Baby Please (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Organ)

Album: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.

Recorded in Los Angeles in 1962.

With Percy Mayfield - vocals; Marcus Belgrave - trumpet; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; Ray Charles - organ; Howard Roberts - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass; Al McKibbon - bass; Milt Turner - drums.

Fading Love (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Single (B): Tangerine TRC 950, 1965, b/w Stand By.
Album: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.

Recorded in Los Angeles in circa 1964.

The other musicians were not credited.

Give Me Time To Explain (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Sngle (A): Tangerine 957, 1965 , b/w My Jug And I.
Album: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.

Recorded in Los Angeles in circa 1964.

Ray Charles - piano; other musician unnamed. Arrangement by Gerald Wilson.

I Reached For A Tear (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.
Single (B). Tangerine 923, 1962, b/w Never No More.

B-side to Percy's first single on Tangerine.

Recorded in New York City on March 23, 1962.

Percy Mayfield - vocals; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; Teddy Edwards - tenor saxophone; Ray Charles - piano; Chuck Norris (?) - guitar.

Life Is Suicide (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Organ)

"Life Suicide".

Album: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.
Single (B). Tangerine 927, 1963, b/w Never Say Naw.

Possibly the saddest sample of Percy's fantastic body of song lyrics.

Life Is Suicide Recorded in Los Angeles in 1962.

Percy Mayfield - vocals; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; David Newman - tenor saxophone; Ray Charles - organ; Sonny Forriest, guitar. Arrangement by Gerald Wilson.

Maybe It's Because Of Love (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.
Single (B): Tangerine 941, 1964, b/w Stranger In My Own Home Town.

Recorded in Los Angeles on January 20, 1964.

Percy Mayfield - vocals; Ray Charles - piano; Edgar Willis - bass; Other personnel unidentified. Arranged by Gerald Wilson.

Memory Pain (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Single (B): Tangerine 935, 1964, b/w You Don't Exist No More.
Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.

Recorded in Los Angeles in 1962.

Percy Mayfield - vocals; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; David Newman - tenor saxophone; Ray Charles - piano; Sonny Forriest, guitar. Arrangement by Gerald Wilson.

My Jug And I (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Organ)

Single (A): Tangerine TRC 957, 1965, b/w Give Me Time To Explain.
Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRC 1505, 1966.

Recorded in Los Angeles on January 20, 1964.

Percy Mayfield - vocals; Ray Charles - piano; Edgar Willis - bass; Other personnel unidentified. Arranged by Gerald Wilson.

Never Say Naw (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Album: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.
Single (A): Tangerine 927, 1963, b/w Life Is Suicide.

Recorded in Los Angeles in 1962.

Percy Mayfield - vocals; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; David Newman - tenor saxophone; Ray Charles - piano; Sonny Forriest, guitar.

River's Invitation (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Single (A): Tangerine 931, 1963, b/w Baby Please.
Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.

Recorded in Los Angeles on February 21, 1963.

Brother Ray replaced Maxwell Davis' sax break from Mayfield's 1952 version with a pretty piano solo.

With Percy Mayfield - vocals; Marcus Belgrave - trumpet; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; Ray Charles - piano; Howard Roberts - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass; Al McKibbon - bass; Milt Turner - drums.



Percy's 1952 Specialty version:

Stranger In My Own Home Town (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.
Single (A). Tangerine 941, 1964, b/w Maybe It's Because Of Love.

Recorded in Los Angeles on January 20, 1964.

Percy Mayfield - vocals; Ray Charles - piano; Edgar Willis - bass; other personnel unidentified.

The Hunt Is On (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Organ)

Single3: Tangerine TRC 934, 1963, b/w Cookin' In Style.
Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.

Recorded in Los Angeles on February 21, 1963.

Percy Mayfield - vocals; Ray Charles - organ; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman - tenor saxophone; Marcus Belgrave - trumpet; Sonny Forriest - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass; Milt Turner - drums. Gerald Wilson - arranger.

Solos: Hank Crawford on alto, Ray Charles on organ.

My Jug And I (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano) (1966)

 

1. My Jug And I
2. River's Invitation
3. Baby Please
4. Stranger In My Own Home Town
5. Never Say Naw
6. The Hunt Is On
7. Memory Pain
8. I Reached For A Tear
9. Life Is Suicide
10. Maybe It's Because Of Love
11. Give Me Time
12. Fading Love

Recorded between 1963 and c. 1966 at unidentified studios, prob. in Los Angeles.

Personnel on Percy's Tangerine tracks 1962 - 1971: Percy Mayfield - vocals; Ray Charles - piano; [needs revisions: Billy Preston - organ; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman - tenor saxophone; Marcus Belgrave - trumpet; Sonny Forriest - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass; Milt Turner - drums]. Gerald Wilson - arranger.

Album: Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.
The tracks of the elpee were also released on the compilation album Percy Mayfield, His Tangerine And Atlantic Sides. Rhino Handmade, 2003.