No Other Woman (1933) J. Walter Ruben, Irene Dunne, Charles Bickford, Gwili Andre, Drama

Watson Gould’s The Other Woman is unquestionably one of the most audacious plays broadcast during the twenty year run of The Wednesday Play/ Play for Today. Misleadingly promoted at the time as an “issues” play about lesbianism, the drama was actually a unique vehicle for Gould’s highly personal understanding of gender and sexuality, a world in which there are are three sexes, with the pinnacle of human insight awarded to the third sex of the male woman, embodied in the figure of Kim. In a terrific performance from Jane Lapotaire, Kim is a character whose every action in the play is in some way disruptive and transgressive. Kim is a nightmare to know, dirty, imposing herself on others but unwilling to empathise with their problems and yet not a bad person in herself (although that is dependent on how the viewer interprets her sexual conduct), charismatic and her own invention.

A music legend like no other, Ray Charles earned the nickname "Genius" for recording countless jazz, country, R&B and pop masterpieces during a career that spanned seven decades. This Box Set features mono mixes for the seven outstanding solo studio albums he recorded for Atlantic Records. For this new collection, the following albums have been fully remastered from the original mono analog tapes, echoing the experience of the era, when most fans were hearing music on record players, jukeboxes and radios that played music monaurally: "Ray Charles" (1957), "The Great Ray Charles" (1957), "Yes, Indeed!" (1958), "What'd I Say" (1959), "The Genius Of Ray Charles" (1959), "The Genius After Hours" (1961), and "The Genius Sings The Blues" (1961).

Ray Charles was one of the most iconic and influential artists in the annals of pop as a singer, songwriter and pianist, and while he is considered one of the godfathers and great innovators of soul music, his work transcended the worlds of jazz, blues, gospel, R&B, rock ‘n’ roll and country and western as well. Afflicted by blindness, he turned to music in his early life, and began recording for the Swing Time label in 1949 as a member of The Maxim Trio. In a career spanning half a century, he racked up over 100 chart entries, with well over 40 coming in this seminal first quarter-century or so of his career. This excellent-value 125-track 5-CD collection comprises just about all his A & B sides released on the Swing Time, Atlantic, ABC-Paramount and Impulse labels during these years. It features all his 46 Pop, R&B and UK chart entries from this era, including the pop No. 1s “Georgia On My Mind”, “Hit The Road Jack” & “I Can’t Stop Loving You” and the R&B No. 1s “I’ve Got A Woman”, “A Fool For You”, “What’d I Say”, “Unchain My Heart”, “One Mint Julep” & “You Are My Sunshine”, encompassing his time as the pillar of the Atlantic roster and the hits from his landmark albums for ABC-Paramount “Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music”. It’s a substantial and comprehensive overview of his chart-focused output during these years as part of a dynamic and exciting pop and R&B landscape, and a thoroughly entertaining showcase for his unique talents as singer, composer, pianist and arranger.

The Grand Master 1944-1962: His Inspiration, His Influence is een album van Ray Charles uit 2024 en is uitgebracht onder het label Fremeaux