July 3, 2020

Ray Stevens sings "Feel the Music"...

One of my favorite time periods in the career of Ray Stevens is the late '70s when he was recording for Warner Brothers. He recorded four studio albums for the label and then they issued a compilation album on him to promote a newly recorded novelty song, "I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow", in 1979. The label really hadn't did too much to keep the songs he recorded for them in print. In 1995 the label issued a 3-volume collection which, to date, remains the definitive series on Ray's years with Warner Brothers (1976-1979). His studio albums for the label haven't been re-issued. In 1977 he released a studio album titled Feel the Music which features 10 songs. Ray wrote 9 of the 10...he wrote the title track, "Feel the Music". The album cover, as you see below, is an illustration of a stereo speaker. The back of the album has a photo of Ray attached to the back of the 'speaker'. The illustration of the speaker is in great detail. This audio clip appeared on YouTube several days ago but I'm only now getting around to showcasing it in a fan created blog entry...


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