RAY CHARLES GENIUS SINGS BLUES RARE SEALED ORIG LTD EDITION MFSL AUDIOPHILE LP

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·      RAY CHARLES – THE GENIUS SINGS THE BLUES - ORIGINAL 2010 MOBILE FIDELITY (MFSL) HIGH-QUALITY 'ORIGINAL MASTERS' AUDIOPHILE, EXTENDED DYNAMIC RANGE VIRGIN VINYL LP MFSL-1-337

·      ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·      INCLUDES:

(1)         ORIGINAL "RICE PAPER" MFSL INNER SLEEVE

(2)         INNER, CUSTOM-MADE MFSL CARDBOARD COVER

·      LIMITED, NUMBERED EDITION; THIS COPY IS # 006444.

·      ORIGINAL BLACK AND SILVER MFSL LABEL WITH ‘GAIN 2’ LOGO

·      THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. AUDIOPHILE PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·      ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (NO THICK CARDBOARD MOBILE FIDELITY COVERS WERE EVER PRODUCED FOR THIS TITLE)

·      THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you'll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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Make no mistake: what ‘Nightbeat’ is for Sam Cooke, what ‘Otis Blue/Otis Redding sings Soul” is for Otis Redding and what “Tell Mama” is for Etta James, ‘Genius Sings the Blues’ is for Ray Charles – simply his most brilliant artistic statement, his shining hour,  the resplendent showcase for his vocal and instrumental talent, which – on this album – is on abundant, almost overpowering, display – and the crowning achievement of his 50-year career. 

By far the least commercially successful of all Ray Charles' Atlantic albums – and, as a result, one of the hardest-to-find - this 1960 album is (in our humble opinion) ALSO by far Brother Ray’s best… released almost as an afterthought by Atlantic to capitalize on Ray Charles’ newly found fame and fortune after Brother Ray had signed up for ABC-Paramount and abandoned Atlantic in 1960, this gorgeous collection compiles his seminal early Blues, Soul and R&B sides recorded for Atlantic between 1952 and 1959. The tracks vary between straight blues (Feelin' sad - Nobody cares - Some day baby) to bouncy, jumpy R&B Kansas City-style vocal Jazz (Early in the morning) to straight Rock & Roll (Ray's wonderful cover of Hank Snow's "I'm movin' on" which shows his early proclivity for country music and even Rockabilly).  Songs on this album have been covered by anyone and everyone in the universe. Just one of the tracks - the incredible "I Believe to My Soul" must have been covered by more than 30 artists - both black and white - over the past 50 years, including Joe Cocker, Humble Pie, Donny Hathaway and many, many, many more.  You are looking at what surely must be one of three or four defining moments of Soul Music and Piano Blues. Period, end of the sentence, end of the story, case closed.

For its extraordinary contribution to the modern music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship, revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, writers and general public, or for some other innate quality, this album was voted one of top-200 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted by Paul Gambaccini, legendary BBC Radio A&R man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals (including Roy Carr, Jonathan Cott, Robert Christgau, Cameron Crowe, Chet Flippo, Ben Fong-Torres, Charlie Gillett, Greil Marcus, Murray the K., Lenny Kaye, Bruce Morrow (a/k/a "Cousin Brucie"), Tim Rice (of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Evita" fame), Lisa Robinson, Robert Shelton (who wrote liner notes for Bob Dylan's first album), Ed Ward, Joel Whitburn, Pete Wingfield, etc.). For more details, see: "Critics Choice: Top-200 albums" compiled by Paul Gambaccini, Omnibus Press, Library of Congress Catalog No.7855565.

This is a rare opportunity to acquire this great album in its FINEST audio format, no longer in print, and no longer easily obtainable.

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·                          CONDITION:

·                          THE RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)         THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them.

(b)         The record is guaranteed to come in a hi-grade MFSL PVC inner sleeve, which has - apparently with success - shielded the record from the harmful impact of elements over many years!

(c)         The album is guaranteed to come with the original MFSL cardboard inner sleeve

(d)         The record is  apparently pressed on a beautiful, high-quality, virgin-grade vinyl, which is usually used for audiophile, extended-dynamic-range, half-speed mastered and connoisseur pressings.

(e)         In addition, the record is pressed on a thick, inflexible vinyl.

(f)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                          THE COVER

COVER IS STONE MINT, STILL SEALED AND NOTHING SHORT OF ABSOLUTE PERFECTION, WITHOUT EVEN A HINT OF A FLAW OR DEFECT; A KIND OF BEAUTY YOU ONLY GET TO SEE ONCE IN A LIFETIME.

NO VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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 (1) The year indicated in the title bar is the year of the original release,  NOT necessarily the year of the actual pressing; for the actual generation of the pressing, please see our item description (top section, the text in red letters). (2) Please do NOT bid based on the title bar, subtitle bar or item specifics box alone; instead, please read the entire description before bidding; (3) Absolutely NO order cancellations after the auction closes. ever, under any circumstances. We can ONLY cancel bids before the item closes. (4) We are unable to provide matrix-, stamper- or other pressing  information in the final 24 hours of the auction. (5) All disagreements and miscommunications can be - and will only be - solved in a civil and mutually respectful manner; please avoid puerile, offensive, abrasive or menacing language (6) This seller will accommodate all reasonable requests and - unless seriously molested - is generally a flexible, pragmatic and agreeable person.

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