Sam Cooke - Live At The Harlem Square - 140-Gram Black Vinyl - VINYL LP

Limited edition of 2000 numbered copies on green coloured 180-gram audiophile vinyl. In 1963, Sam Cooke, the true inventor and King of Soul, recorded the album Night Beat, which was bluesier and moodier than anything we had heard from Cooke before. However, thanks to his transcendent voice, listening to this album never makes us sad. Melancholy and nostalgia may come to mind, but Sam Cooke's music has an uplifting quality that has never been surpassed. Night Beat is an album that takes a slow approach to the music, but is never lazy. It is laid-back without losing it's keen sensibilities. His other musicians frame Sam Cooke delicately, barely needing any accompaniment on InchLost and Lookin'Inch and InchTrouble BluesInch, while adding some honest grittiness to InchLittle Red RoosterInch and InchI Lost EverythingInch. If Sam Cooke had lived longer, we might have had more music of this rare quality. As it stands, we must make do with the treasures he left behind. Album Tracks 1. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 2. Lost and Lookin' 3. Mean Old World 4. Please Don't Drive Me Away 5. I Lost Everything 6. Get Yourself Another Fool 7. Little Red Rooster 8. Laughin' and Clownin' 9. Trouble Blues 10. You Gotta Move 11. Fool's Paradise 12. Shake, Rattle and Roll

Album Tracks 1. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 2. I'm Just a Country Boy 3. They Call the Wind Maria 4. Twilight on the Trail 5. If I Had You 6. Chain Gang 7. Grandfather's Clock 8. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair 9. Long Long Ago 10. Pray 11. You Belong to Me 12. Goin' Home

SAM COOKE'S SAR RECORDS STORY (1959-1965) / VARiOUS - Originally released by ABKCO as a 2-CD set in 1994, Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959-1965 is now available on vinyl as a 4-LP set. This collection gathers significant recordings of SAR Records - the tag Sam Cooke co-founded, produced the majority of records for and was instrumental in operating. Groundbreaking artists such as The Sour Stirrers, Johnnie Taylor, Billy Preston and Bobby Womack's group, The Valentinos, are all featured - in addition to Sam himself. Album Tracks 1. Wade in the Water - Chatter - the Soul Stirrers 2. Wade in the Water - the Soul Stirrers 3. I'm a Pilgrim - the Soul Stirrers 4. Praying Ground - the Soul Stirrers 5. Somebody - Chatter - R. H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders 6. Somebody - R. H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders 7. Sometimes - R. H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders 8. Amazing Grace - the Soul Stirrers 1. Pass Me Not - R. H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders 2. Oh Mary, Don't You Weep - Chatter - the Soul Stirrers 3. Oh Mary, Don't You Weep - the Soul Stirrers 4. Since I Met the Savior - the Soul Stirrers 5. God Is Standing By - the Soul Stirrers 6. Lead Me to Cavalry - Rehearsal - the Soul Stirrers 7. Listen to the Angels Sing - the Soul Stirrers 8. Don't Leave Me Alone - the Soul Stirrers 1. Stand By Me Father - the Soul Stirrers 2. Jesus Be a Fence Around Me - the Soul Stirrers 3. Lead Me Jesus - the Soul Stirrers 4. Free at Last - the Soul Stirrers 5. Looking Back - Chatter - the Soul Stirrers 6. Looking Back - the Soul Stirrers 7. Born Again - R. H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders 1. Wait on Jesus - R. H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders 2. Time Brings About a Change - the Soul Stirrers 3. Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone - the Soul Stirrers 4. Yield Not to Temptaion - Chatter - the Womack Brothers 5. Yield Not