of Soul
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AllMusic Review by Bill Dahl
Track Listing - Disc 1
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| 1 | 2:36 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 2 | 2:35 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 3 | 2:59 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 4 | 2:44 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 5 | 2:42 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 6 | 3:11 | Spotify | |||||
| 7 | 2:51 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 8 | 3:21 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 9 | 2:38 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 10 | 3:12 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 11 | 2:47 | Spotify | |||||
| 12 | 2:47 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 13 | 2:55 | Amazon | |||||
| 14 | 2:37 | Amazon | |||||
| 15 | 2:52 | Amazon | |||||
| 16 | 2:45 | Amazon | |||||
| 17 | 2:18 | Amazon |
Track Listing - Disc 2
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | 2:50 | Amazon | |||||
| 2 | 2:48 | Amazon | |||||
| 3 | 3:04 | Amazon | |||||
| 4 | 3:00 | Amazon | |||||
| 5 | 2:30 | Amazon | |||||
| 6 | 2:53 | Amazon | |||||
| 7 | 2:17 | Amazon | |||||
| 8 | 2:45 | Amazon | |||||
| 9 | 3:19 | Amazon | |||||
| 10 | 2:34 | Amazon | |||||
| 11 | 2:34 | Amazon | |||||
| 12 | 2:33 | Amazon | |||||
| 13 | 2:09 | Amazon | |||||
| 14 | 2:38 | Amazon | |||||
| 15 | 2:15 | Amazon | |||||
| 16 | 2:51 | Amazon | |||||
| 17 | 2:17 | Amazon | |||||
| 18 | 3:51 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 3
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | 2:18 | Amazon | |||||
| 2 | 2:43 | Amazon | |||||
| 3 | 2:49 | Amazon | |||||
| 4 | 2:47 | Amazon | |||||
| 5 | 2:53 | Amazon | |||||
| 6 | 2:14 | Amazon | |||||
| 7 | 2:52 | Amazon | |||||
| 8 | 2:28 | Amazon | |||||
| 9 | 2:01 | Amazon | |||||
| 10 | 2:44 | Amazon | |||||
| 11 | 2:43 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 12 | 3:26 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 13 | 2:22 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 14 | 2:42 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 15 | 6:26 | Amazon | |||||
| 16 | 3:03 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 17 | 2:20 | Amazon | |||||
| 18 | 2:59 | SpotifyAmazon |
