Singer: Ramsey Lewis
Title: Ramsey Lewis's Finest Hour
Label: Verve Records ‎– 543 763-2
Series: Finest Hour Verve –
Type: CD, Compilation
Country: Europe
Date of released: 25 Sep 2000
Category: Jazz, Funk / Soul, Folk, World, & Country
Style:
Size MP3 zip: 1787 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1293 mb
Rating: 4.4✭
Format: MP3 VOX AUD MIDI ADX ASF WAV MP1 FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	The "In" Crowd Written-By – Billy Page	7:20
2	Limelight Written-By – Gerry Mulligan	2:24
3	Delilah Written-By – Victor Young	5:26
4	Black Eye Peas Arranged By – Ramsey LewisWritten-By – Traditional	2:42
5	Carmen Arranged By – Ramsey LewisWritten-By – Georges Bizet	2:53
6	Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child Arranged By – Eldee Young, Ramsey Lewis, Redd Holt*Written-By – Traditional	2:06
7	Consider The Source Written-By – Eldee Young, Ramsey Lewis, Redd Holt*	3:50
8	Little Liza Jane Arranged By – Ramsey LewisWritten-By – Traditional	3:09
9	Here 'Tis Written-By – Eldee Young, Ramsey Lewis, Redd Holt*	2:49
10	Something You Got Written-By – Chris Kenner	3:22
11	Hang On Sloopy Written-By – Bert Russell, Wes Farrell	3:01
12	A Hard Day's Night Written-By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney*	5:01
13	Hi-Heel Sneakers Written-By – Robert Higgenbotham*	2:24
14	Wade In The Water Arranged By – Ramsey LewisWritten-By – Traditional	3:54
15	Up Tight Written-By – Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy	6:01
16	Day Tripper Written-By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney*	3:09
17	One, Two, Three Written-By – Brian Holland, David Tricker, Edward Holland*, John Madara, Lamont Dozier, Leonard Borisoff	3:25
18	Soul Man Written-By – David Porter, Isaac Hayes	2:49

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Universal Music
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Verve Music Group
• Copyright (c) – The Verve Music Group
• Made By – Universal M & L, Germany
• Recorded At – The Bohemian Caverns
• Recorded At – Ter Mar Studios
• Recorded At – The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach
• Recorded At – Universal Recording Studio

Credits

• Art Direction – Hollis King
• Art Direction [Series], Design [Series] – Robert Appleton
• Bass – Cleveland Eaton (tracks: 14 to 18), Eldee Young (tracks: 1 to 13)
• Compiled By [Selected & Sequenced] – Bill Dahl
• Conductor – Richard Evans (tracks: 14 to 18)
• Coordinator [Production And Research] – Carlos Kase, Tom Greenwood
• Design – Dawn Agard
• Drums – Maurice White (tracks: 14 to 18), Redd Holt* (tracks: 1 to 13)
• Liner Notes – Bill Dahl
• Liner Notes [Edited By] – Peter Keepnews
• Mixed By, Mastered By – Kevin Reeves
• Photography By [Back] – Don Bronstein
• Photography By [Front] – Joe Alper
• Piano – Ramsey Lewis
• Producer [Assistant], Research [Assistant] – John Wriggle
• Producer [Original Recordings] – Esmond Edwards, Jack Tracy
• Product Manager [Art Production] – Sherniece Smith
• Production Manager – Bryan Koniarz
• Research – Ben Young
• Research [Photograph] – Cynthia Sesso

Notes

Track 1 recorded between May 13 and 15, 1965 at the Bohemian Caverns, Washington, D.C.;
Original-LP issue: The In Crowd, available on CD
Track 2 recorded 1956 in Chicago
Original-LP issue: Ramsey Lewis And His Gentlemen Of Swing
Track 3 recorded February 9, 1958 in Chicago
Original-LP issue: Ramsey Lewis And The Gentlemen Of Jazz - Volume 2
Tracks 4, 5 recorded 1958 in Chicago
Original 45-rpm issue: Black Eye Peas
Track 6 recorded November 6, 1958 at Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago
Original-LP issue: Down To Earth (Music From The Soil), available on CD
Track 7 recorded April 1959 in Chicago
Original 45-rpm issue: C.C. Rider / Consider The Source
Tracks 8, 9 recorded 1960 in Chicago
Original-LP issue: Stretching Out
Track 10 recorded June 4 or 6, 1964 at the Bohemian Caverns, Washington, D.C.
Original-LP issue: At The Bohemian Caverns
Tracks 11 to 13 recorded between October 14 and 17, 1965 at the Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, California
Original-LP issue: Hang On Ramsey!
Tracks 14, 15 recorded May 26, 1966 at Universal Recording Studio, Chicago
Original-LP issue: Wade In The Water
Track 16 recorded June 7, 1966 at Universal Recording Studio, Chicago
Original-LP issue: Wade In The Water
Track 17 recorded 1967 in Chicago
Original-LP issue: Goin' Latin
Track 18 recorded October 1967 in Chicago
Original-LP issue: Up Pops Ramsey Lewis

℗ 2000 The Verve Music Group.
© 2000 The Verve Music Group.
Made in the EU.

Issued in a jewel case with clear tray and fold out insert. Some copies with sticker on front: "Ramsey Lewis's Finet Hour / 60 minutes never sounded so good! The very best of Ramsey Lewis. / Ramsey Lewis mastered the art of jazzifying the biggest hits of the day. From classics like 'Hang On Sloopy' to 'The In Crowd' Ramsey's performances make him the funkiest guy on the block. 543 763-2"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 31454 37632 7
• Matrix / Runout: 07314 543 763-2 01 + 51039027
• Matrix / Runout (Inner ring): MADE IN GERMANY BY UNIVERSAL M & L E
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L002
• Rights Society: BIEM/MCPS
• Label Code: LC00383
• Other: UN899

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
314 543 763-2	Ramsey Lewis	Ramsey Lewis's Finest Hour ‎(CD, Comp, RM)	Verve Records	314 543 763-2	US	2000
543 763-2	Ramsey Lewis	Ramsey Lewis's Finest Hour ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	Verve Records	543 763-2	Europe	Unknown