by Sam Cooke
Release Date: 15 October 2021
Format: LP Double Vinyl
Label: UMC
£24.99
Sam Cooke Portrait Of A Legend Limited Clear Vinyl 2LP Set
Overview:
Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 is the career-spanning 31 track collection of music pioneer Sam Cooke’s greatest works. This essential collection contains recordings from Cooke’s gospel and early R&B career as well as his pop/soul hits from the SAR, Specialty and RCA labels and has combined them with the peak of his career on his own label, Tracey Records.
30 incredible tracks including You Send Me; Chain Gang; Shake; Twistin’ the Night Away; Little Red Rooster; (What a) Wonderful World; Another Saturday Night; Cupid; Only Sixteen; A Change Is Gonna Come; Having a Party, and more career highlights. Indispensable!
80 minutes of music – all his essential hits, providing a major overview of a career that has left an everlasting mark on American music that remains indelible today more than 50 years after Cooke’s untimely death.
The songs included in Sam Cooke: Portrait Of A Legend collectively logged 273 weeks or five years and three months on Billboard’s Pop Chart and a mind-boggling 508 weeks (nine years and nine months) on the Pop and R&B charts, combined.
Features comprehensive liner notes by renowned author Peter Guralnick as well as detailed musician credits.
Now available again on double CLEAR vinyl
Featured Tracks:
Side A
Touch The Hem Of His Garment
Lovable
You Send Me
Only Sixteen
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
Just For You
Win Your Love For Me
Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
Side B
I'll Come Running Back To You
You Were Made For Me
Sad Mood
Cupid
(What A) Wonderful World
Chain Gang
Summertime
Little Red Rooster
Side C
Bring It On Home To Me
Nothing Can Change This Love
Sugar Dumpling
(Ain't That) Good News
Meet Me At Mary's Place
Twistin' The Night Away
Shake
Tennessee Waltz
Side D
Another Saturday Night
Good Times
Having A Party
That's Where It's At
A Change Is Gonna Come
Jesus Gave Me Water
Unlisted Track
Release Date: 21 January 2023
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Music On Vinyl
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Release Date: 25 August 2022
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Music On Vinyl
£24.99
Release Date: 22 January 2021
Format: LP Double Vinyl
Label: Abkco
£37.99
Release Date: 22 January 2021
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Abkco
£27.99 £24.99
