STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - RAY CHARLES - MODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC

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Good Monday morning gang and welcome to the Martin Luther King Jr. edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Hopefully we all take the day to reflect on the things that we have in common rather than the differences between us . There are very few other facets in life, more than music, that has helped bridge divides and bring people together and one such performer would have to be the legendary Ray Charles.   His 1962  ABC-Paramount album, Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, is our subject of sound today. The LP was produced by longtime Charles producer Sid Feller and it  peaked at #1 on Billboard's album charts, and #6 in the UK. Four singles were released ;  "Born to Lose" (#41 Hot 100), "Careless Love" (#60 Hot 100), "I Can't Stop Loving You" (#1 Hot 100, #1 Black Singles, #1 Easy Listening, #1 UK), and "You Don't Know Me" (#2 Hot 100, #5 Black Singles, #1 Easy Listening, #9 UK).

1. "Bye Bye Love"     2:09
2. "You Don't Know Me"     3:14
3. "Half as Much"    3:24
4. "I Love You So Much It Hurts"    3:33
5. "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)"     3:26
6. "Born to Lose"    3:15

Side 2

7.  "Worried Mind"     2:54
8.  "It Makes No Difference Now"     3:30
9.  "You Win Again"     3:29
10. "Careless Love"     3:56
11. "I Can't Stop Loving You"     4:13
12. "Hey, Good Lookin'"  2:10

Ray Charles – piano, vocals, producer
Hank Crawford – alto saxophone
Gil Fuller, Gerald Wilson – arrangements (big band)
Marty Paich – arrangements (strings)

With :

Frank Abbey – engineering (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12)
Joe Adams – production (track 14)
Bob Arnold – engineering (track 15)
Hugh Bell – photography
Johnny Cue – engineering (track 13)
Todd Everett – liner notes
Sid Feller – production
Bill Inglot– remastering
Michael Ochs Archives – photography
Ken Perry – remastering
Bill Putnam – engineering (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15)
Gene Thompson – engineering (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12)

Arranged By [Big Band] – Gerald Wilson, Gil Fuller
Arranged By [Strings] – Marty Paich
Design [Cover] – Robert Flynn 
Liner Notes – Rick Ward
Photography By – Hugh Bell 
Photography By [Liner] – Bob Ghiraldini
Producer, Supervised By – Sid Feller

Recorded At – Capitol Studios, New York City
Recorded At – United Recording Studios
Record Company – Am-Par Record Corp.
Mastered At – Bell Sound Studios