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Ray Charles 
Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) 
2005 
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CD 1  | 
		
		| # | 
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		Title | 
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		Time | 
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		Info   | 
		
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	| 1 | 
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	The Sun's Gonna Shine Again | 
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	2:39 | 
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	| 2 | 
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	Roll With My Baby | 
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	2:38 | 
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	| 3 | 
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	The Midnight Hour | 
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	3:02 | 
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	| 4 | 
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	Jumpin' in the Mornin' | 
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	2:48 | 
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	| 5 | 
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	It Should've Been Me | 
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	2:44 | 
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	| 6 | 
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	Losing Hand | 
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	3:14 | 
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	| 7 | 
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	Heartbreaker | 
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	2:53 | 
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	| 8 | 
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	Sinner's Prayer | 
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	3:24 | 
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	| 9 | 
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	Mess Around | 
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	2:41 | 
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	| 10 | 
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	Funny (But I Still Love You) | 
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	3:15 | 
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	| 11 | 
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	Feelin' Sad | 
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	2:51 | 
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	| 12 | 
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	I Wonder Who | 
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	2:50 | 
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	| 13 | 
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	Don't You Know | 
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	2:58 | 
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	| 14 | 
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	Nobody Cares | 
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	2:40 | 
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	| 15 | 
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	Ray's Blues | 
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	2:55 | 
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	| 16 | 
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	I Got a Break Baby | 
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	2:48 | 
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	| 17 | 
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	Blackjack | 
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	2:21 | 
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	| 18 | 
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	I've Got a Woman | 
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	2:54 | 
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	| 19 | 
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	Greenbacks | 
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	2:52 | 
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	| 20 | 
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	Come Back Baby | 
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	3:07 | 
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	| 21 | 
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	A Fool for You | 
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	3:04 | 
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	| 22 | 
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	This Little Girl of Mine | 
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	2:33 | 
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	| 23 | 
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	Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) | 
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	2:55 | 
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	| 24 | 
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	Blues Hangover | 
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	2:20 | 
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	| 25 | 
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	Mary Ann | 
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	2:48 | 
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	| 26 | 
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	Drown in My Own Tears | 
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	3:22 | 
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	| 27 | 
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	Hallelujah I Love Her So | 
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	2:36 | 
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	| 28 | 
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	What Would I Do Without You | 
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	2:35 | 
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Total time | 
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79:46 | 
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CD 2  | 
		
		| # | 
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		Title | 
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		Time | 
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		Info   | 
		
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	| 1 | 
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	Dawn Ray | 
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	5:04 | 
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	| 2 | 
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	The Man I Love | 
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	4:28 | 
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	| 3 | 
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	Music, Music, Music | 
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	2:56 | 
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	| 4 | 
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	Black Coffee | 
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	5:33 | 
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	| 5 | 
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	Lonely Avenue | 
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	2:35 | 
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	| 6 | 
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	I Want to Know | 
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	2:11 | 
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	| 7 | 
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	Leave My Woman Alone | 
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	2:41 | 
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	| 8 | 
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	The Ray | 
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	3:60 | 
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	| 9 | 
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	I Surrender Dear | 
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	5:07 | 
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	| 10 | 
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	Hornful Soul | 
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	5:30 | 
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	| 11 | 
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	Ain't Misbehavin' | 
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	5:42 | 
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	| 12 | 
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	Joy Ride | 
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	4:40 | 
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	| 13 | 
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	Sweet Sixteen Bars | 
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	4:09 | 
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	| 14 | 
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	Doodlin' | 
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	5:53 | 
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	| 15 | 
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	There's No You | 
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	4:47 | 
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	| 16 | 
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	Undecided | 
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	3:42 | 
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	| 17 | 
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	My Melancholy Baby | 
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	4:23 | 
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	| 18 | 
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	It's All Right | 
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	2:18 | 
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	| 19 | 
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	Ain't That Love | 
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	2:51 | 
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Total time | 
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78:31 | 
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CD 3  | 
		
		| # | 
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		Title | 
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		Time | 
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		Info   | 
		
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	| 1 | 
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	Rockhouse, Parts 1 & 2 | 
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	3:53 | 
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	| 2 | 
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	Get on the Right Track Baby | 
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	2:20 | 
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	| 3 | 
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	Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) | 
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	2:20 | 
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	| 4 | 
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	That's Enough | 
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	2:47 | 
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	| 5 | 
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	Talkin' 'Bout You | 
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	2:50 | 
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	| 6 | 
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	What Kind of Man Are You | 
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	2:51 | 
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	| 7 | 
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	I Want a Little Girl | 
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	2:56 | 
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	| 8 | 
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	How Long Blues | 
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	9:18 | 
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	| 9 | 
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	Cosmic Ray | 
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	5:25 | 
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	| 10 | 
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	The Genius After Hours | 
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	5:25 | 
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	| 11 | 
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	Charlesville | 
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	4:57 | 
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	| 12 | 
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	Bags of Blues | 
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	8:53 | 
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	| 13 | 
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	Deed I Do | 
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	5:52 | 
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	| 14 | 
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	Blue Funk | 
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	8:13 | 
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	| 15 | 
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	Soul Brothers | 
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	9:33 | 
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Total time | 
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77:31 | 
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CD 4  | 
		
		| # | 
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		Title | 
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		Time | 
		   | 
		Info   | 
		
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	| 1 | 
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	Bag's Guitar Blues | 
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	6:28 | 
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	| 2 | 
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	Yes Indeed! | 
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	2:17 | 
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	| 3 | 
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	I Had a Dream | 
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	2:55 | 
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	| 4 | 
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	You Be My Baby | 
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	2:30 | 
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	| 5 | 
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	Tell All the World About You | 
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	2:03 | 
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	| 6 | 
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	My Bonnie | 
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	2:50 | 
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	| 7 | 
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	Soul Meeting | 
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	6:06 | 
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	| 8 | 
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	Hallelujah I Love Her So | 
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	5:32 | 
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	| 9 | 
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	Blue Genius | 
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	6:42 | 
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	| 10 | 
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	X-Ray Blues | 
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	7:07 | 
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	| 11 | 
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	Love on My Mind | 
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	3:49 | 
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	| 12 | 
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	The Spirit-Feel (live) | 
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	3:46 | 
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	| 13 | 
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	Blues Waltz (live) | 
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	6:24 | 
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	| 14 | 
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	In a Little Spanish Town (live) | 
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	3:49 | 
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	| 15 | 
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	Sherry (live) | 
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	4:27 | 
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	| 16 | 
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	(Night Time Is) The Right Time (live) | 
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	4:04 | 
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	| 17 | 
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	A Fool for You (live) | 
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	7:12 | 
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Total time | 
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78:03 | 
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CD 5  | 
		
		| # | 
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		Title | 
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		Time | 
		   | 
		Info   | 
		
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	| 1 | 
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	I've Got a Woman (live) | 
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	6:20 | 
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	| 2 | 
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	Talkin' 'Bout You (live) | 
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	4:22 | 
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	| 3 | 
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	Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) (live) | 
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	2:09 | 
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	| 4 | 
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	Yes Indeed! (live) | 
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	2:40 | 
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	| 5 | 
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	Early in the Mornin' | 
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	2:48 | 
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	| 6 | 
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	(Night Time Is) The Right Time | 
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	3:24 | 
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	| 7 | 
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	Carrying That Load (single version) | 
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	2:17 | 
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	| 8 | 
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	Carrying That Load (LP version) | 
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	2:24 | 
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	| 9 | 
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	Tell Me How Do You Feel | 
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	2:45 | 
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	| 10 | 
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	Fathead | 
	 | 
	5:23 | 
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	| 11 | 
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	Tin Tin Deo | 
	 | 
	5:22 | 
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	| 12 | 
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	Bill for Bennie | 
	 | 
	4:17 | 
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	| 13 | 
	 | 
	Hard Times | 
	 | 
	4:43 | 
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	 | 
	
	| 14 | 
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	Mean to Me | 
	 | 
	4:17 | 
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	| 15 | 
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	Sweet Eyes | 
	 | 
	3:45 | 
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	| 16 | 
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	Weird Beard | 
	 | 
	4:50 | 
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	| 17 | 
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	Willow Weep for Me | 
	 | 
	4:60 | 
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	| 18 | 
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	Tell the Truth | 
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	3:06 | 
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	| 19 | 
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	What'd I Say, Parts I & II (mono LP version) | 
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	5:04 | 
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Total time | 
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74:57 | 
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CD 6  | 
		
		| # | 
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		Title | 
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		Time | 
		   | 
		Info   | 
		
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	| 1 | 
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	What'd I Say, Parts I & II (stereo LP version) | 
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	6:31 | 
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	| 2 | 
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	Tell Me You'll Wait for Me | 
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	3:25 | 
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	| 3 | 
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	Come Rain or Come Shine | 
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	3:43 | 
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	| 4 | 
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	Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' | 
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	3:47 | 
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	| 5 | 
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	Just for a Thrill | 
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	3:26 | 
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	| 6 | 
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	You Won't Let Me Go | 
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	3:22 | 
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	| 7 | 
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	Am I Blue | 
	 | 
	3:41 | 
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	 | 
	
	| 8 | 
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	The Spirit-Feel (live) | 
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	4:23 | 
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	| 9 | 
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	Frenesi (live) | 
	 | 
	5:05 | 
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	| 10 | 
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	Tell the Truth (live) | 
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	3:35 | 
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	| 11 | 
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	Drown in My Own Tears (live) | 
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	6:25 | 
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	| 12 | 
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	(Night Time Is) The Right Time (live) | 
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	4:06 | 
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	| 13 | 
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	What'd I Say (live) | 
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	4:26 | 
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	| 14 | 
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	Let the Good Times Roll | 
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	2:53 | 
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	| 15 | 
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	Alexander's Ragtime Band | 
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	2:53 | 
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	| 16 | 
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	Deed I Do | 
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	2:28 | 
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	| 17 | 
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	When Your Lover Has Gone | 
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	2:52 | 
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	| 18 | 
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	Two Years of Torture | 
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	3:25 | 
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	| 19 | 
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	It Had to Be You | 
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	2:45 | 
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	| 20 | 
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	I'm Movin' On | 
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	2:22 | 
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	| 21 | 
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	I Believe to My Soul | 
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	2:59 | 
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Total time | 
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78:33 | 
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CD 7  | 
		
		| # | 
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		Title | 
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		Time | 
		   | 
		Info   | 
		
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	| 1 | 
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	Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	0:21 | 
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	| 2 | 
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	Unknown Title (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	1:17 | 
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	| 3 | 
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	Piano Improvisation - Dialog #1 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	0:32 | 
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	| 4 | 
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	Losing Hand - Dialog #1 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	1:47 | 
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	| 5 | 
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	Little Rock Getaway - Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	1:16 | 
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	| 6 | 
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	Kentucky Waltz (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	1:23 | 
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	| 7 | 
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	Heartbreaker (instrumental) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	2:14 | 
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	| 8 | 
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	Heartbreaker - Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	1:14 | 
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	| 9 | 
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	Piano Improvisation - Dialog #2 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	0:42 | 
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	| 10 | 
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	Heartbreaker (False Starts 1 & 2) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	1:13 | 
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	| 11 | 
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	Losing Hand - Dialog #2 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	1:21 | 
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	| 12 | 
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	Losing Hand - Dialog #3 (with reverb) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	1:27 | 
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	| 13 | 
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	Losing Hand - Dialog #4 (with reverb) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	4:55 | 
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	| 14 | 
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	Heartbreaker (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	2:53 | 
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	| 15 | 
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	It Should've Been Me - Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	2:56 | 
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	| 16 | 
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	Nobody Cares (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	3:58 | 
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	| 17 | 
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	Piano Improvisation - Dialog #3 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	0:34 | 
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	| 18 | 
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	Mess Around (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	2:39 | 
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	| 19 | 
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	Funny (But I Still Love You) (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	3:17 | 
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	| 20 | 
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	Sinner's Prayer (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	3:45 | 
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	| 21 | 
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	Piano Improvisation - Dialog #4 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	1:01 | 
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	| 22 | 
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	Low Society - Dialog #1 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	3:08 | 
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	| 23 | 
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	Boogie Woogie (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	1:57 | 
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	| 24 | 
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	Low Society - Dialog #2 (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
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	3:29 | 
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	| 25 | 
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	Worried Life Blues (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
	 | 
	3:01 | 
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	| 26 | 
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	Come Back Baby (Walter Davis version) - Dialog (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
	 | 
	1:59 | 
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	| 27 | 
	 | 
	Low Society (rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertëgun, 1953) | 
	 | 
	2:57 | 
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	| 28 | 
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	(Night Time Is) The Right Time (Takes 1-7) - Dialog (recording session outtake, 1958) | 
	 | 
	8:17 | 
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	| 29 | 
	 | 
	Tell Me How Do You Feel (take 1) (recording session outtake, 1958) | 
	 | 
	3:22 | 
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	| 30 | 
	 | 
	Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions for "The Genius of Ray Charles" album, 1959) | 
	 | 
	1:01 | 
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	| 31 | 
	 | 
	It Had to Be You - Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions for "The Genius of Ray Charles" album, 1959) | 
	 | 
	1:40 | 
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	| 32 | 
	 | 
	My Buddy - Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions for "The Genius of Ray Charles" album, 1959) | 
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	1:46 | 
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	 | 
	
	| 33 | 
	 | 
	Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions for "The Genius of Ray Charles" album, 1959) | 
	 | 
	0:18 | 
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	| 34 | 
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	When Your Lover Has Gone - Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions for "The Genius of Ray Charles" album, 1959) | 
	 | 
	1:51 | 
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	| 35 | 
	 | 
	I'm Beginning to See the Light (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions for "The Genius of Ray Charles" album, 1959) | 
	 | 
	1:27 | 
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	| 36 | 
	 | 
	Let the Good Times Roll - Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions for "The Genius of Ray Charles" album, 1959) | 
	 | 
	2:46 | 
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Total time | 
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79:45 | 
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