Sam Cooke

2 LPs ON 1 CD Plus 4 BONUS TRACKS

This quintessential release includes two of the singer’s most difficult to find LPs: Cooke’s Tour (1960), and Hit Kit (1959). Both LPs contain some of Cooke’s best-known hits, such as “You Send Me,” “Everybody Likes to Cha-Cha-Cha,” and “All of My Life,” as well as Sam’s covers of classic numbers, such as “South of the Border,” “Jamaica Farewell,” and “Galway Bay,” among others. Long unavailable on CD, these albums have finally been remastered and packaged together in this special collector’s edition, which also includes 4 bonus tracks from the same period. There’s no better proof of Sam Cooke’s genius than these soulful, passionate, stylish and exuberant recordings.

PERSONNEL:

SAM COOKE, lead vocals, plus:

Cliff White, René Hall (guitar),
Red Callender, Adolphus Asbrook (bass),
Ernie Hayes (piano)
Earl Palmer, Charles Blackwell (drums)
Jack Costanza (bongos), among others.

Recorded in New York and Los Angeles, between 1957 and 1960.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

COOKE’S TOUR (RCA-Victor LSP-2221)
01 FAR AWAY PLACES
02 UNDER PARIS SKIES
03 SOUTH OF THE BORDER (DOWN MEXICO WAY)
04 BALI HA’I
05 THE COFFEE SONG
06 ARRIVEDERCI, ROMA (GOODBYE TO ROME)
07 LONDON BY NIGHT
08 JAMAICA FAREWELL
09 GALWAY BAY
10 SWEET LEILANI
11 THE JAPANESE FAREWELL SONG
12 THE HOUSE I LIVE IN

HIT KIT (Keen 86101)
13 ONLY SIXTEEN
14 ALL OF MY LIFE
15 EVERYBODY LOVES TO CHA-CHA-CHA
16 BLUE MOON
17 WIN YOUR LOVE FOR ME
18 LONELY ISLAND
19 YOU SEND ME
20 LOVE YOU MOST OF ALL
21 FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS
22 LITTLE THINGS YOU DO
23 LET’S GO STEADY AGAIN
24 YOU WERE MADE FOR ME

BONUS TRACKS
25 SO GLAMOROUS
26 EE-YI-EE-YI-OH
27 YOU UNDERSTAND ME
28 MARY, MARY LOU

TOTAL TIME: 76:17

Tracks 1-12 & 27: Stereo
Tracks 13-26 & 28: Mono