Sam Cooke

This WaxTime collector’s edition presents 19 studio tracks, including a selection of the fabulous sides Sam Cooke cut with The Soul Stirrers for the Specialty label between 1951 and 1957. All of these great numbers have been remastered and packaged together in this essential collector’s edition on vinyl. There’s no better proof of Sam Cooke’s early genius than these seminal, spiritual, passionate, and soulful recordings with The Soul Stirrers.

PERSONNEL:

THE SOUL STIRRERS,
featuring SAM COOKE (lead vocals), plus:
Paul Foster (second lead vocals), Senior Roy Crain (first tenor vocals),
Thomas L. Bruster & R.B. Robinson (baritone vocals),
Jesse J. Farley (bass vocals), Bob King (guitar), among others.

Recorded in Hollywood and Chicago, between 1951 and 1957.

SIDE ONE
01. PEACE IN THE VALLEY
02. JESUS GAVE ME WATER
03. COME, LET US GO BACK TO GOD
04. JOY, JOY TO MY SOUL
05. I’M GONNA BUILD ON THAT SHORE
06. UNTIL JESUS CALLS ME HOME
07. IT WON’T BE VERY LONG
08. JUST ANOTHER DAY
09. HE’LL WELCOME ME (TO MY HOME)

SIDE TWO
01. END OF MY JOURNEY
02. COME AND GO TO THAT LAND
03. JESUS, I’LL NEVER FORGET
04. ANY DAY NOW
05. BE WITH ME JESUS
06. I’M SO GLAD (TROUBLE DON’T LAST ALWAYS)
07. FARTHER ALONG
08. TOUCH THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT
09. PILGRIM OF SORROW
10. WERE YOU THERE?