Детали релиза : Ray Charles - Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music (1962) [FLAC (tracks + .cue)]

Label: Rhino Entertainment Company
Catalog: R2 70099
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: Oct 1988
Genre: R&B
Style: Early R&B, Soul, Country Soul, Pop-Soul

Credits:
Artwork By (Repackage Design) - Michael Laurencot
Engineer - Bill Putnam (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15), Bob Arnold (tracks: 15), Frank Abbey (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 8,10, 12), Gene Thompson (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 8,10, 12), Johnny Cue (tracks: 13)
Mastered By (Digital Remastering) - Bill Inglot, Ken Perry
Photography - Michael Ochs Archives
Photography (Front Cover Photo) - Hugh Bell
Producer - Joe Adams (tracks: 14), Sid Feller (tracks: 1 to 13, 15)

Notes:
Licensed from Ray Charles Enterprises, Inc.
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 recorded at Capitol Studios, NYC, February 5 & 7, 1962.
Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11 recorded at United Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA. February 15, 1962.
Track 13 recorded in NYC, September 5, 1962.
Track 14 recorded at RPM International Studios, Los Angeles, CA (Originally released on "Listen")
Track 15 recorded in Hollywood, CA & NYC, July 1963 (Originally released on "Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul")

Review by Stephen Cook :
Less modern for its country-R&B blend (Elvis Presley and company did it in 1955) and lushly produced C&W tone (the Nashville sound cropped up in the late '50s) than for its place as a high-profile crossover hit, Modern Sounds in Country and Western fit right in with Ray Charles' expansive musical ways while on the Atlantic label in the '50s. In need of even more room to explore, Charles signed with ABC Paramount and eventually took full advantage of his contract's «full artistic freedom clause» with this collection of revamped country classics. Covering a period from 1939 to the early '60s, the 12 tracks here touch on old-timey fare (Floyd Tillman's «It Makes No Difference to Me Now»), honky tonk (three Hank Williams songs), and early countrypolitan (Don Gibson's «I Can't Stop Loving You»). Along with a Top Ten go at Eddy Arnold's «You Don't Know Me», the Gibson cover helped the album remain at the top of the pop charts for nearly three months and brought Charles international fame. Above a mix of swinging big band charts by Gerald Wilson and strings and choir backdrops from Marty Paich, Charles' intones the sleepy-blue nuances of country crooners while still giving the songs a needed kick with his gospel outbursts. No pedal steel or fiddles here, just a fine store of inimitable interpretations.
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