yesterday. ABC? Who told you to do that, huh? And you know, Atlantic is family, just like the Shaw Agency. Ray, my job is to get you the best deal possible. ABC is very interested. No. How interested? How about a $50,000 advance each year for three years? You produce your own records. They'll deduct recording costs and give you 75 percent. Ahmet and Jerry are flying in tonight, so will you put them off until I can talk things out with ABC? ¤¤ Well, my mama said, ain't nothing wrong with talking. Hey, enough of the formalities. Come on, let's go back into the office, Ray. I hope I can call you Ray. I want you to be comfortable here. Because I'll tell you something, everything is gonna be better at ABC. Moving from an indie label to a major means you can sell a lot more records, as well as attract much larger crowds, both white and Negro. Yeah, but Mr. Clark, you know, I've been at Atlantic for so long, I just want to give those guys a chance, you know, to at least match the offer. Mm-hmm. Oh, certainly, certainly. But, uh, I doubt they'll be able to. We're giving you a state-of-the-art deal here. Well, you know, since I'm producing my own records, I was wondering if I could uh, own my masters, too. Well, Ray, we've... we've never done that before. No record company has. Well, I think I'm going to have to have it that way for me to leave Atlantic Records. Ahmet believes we're family here at Atlantic. I believe we're family here at Atlantic. Obviously, you don't! Ahmet wouldn't believe it. You know what he said, Ray? He said you would never turn your back on us. Never for a schlockmeister like Sam Clark! That's rich. Sam Clark's a corporate slug, who wouldn't know the difference between Earl Hines and Art Tatum! We let you grow here, Ray. And nobody's taking credit for your talent, but we nourished it. We let you do your thing. God damn it! We deserve better than this. You know what, don't think that I don't appreciate everything you guys have done here, Jerry. Ahmet, I'm very proud of the work that we've done here together. But, Atlantic has done pretty good money-wise on my records, haven't they? Yes, we've done very well, Ray. You... you were the ones that taught me that making a record is business, and find the best business deal you can. Now, 75 cents of every dollar, and owning my own masters is a pretty damn good deal. Can you match it? Ray, we would love to match it, but we just can't. That's a better deal than Sinatra gets. I'm very proud of you. Looks like those boys are going to get a taste of country dumb. Yeah. He'll be all right, man. You guys always do find the best. ¤ Georgia ¤ ¤ Georgia ¤ ¤ The whole day through ¤ ¤ The whole day through ¤ ¤ Just an old sweet song ¤ ¤ Keeps Georgia on my mind ¤ ¤ Georgia on my mind ¤ ¤ I said Georgia ¤ ¤ Georgia ¤ Listen to that crap. Thought you said that ABC wasn't going to force nothing on him. They didn't. It was Ray's idea. Something new. What are we then, Jeff? Something old? Yeah, what about us? We got to eat, too. ¤ Other arms should reach out to me ¤ ¤ Other eyes smile tenderly ¤ ¤ Still in the peaceful dreams I see ¤ ¤ The road leads back to you ¤¤ ¤¤ It's a hit record. What the hell is wrong with that? Critics say you've gone middle-of-the-road. The orchestra, the choir, The Perry Como Show, man? If I feel the music, that means it's real. No, it ain't. Ray Charles is a sellout. The blind Liberace, leaving those Rocking Chair roots behind. Quincy Jones. Can we get a picture of these two guys? Six-nine! Hey, boy. Look, here, uh, this interview is over. I'd love to get you two together, man. S-some other time. Look at you. How's it going, man? You look good. Let me look at you. You look good, too. You hear what they're saying about me? I just said that l... I can't do it no more. I've
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