Live in Concert (Ray Charles album)

Live in Concert is a live album by Ray Charles released in 1965 by ABC-Paramount Records. The recording was made at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California in September, 1964 following a tour of Japan.

Live in Concert
Live album by Ray Charles
Released	January 1965
Recorded	September 20, 1964
Venue	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Soul
Length	37:45 75:17 (2011 reissue)
Label	ABC 500
Producer	Sid Feller
Ray Charles chronology
Have a Smile with Me (1964) Live in Concert (1965) Together Again/Country and Western Meets Rhythm and Blues (1965)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

In 2011, the record was remastered and reissued on CD with new liner notes and previously unreleased tracks, extending the record to well over an hour's worth of music.

Original LP track listing

LP side A:

1. "Opening" – 0:35
2. "Swing A Little Taste" (Julian Priester) – 3:35
3. "I Got a Woman" (Charles, Richard) – 6:10
4. "Margie" (Con Conrad, Davis, J. Russel Robinson) – 2:39
5. "You Don't Know Me" (Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker) – 3:14
6. "Hide nor Hair" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:57

LP side B:

1. "Baby, Don't You Cry" (Buddy Johnson, Washington) – 2:35
2. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 6:17
3. "Hallelujah I Love Her So" (Charles) – 2:55
4. "Don't Set Me Free" (Agnes Jones, Freddy James) – 3:58
5. "What'd I Say" (Charles) – 4:30
6. "Finale" – 1:55

2011 reissue track listing

1. "Opening" – 0:39
2. "Swing A Little Taste" (Priester) – 3:37
3. "One Mint Julep" (Toombs) – 2:58
4. "I Got A Woman" – 6:08
5. "Georgia On My Mind" (Carmichael, Gorrell) – 7:26
6. "Margie" – 2:17
7. "You Don't Know Me" – 3:15
8. "Hide Nor Hair" – 2:54
9. "That Lucky Old Sun" (Gillespie, Smith) – 5:12
10. "Baby, Don't You Cry" – 2:40
11. "In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)" (Carr, Ledbetter, Raye) – 6:50
12. "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" – 2:58
13. "Makin' Whoopee" – 6:10
14. "Busted" (Howard) – 2:23
15. "Don't Set Me Free" – 3:49
16. "Two Ton Tessie" (Handman, Turk) – 4:42
17. "My Baby (I Love Her, Yes I Do)" (Charles) – 5:01
18. "What'd I Say" – 4:25
19. "Finale" – 1:56

Personnel

• Ray Charles – piano, Hammond organ (on "One Mint Julep", "Georgia On My Mind", "That Lucky Old Sun" and the intro to "What'd I Say?"), vocals
• Oliver Beener – trumpet
• Wallace Davenport – trumpet
• Philip Guilbeau – trumpet
• John Hunt – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Henderson Chambers – trombone
• James Harbert – trombone
• Frederic "Keg" Johnson – trombone
• Julian Priester – trombone
• Bennie "Hank" Crawford – alto saxophone
• William "Buddy" Pearson – alto saxophone, flute
• David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone
• Leroy "Hog" Cooper – baritone saxophone
• Don Peake – guitar
• Edgar Willis – bass
• Wilbert Hogan – drums
• The Raelettes – backing vocals
  • Gwen Berry
  • Lillian Forte
  • Pat Lyle
  • Darlene MacRae

Technical

• Wally Heider – engineer, recording
• Ray Hearne - photography

External links

• Album review and track info at Allmusic.com
• ABC Paramount Records 500
• Rhino Handmade RHM2 7826 (Ray Charles in Concert – 2003 compilation)
• Concord CRE31439