PURE GENIUS: THE COMPLETE ATLANTIC RECORDINGS (1952-1959). This massive, elegantly boxed, seven-CD collection puts it all in one place, chronologically, letting you see the transformation of Brother Ray from being merely one of the Fifties' best R&B singers and performers to the Genius, a genre-busting visionary. And a bonus DVD with footage from his 1960 Newport concert and an interview of Atlantic head Ahmet Ertegun by "Ray" director Taylor Hackford. Packaged in a box that looks like a vintage record player and featuring a linen-bound accompanying hardcover book with liner notes by noted critic David Ritz, "Pure Genius" takes the longest, most loving look at Ray's development -- which means the birth of soul music itself.