First-year pressing
The Genius Sings The Blues 1961 US Pressing (8052)
The Genius Sings The Blues by Ray Charles
Mono
- Artist
- Ray Charles
- Title
- The Genius Sings The Blues
- Label
- Atlantic 8052
- Country
- US
- Released
- September 1961
- Format
- LP, Album, Mono
- Format notes
- MGM Pressing
Runout and matrix codes
Etched or stamped in the dead wax between the last track and the label. If yours match, you have this pressing.
- 11803Side A label
- 11804Side B label
- A11803-B AT 6 [Block-shaped S] WSide A runout, variant 1
- A11804-A [Sailor's cap] AT 2 [Block-shaped S] WSide B runout, variant 1
- A11803-B 5 AT 5 [Block-shaped S] 1WSide A runout, variant 2
- A11804-A [Sailor's cap] AT 1 [Block-shaped S] WSide B runout, variant 2
- A11803-A AT 4 [Block-shaped S] WSide A runout, variant 3
- A11804-A [Sailor's cap] AT 1 [Block-shaped S] WSide B runout, variant 3
- A11803-A AT 6 [Block-shaped S] W 5Side A runout, variant 4
- A11804-A [Block-shaped T] AT [Block-shaped S] W 5Side B runout, variant 4
Other US pressings of The Genius Sings The Blues
- 1961Atlantic 8052LP, Album, Mono
- 1961Atlantic 8052LP, Test Pressing
- 1961Atlantic 8052LP, Album, Promo, Mono
- 1962Atlantic 8052LP, Album, Repress, Mono
- 1962Atlantic 8052LP, Album, Repress, Mono
- 1966Atlantic 8052LP, Album, Repress, Mono
- 1968Atlantic 8052 / Atlantic SD 8052LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
- 1968Atlantic 8052 / Atlantic SD 8052LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
- 2010Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 1-337LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
- 2025Atlantic 8052 / Analogue Productions APA 047-4512", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
- ?Atlantic SD 8052LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo