Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music Vol 1&2 [1962](2014)mp3@320 {1337x}-kawli

Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music is a studio album by American recording artist Ray Charles, released in April 1962 on ABC-Paramount Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in early to mid-February 1962 at Capitol Studios in New York City and at United Recording Studios in Hollywood. Production was handled entirely by Charles and conductor Sid Feller. A departure from Charles's previous work, the album features country, folk, and Western music standards covered and redone by Charles in popular song forms of the time, including rhythm and blues, pop, and jazz.

As his fifth LP release for ABC-Paramount, Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music became a rapid critical and commercial success as it brought Ray Charles further mainstream notice, following his tenure for Atlantic Records. With the help of the album's four charting singles, Charles earned recognition in the pop market, as well as airplay on both R&B and country radio stations. Modern Sounds and its lead single, "I Can't Stop Loving You", were both certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1962, as each record had shipped 500,000 copies in the United States.

Regarded by many critics as Charles's best studio album, Modern Sounds in Country &Western Music has been considered by several music writers to be a landmark album in American music. The album's integration of soul and country music bent racial barriers in popular music, amid the height of the African-American civil rights struggle. In the process of recording the album, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to exercise complete artistic control over his own recording career. The album has been called one of the greatest albums of all time by publications such as Rolling Stone and Time.

Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music Volume 2 is the second volume of country and western recordings by Charles following the surprising success of Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music Vol 1. Charles and producer Sid Feller decided to do a follow-up. Unlike the previous album, where slow and fast tracks more or less alternated, this one features one side performed by The Ray Charles Big Band with the Raelettes, while the other side is with a string section and the backing singers from the first album.

These groundbreaking country & western albums are included across two discs with bonus tracks in this 2014 reissue.

Tracklist:

CD 1
01. Bye Bye Love
02. You Don't Know Me
03. Half as Much
04. I Love You So Much It Hurts
05. Just a Little Lovin'
06. Born to Lose
07. Worried Mind
08. It Makes No Difference Now
09. You Win Again
10. Careless Love
11. I Can't Stop Loving You
12. Hey, Good Lookin'
13. I'm Movin' On
14. Leave My Woman Alone
15. Unchain My Heart

CD 2
01. You Are My Sunshine
02. No Letter Today
03. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
04. Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
05. Midnight
06. Oh, Lonesome Me
07. Take These Chains from My Heart
08. Your Cheating Heart
09. I'll Never Stand in Your Way
10. Making Believe
11. Teardrops in My Heart
12. Hang Your Head in Shame
13. Georgia On My Mind
14. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
15. Deep In The Heart of Texas

Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: joint stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: LAME 3.99
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