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February 3

Recording details of Genius Loves Company by Ray Charles

Does anyone know details about the recording of Genius Loves Company by Ray Charles? I bought it about a week ago (high-resolution files, so no liner notes). It has some great moments, but I'm wondering how it was recorded. In particular, things like were they in the studio together when the duet vocals were recorded? Most of the time, they don't sound like they were.

The one with Willie Nelson sounds like his part was recorded in another studio. Also, the lush strings at the beginning don't work well with Willie's voice, so that raises concerns.

In the one with BB King, there is some banter between them, implying that they were together, but the volume on BB is so low that it sounds like it was recorded separately.

Does anyone have information about this (it isn't in the article). Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 01:22, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

This discusses some of it. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 15:29, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for that. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 04:05, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

@Jpgordon: Added that source to Talk:Genius Loves Company via {{refideas}}. GoingBatty (talk) 05:19, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Cool! --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 06:10, 17 February 2024 (UTC)