{"id":5003,"date":"2014-09-02T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5003"},"modified":"2014-09-02T11:39:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T16:39:00","slug":"james-ray-ive-got-my-mind-set-on-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5003","title":{"rendered":"James Ray -I’ve Got My Mind Set On You"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download James Ray – I’ve Got My Mind Set On You<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Greetings all<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

The middle of the week is upon us, so I felt it only fitting that I dip into the crates and whip a little history (and a groovy song) on all of you.<\/p>\n

It ought to be obvious by now that my record collector spidey sense is often set a-tingling by original versions of popular songs.<\/p>\n

This is often the case because the originals are often much better, especially when the source material is R&B\/soul\/funk based.<\/p>\n

If you had your ears pointed at a radio (or MTV) in 1987, you most certainly heard George Harrison<\/strong> working it out on a song called \u2018I\u2019ve Got My Mind Set On You\u2019.<\/p>\n

It was one of his biggest solo hits, and as it turns out, a cover of an obscure 1962 R&B tune by a singer named James Ray.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, I heard Ray\u2019s OG years before I laid my hands on a copy (thanks to one of those \u2018Who Played It First\u2019 type comps), but only set out to get myself an original after my memory was jogged by none other than the mighty Mr Finewine,<\/strong> when he graciously invited me to share the decks during his long-running Wednesday night thing at Botanic in NYC.<\/p>\n

Since the 45 was more expensive\/elusive, I ended up getting a copy of James Ray\u2019s self-titled 1962 LP.<\/p>\n

In addition to today\u2019s selection, the disc also includes his minor hits \u2018If You Gotta Make a Fool Out Of Somebody\u2019 (later covered by Freddie and the Dreamers<\/strong>) and \u2018Itty Bitty Pieces\u2019.<\/p>\n

Produced and arranged by Hutch Davie,<\/strong> and largely composed by Rudy Clark<\/strong> (who also wrote \u2018It\u2019s In His Kiss (the Shoop Shoop Song)\u2019 and \u2018Good Lovin\u2019), the LP runs the gamut from R&B to fairly mainstream pop.<\/p>\n

The arrangements, including on \u2018I\u2019ve Got My Mind Set On You\u2019 tend to be oddly ornate (dig, if you will, the chorus and the banjo\u2026), though not at all out of character for 1962.<\/p>\n

Ray had a high, slightly raspy tenor that has touches of Ray Charles<\/strong> in it.<\/p>\n

Sadly, he passed away only a few years after recording this, victim of a drug overdose, still in his early 20s.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the track, and I\u2019ll see you all on Friday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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