Royer Labs

"Here We Go Again " was performed in Ray's personal studio in Los Angeles and recorded by Ray's longtime engineer Terry Howard. It was an inspirational session with an amazing and gracious group of musicians.

Here We Go Again won two 2005 Grammys; Best Record and Best Pop Vocal Collaboration.

The band on this session was:

Ray Charles - Vocals and keys
Nora Jones - Vocals and piano
BIlly Preston - B-3
Tom Fowler - Bass
Raymond Brinker - Drums
Irvin "Magic" Kramer - Guitar

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ENLARGE		1. This shot of Ray and Nora was taken after their vocals were wrapped. Everyone was thrilled with how the song went down and it shows. This picture ended up being used in the CD.

ENLARGE		2. Ray and Nora through the control room glass while they were tracking "Here We Go Again." Nora asked to be as close as possible to Ray while they were singing for the best communication.

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ENLARGE		4. Terry Howard put three mics in Nora’s piano to have some different flavors at mixdown; an ADK A-51, a Royer SF-12 stereo ribbon. and an AKG 414.

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ENLARGE		6. The incomparable Billy Preston lays down the B-3 tracks. These shots were taken through the control room glass.

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ENLARGE		9. Billy's Leslie was miked with two Royer R-122's; one on the top and one on the bottom.

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ENLARGE		12. Guitarist Irvin Kramer with the guitar BB King signed a few weeks earlier.

ENLARGE		13. Irvin’s amplifier, miked with a 57 up close and a Royer R-121 a few feet back.

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ENLARGE		15. Tom Fowler laying down the bass, with arranger David Blumberg listening in on headphones and Raymond Brinker on drums behind him.

ENLARGE		16. One of Ray's racks with his custom built Manley Labs gear, compliments of fans EveAnna Manley and Hutch Hutchinson of Manley Labs.

ENLARGE		17. The band killed it - line ‘em up!