Ray Charles The Great Ray Charles
1957 Vinyl
Soul
Rhythm & Blues

Main image
Atlantic
alto saxophone, tenor saxophone David "Fathead" Newman
baritone saxophone Emmet Dennis
bass Oscar Pettiford
bass Roosevelt Sheffield
celesta Ray Charles
design [cover] Marvin Israel
drums Joe Harris
drums William Peeples
engineer [recording] Earle Brown
engineer [recording] Tom Dowd
liner notes Gary Kramer
photography by [cover photo] Lee Friedlander
piano Ray Charles
soloist, trumpet Joe Bridgewater
supervised by Jerry Wexler
supervised by Nesuhi Ertegun
trumpet Joe Bridgewater
trumpet John Hunt
Mastered At Atlantic Studios
Black mono labels.

Recorded in NYC, April 30, 1956 (A3), November 20, 1956 (A1, B2, B3) and November 26, 1956 (A2, A4, B1, B4) [jazzdisco.org].
Matrix / Runout: 11417 AT (Runout side A, etched, Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: 11418-B AT (Runout side B, etched, Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: 11417 AT2 D (Runout side A, etched, Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: 11418 B AT2 F (Runout side B, etched, Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: (11417) (Label side A)
Matrix / Runout: (11418) (Label side B)