I admit that some of his early Atlantic tracks took some getting used to but at that time I did not have a big collection and so I played the same records over and over. Anyway, I bought the Ray Charles Story on Atlantic for (another) ten bob and what good value that was as it was a double record set. No covers for the LP's, though, you had to buy them separately. Hard for a blind man on drugs to ooze charisma, I guess.Īs a postscript to this, and apologies if I have mentioned this before, but my pal Alan Brown's dad worked in a record pressing plant and would sometimes 'take orders' for 45's and LP's. Second half, he comes on, performs and goes off again. I think we were all used to the get-'em-on, get-'em-off routine that constituted a rock 'n roll show in the early sixties.Īnyway, I was mistaken in my assumption because the whole of the first half was dedicated to the band and his backing group, The Raelettes. That was somewhat odd to watch as I had never seen a single artist perform on what I thought would be his own, all evening. Also took Susan Corfield to the Finsbury Park Astoria to see him - late 1963. So I bought it and while it took me time to get used to the big band sound that Ray Charles used on the record, I came to play it to death. I said, how much and he replied ten shillings. Griff Lewis brought the record into Barnsbury (at Camden Road) one morning and asked if I wanted to buy it. Two of mine stand out, the first of which is Ray Charles' Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. Interesting the recent chat about early LPs.
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