Disc 1 : 1952 - 1954,
Disc 2 : 1954 - 1957,
Disc 3 : 1957 - 1959.
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Tracks 1-01 to 1-04 rec. 11/9/1952 NYC
Tracks 1-05 to 1-10 rec. 17/5/1953 NYC
Tracks 1-11, 1-12 rec. 18/8/1953 New Orleans
Tracks 1-13 to 1-16 rec. 4/12/1953 New Orleans
Tracks 1-17 to 2-03 rec. 18/11/1954 Atlanta
Tracks 2-04 to 2-07 rec. 23/4/1955 Miami
Tracks 2-08 to 2-11 rec. 30/11/1955 NYC
Tracks 2-12 to 2-14 rec. 16/5/1956 NYC
Tracks 2-15 to 2-18 rec. 27/11/1956 NYC
Tracks 3-01 to 3-05 rec. 26 & 28/5/1957 NYC
Tracks 3-06 to 3-10 rec. 20/2/1958 NYC
Tracks 3-11 to 3-14 rec. 28/10/1958 NYC
Tracks 3-15, 3-16 rec. 18/2/1959 NYC
Tracks 3-17, 3-18 rec. 26/6/1959 NYC
Tracks 1-01 to 3-05 mono, 3-06 to 3-18 stereo
Transfers and digital remastering 7/1991 at Sterling Sound, NYC
Digital editing 7/1991 at Atlantic Studios, NYC.
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Arranged By – Jesse Stone (tracks: 1-05 to 1-10),
Backing Vocals – The Cookies (tracks: 2-09, 2-12 to 2-16), The Raeletts (tracks: 3-01 to
3-17),
Bass – Edgar Willis (tracks: 3-01 to 3-18), Frank Fields (tracks: 1-11, 1-12), Jimmy Bell
(tracks: 1-17 to 2-03), Lloyd Lambert (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16), Lloyd Trotman (2) (tracks:
1-01 to 1-10), Paul West (tracks: 2-08 to 2-11), Roosevelt Sheffield (tracks: 2-04 to
2-07, 2-12 to 2-18),
Congas – Candido Camero (tracks: 1-05 to 1-10), Mongo Santamaria (tracks: 3-11 to
3-14),
Drums – Alonzo Stewart (tracks: 1-11, 1-12), Connie Kay (tracks: 1-01 to 1-10), Panama
Francis (tracks: 2-08 to 2-11), Glenn Brooks (tracks: 1-17 to 2-03), Milt Turner
(tracks: 3-11 to 3-16), Oscar Moore (2) (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16), Richard Goldberg
(tracks: 3-06 to 3-10), Teagle Fleming (tracks: 3-17, 3-18), William Peeples (tracks:
2-04 to 2-07, 2-12 to 3-05),
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Ray Charles (tracks: 3-12, 3-13, 3-15 to 3-18),
Guitar – Edgar Blanchard (tracks: 1-11, 1-12), Mickey Baker (tracks: 1-05 to 1-10),
Wesley Jackson (tracks: 1-17 to 2-03),
Organ – Ray Charles (tracks: 3-14),
Piano – Ray Charles (tracks: 1-01 to 3-11),
Saxophone – Dave McRae (tracks: 1-01 to 1-10), Freddie Mitchell (tracks: 1-05 to 1-10),
Pinky Williams (tracks: 1-05 to 1-10), Sam Taylor (2) (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04),
Saxophone [Alto] – Auguste "Dimes" Dupont (tracks: 1-11, 1-12), David Newman (tracks:
2-04 to 2-07, 2-12 to 3-18), O'Neil Gerald (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16),
Saxophone [Baritone] – Cecil Payne (tracks: 2-08 to 2-11), David Newman (tracks: 1-17
to 2-07), Emmett Dennis (tracks: 2-12 to 3-10), Hank Crawford (tracks: 3-11 to 3-18),
Warren Bell (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16),
Saxophone [Tenor] – David Newman (tracks: 2-12 to 3-18), Don Wilkerson (tracks: 1-17
to 2-11), Joe Tillman (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16), Warren Hebrew (tracks: 1-11, 1-12),
Trumpet – Charles Whitley (tracks: 1-17 to 2-03), Frank Mitchell (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16),
Jesse Drakes (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04), Joe Bridgewater (tracks: 1-17 to 3-05), John
Hunt (tracks: 2-12 to 2-18, 3-15 to 3-18), Joshua Willis (tracks: 2-08 to 2-11), Lee
Harper (tracks: 3-06 to 3-14), Marcus Belgrave (tracks: 3-06 to 3-18), Ricky Harper
(tracks: 3-01 to 3-05), Riley Webb (tracks: 2-04 to 2-07), Wallace Davenport (tracks:
1-13 to 1-16),
Vocals – Margie Hendrix (tracks: 3-12), Mary Ann Fish (tracks: 3-04), Ray Charles. |
