Complete Recordings of Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers [Box set]

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While the pop classics by the grit-and-honey singer reached a broader audience, Sam Cooke's formative music with the Soul Stirrers, recorded for the Specialty label, ranks with both his best and gospel's best. Only 19 when he was recruited in 1950 to replace the group's venerable R.H. Harris, Cooke developed the signature style he would carry into the popular arena while he was still singing church music. Disc 1 shows the raw passion of a vocalist who has yet to apply the polish for which he would become known. By disc 2, Cooke is no longer tentative in replacing a legend but asserting an irrepressible musical identity. Disc 3 demonstrates his growth as both a vocal master and an ambitious songwriter--most famously on "Touch the Hem of His Garment"--while documenting his transition as a solo artist into the secular arena. Among the revelations of the set's 83 tracks, the stripped-down arrangements on the alternate takes of "Come and Go to That Land" anticipate the rise of "sacred steel," while the vocal call-and-response over the organ bedrock of "All Right Now" is as rapturous as gospel gets. After the various takes of "Were You There?" show how Cooke could take the most familiar material and make it his own, the final three tracks capture his electrifying impact in live performance. --Don McLeese

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Average customer rating: What a Voice! What great harmony! GREAT!!!! The human voice at its apex Sam Cooke Gospel Music IF I COULD SING LIKE THAT AT 19 I"D BE FAMOUS

Complete Recordings of Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers Sam Cooke Manufacturer: Specialty ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Man Who Invented Soul Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 Sam Cooke - Legend Keep Movin on Sam Cooke at the Copa ASIN: B00006LI1I Release Date: 2002-10-22

Tracks:

1. Come, Let Us Go Back to God
2. Peace in the Valley
3. I'm Gonna Build on That Shore
4. I'm Gonna Build on That Shore
5. I'm on the Firing Line
6. I'm on the Firing Line
7. Joy, Joy to My Soul
8. Until Jesus Calls Me Home
9. Jesus Done Just What He Said
10. Jesus Gave Me Water
11. He's My Rock (Wait on Jesus)
12. How Far Am I from Canaan?
13. Christ Is All
14. It Won't Be Very Long
15. It Won't Be Very Long (take 2 - alternate)
16. It Won't Be Very Long (take 3 - alternate)
17. Jesus Will Lead Me to That Promised Land (take 1 - alternate)
18. Jesus Will Lead Me to That Promised Land [incomplete] (take 2 - alternate)
19. Jesus Will Lead Me to That Promised Land
20. Just Another Day
21. Let Me Go Home (take 1 - alternate)
22. Let Me Go Home
23. Jesus Paid the Debt
24. Jesus Paid the Debt (take 2 - alternate)
25. How Far Am I from Canaan?
26. How Far Am I from Canaan? [incomplete] (take 1 - alternate)
27. How Far Am I from Canaan? (take 3 - alternate)
28. Someday Somewhere
29. Someday Somewhere

Tracks:

1. End of My Journey
2. He'll Welcome Me
3. He's My Friend Until the End
4. He's My Friend Until the End (take 2 - alternate)
5. I Have a Friend Above All Others
6. Come and Go to That Land
7. Come and Go to That Land (take 1 - alternate)
8. Come and Go to That Land (take 3 - alternate)
9. I'd Give Up All My Sins and Serve the Lord
10. I'm So Happy in the Service of the Lord
11. All Right Now
12. All Right Now (take 2 - alternate)
13. All Right Now (take 4 - alternate)
14. He'll Make a Way 2:36
15. He'll Make a Way (take 2 - alternate)
16. Jesus, I'll Never Forget
17. Jesus, I'll Never Forget (take 5 - alternate)
18. Any Day Now
19. Any Day Now (take 6 alternate)
20. One More River
21. Nearer to Thee
22. I'm So Glad (Trouble Don't Last Always)
23. Be with Me Jesus
24. He's My Guide (take 4 - alternate)
25. He's My Guide [incomplete] (take 12 - alternate)
26. He's My Guide (take 13)
27. Pilgrim of Sorrow
28. Pray [incomplete]
29. The Last Mile of the Way [incomplete] (take 1 - alternate)
30. The Last Mile of the Way (take 2A - alternate)

Tracks:

1. The Last Mile of the Way
2. He's So Wonderful
3. Touch the Hem of His Garment
4. Jesus, Wash Away My Troubles
5. Farther Along
6. Must Jesus Bear This Cross Alone?
7. Pilgrim of Sorrow
8. Happy in Love
9. I Need You Now
10. I'll Come Running Back to You
11. Lovable
12. I Don't Want to Cry
13. That's All I Need to Know
14. Forever
15. Lord Remember Me
16. That's Heaven to Me (take 1 - alternate)
17. That's Heaven to Me
18. Were You There? [false starts] (takes 1-4)
19. Were You There? (take 5 - alternate)
20. Were You There?
21. Mean Old World (take 3 - alternate)
22. Mean Old World
23. I Have a Friend Above All Others
24. Be with Me Jesus
25. Nearer to Thee

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While the pop classics by the grit-and-honey singer reached a broader audience, Sam Cooke's formative music with the Soul Stirrers, recorded for the Specialty label, ranks with both his best and gospel's best. Only 19 when he was recruited in 1950 to replace the group's venerable R.H. Harris, Cooke developed the signature style he would carry into the popular arena while he was still singing church music. Disc 1 shows the raw passion of a vocalist who has yet to apply the polish for which he would become known. By disc 2, Cooke is no longer tentative in replacing a legend but asserting an irrepressible musical identity. Disc 3 demonstrates his growth as both a vocal master and an ambitious songwriter--most famously on "Touch the Hem of His Garment"--while documenting his transition as a solo artist into the secular arena. Among the revelations of the set's 83 tracks, the stripped-down arrangements on the alternate takes of "Come and Go to That Land" anticipate the rise of "sacred steel," while the vocal call-and-response over the organ bedrock of "All Right Now" is as rapturous as gospel gets. After the various takes of "Were You There?" show how Cooke could take the most familiar material and make it his own, the final three tracks capture his electrifying impact in live performance. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

What a Voice! What great harmony!.......2007-07-28

The Soul Stirrers and Sam Cooke are fantastic! All three CD's are great. Wish they had the video capability back then so we could "see" as well as "hear" them while they performed. One of the best groups of all time.

GREAT!!!!.......2007-05-14

If you enjoy good gospel and/or Sam Cooke and if you appreciate great voices who can harmonize and blend together so well they don't even need accompaniment, you will love these CD's. I can listen to them over and over and never get tired of them.

The human voice at its apex.......2007-03-13

Sam's best singing is right here. In fact, there's a purity of tone and
spirit in this music that transcends almost all other recorded singing.
Mahalia, Aretha, Ray, Van, Ella, Elvis, Frank...immortals all, but I know of nothing in their canons that can match the combination of tone, timing, phrasing, and joy that Sam delivered with the aptly-named Soul Stirrers.
This music carried me through some of the roughest days of my life, always reminding me that love is omnipresent. Many a time I've cried listening to Jesus Gave Me Water, That's Heaven To Me (does it get sweeter than this?), and other sublime tracks by the Soul Stirrers, and ended up feeling thoroughly cleansed. There are also some exceptionally funky jams created by the vocal interplay of these four insanely talented singers that will make you dance and smile just as long as you'd like.
Sam and the Soul Stirrers made some of the very finest music I have ever heard. There is clearly some sort of God or Spirit in our world; no man could make sounds this moving without some help from a deeper realm.

Sam Cooke Gospel Music.......2007-01-10

These CDs are the best. They include all of Sam cookes' recordings and some as he was recording in the studio. It is a treat to heard him talk and to listen to some songs that were recorded live. The last song on the third CD is the something to hear. I love this collection.

IF I COULD SING LIKE THAT AT 19 I"D BE FAMOUS.......2007-01-05

You could see how Sam Cooke became a major star in music and the inventor of soul music (Ray Charles also gets props for that). You'll be listening to a song and then you hear this explosive voice that takes the music to the heavens Where it was intended to go. Not only was he the greatest Soul singer, He was definetly one of the top 5 gospel singers of all time. To put it simple. SAM COOKE ROCKS!!!!

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