Live In Japan (1976)

 

1. Intro
2. Metamorphosis (CS - as; JE - tp)
3. Pair Of Threes (LC - bs; JC - fl; EW - b)
4. Spain (JE - fl; JE - tp; EP - as; SVR - ds)
5. Blowing The Blues Away (EV - p; JE - tp; LC - bs; AE, JC - ts; BC - tp)
6. Intro Ray Charles
7. Let The Good Times Roll (JC - ts)
8. Then We'll Be Home (Sadies Tune)
9. Till There Was You
10. Feel So Bad
11. Georgia On My Mind
12. Busted
13. Am I Blue (JC - flugel)
14. Living For The City
15. I Can't Stop Loving You
16. Take Me Home, Country Roads
17. Don't Let Her Know
18. What'd I Say

The original Japanese album was
released as a 2-LP.

Solos #1 - 7 attributed by Jack Evans.

A magnificent live album that covers two Ray Charles concerts, in Tokyo and Yokohama, from his November 1975 tour in Japan. That month The Ray Charles Show was booked in 23 major Japanese cities; the album was cut in the week of November 24th (source here), and was released in July 1976.

Personnel:

Musicians: Reggie Walsh, Bob Coassin, Johnny Coles (flugel), Jack Evans – trumpets; Steve Davis, Wally Huff, Ken Tussing – trombones;  Ed Pratt, Clifford Solomon – alto saxophones; James Clay, Andy Ennis – tenor saxophones; Leroy  Cooper – baritone saxophone; Scott von Ravensberg – drums; Tony Matthews – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Ernest Vantrease – organ. The Raelettes*: Linda Sims, Dorothy Berry, Estella Yarbrough. Bernice Hullaby, Donna [Jones].

* The line-up above (L-R) is based on a statement by Estella, after being asked to check the large (blurred) central photograph on the album's cover.

Album: Crossover/London (Japan) #535/#536, 1976-07 (1975).

Spain:


Feel So Bad:


Am I Blue:


Take Me Home, Country Roads: