Personnel:
Sam Cooke (vcl), Stu Williamson, Joe Wilder (tp), Eddie Bert (tb), Seldon Powell, Plas Johnson, King Curtis (saxes), Ernie Freeman, Hank Jones (p), Billy Preston (org), Everett Barksdale, Cornell Dupree (g), Jimmy Bond, Milt Hinton (b), Panama Francis (d)
Reference: 88697 89870 2
Bar code: 886978987020
8-CD set with all 8 original albums he cut for the RCA inprint, all come in nice mini-LP replica sleeves, newly remastered, including original artwork and a comprenhensive booklet.
"When Sam Cooke signed with RCA Records in 1960, he had already had several hits ("You Send Me," "[What A] Wonderful World," and "Only Sixteen" among them) on the small independent label Keen Records. He had paid attention to the business sides of things, too, and he signed with RCA because he was allowed to keep control of his song publishing. His RCA albums, eight of them, were mixed affairs for the most part, often full of covers, but Cooke was never less than charismatic when he sang, and his last two albums, the blues-inflected Night Beat and the dynamic One Night Stand! Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, both of which were released in 1963, are classics by any definition. This box set collects all of Cooke's RCA LPs, and if some of them seem random, it's always Sam Cooke, which means all of them are worth having. Here's an easy way to do that."
Steve Leggett -All Music Guide
Albums included:
CD 1 - Cooke's Tour (LSP-2221) 1960
CD 2 - Hits of the 50's (LSP-2236) 1960
CD 3 - Swing Low (LSP-2293) 1960
CD 4 - My Kind of Blues (LSP-2392) 1961
CD 5 - Twistin' The Night Away (LSP-2555) 1962
CD 6 - Mr. Soul (LSP-2673) 1963
CD 7 - Night Beat (LSP-2709) 1963
CD 8 - One Night Stand! Live at The Harlem Square Club (ND90454) 1985
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Complete tracklisting:
CD 1
01. Far Away Places 3:28
02. Under Paris Skies 3:10
03. South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way) 3:10
04. Bali Ha'i 3:17
05. The Coffee Song (They've Got
An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil) 2:02
06. Arrivederci, Roma (Goodbye To Rome) 2:47
07. London By Night 3:34
08. Jamaica Farewell 2:32
09. Galway Bay 3:00
10. Sweet Leilani 2:48
11. The Japanese Farewell Song 2:57
12. The House I Live In 3:19
CD 2
01. Hey There 2:32
02. Mona Lisa 2:34
03. Too Young 2:08
04. The Great Pretender 3:02
05. You, You, You 2:45
06. Unchained Melody 3:24
07. The Wayward Wind 3:10
08. Secret Love 2:46
09. The Song From Moulin Rouge 2:30
10. I'm Walking Behind You 2:45
11. Cry 2:13
12. Venus 2:53
CD 3
01. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 3:05
02. I'm Just A Country Boy 4:05
03. They Call The Wind Maria 2:54
04. Twilight On The Trail 3:10
05. If I Had You 2:20
06. Chain Gang 2:32
07. Grandfather's Clock 3:10
08. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair 3:44
09. Long, Long Ago 3:00
10. Pray 2:10
11. You Belong To Me 2:44
12. Goin' Home 3:05
CD 4
01. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 3:10
02. Little Girl Blue 2:55
03. Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out 3:20
04. Out In The Cold Again 2:25
05. But Not For Me 2:29
06. Exactly Like You 2:05
07. I'm Just A Lucky So And So 3:10
08. Since I Met You Baby 3:00
09. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home 2:08
10. Trouble In Mind 2:55
11. You're Always On My Mind 2:12
12. The Song Is Ended 2:07
CD 5
01. Twistin' The Night Away 2:30
02. Sugar Dumpling 2:15
03. Twistin' In The Kitchen With Dinah 2:10
04. Somebody's Gonna Miss Me 2:32
05. A Whole Lotta Woman 2:15
06. The Twist 2:15
07. Twistin' In The Old Town Tonight 2:02
08. Movin' And A' Groovin' 2:35
09. Camptown Twist 2:12
10. Somebody Have Mercy 2:50
11. Soothe Me 2:05
12. That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' On 2:27
CD 6
01. I Wish You Love 2:22
02. Willow Weep For Me 2:24
03. Chains Of Love 2:46
04. Smoke Rings 3:23
05. All The Way 3:26
06. Send Me Some Lovin' 2:40
07. Cry Me A River 2:45
08. Driftin' Blues 3:15
09. For Sentimental Reasons 3:12
10. Nothing Can Change This Love 2:34
11. Little Girl 2:35
12. These Foolish Things 4:00
CD 7
01. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen 3:22
02. Lost And Lookin' 2:09
03. Mean Old World 3:41
04. Please Don't Drive Me Away 2:12
05. I Lost Everything 3:19
06. Get Yourself Another Fool 4:00
07. Little Red Rooster 2:50
08. Laughin' And Clownin' 3:34
09. Trouble Blues 3:18
10. You Gotta Move 2:35
11. Fool's Paradise 2:32
12. Shake Rattle And Roll 3:22
CD 8
01. Soul Twist / Introduction 1:20
02. Feel It (Don't Fight It) 2:55
03. Chain Gang 3:11
04. Cupid 2:46
05. Medley:
- It's All Right
- For Sentimental Reasons 5:12
06. Twistin' The Night Away 4:20
07. Somebody Have Mercy 3:39
08. Bring It On Home To Me 3:03
09. Nothing Can Change This Love 2:40
10. Having A Party 5:03
CD 1 to 6 mastered at Battery Studios, New York City, NY
CD 7 & 8 mastered at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, ME
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