Sam Cooke – The Best Of Sam Cooke (1962/2011)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time – 36:16 minutes | 1,43 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 36:16 minutes | 651 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds | Artwork: Digital Booklet
Genre: R&B/Soul | © Analogue Productions
This Best Of Sam Cooke album was the beacon that kept Cooke’s most popular songs in the public eye. Between 1957 and his death seven years later, Cooke recorded an average of one Top Ten single every four months! For a couple of generations this was the first – and often only – Sam Cooke album they owned. Although there are more ambitious collections that show Cooke’s remarkable range and diversity, this is still the best starting place. These are Sam Cooke’s biggest commercial hits. This is the message in a bottle that brought his gifts to millions of people.
Read moreSam Cooke – Tribute To The Lady (Billie Holiday) (1959) [ABKCO Remaster 2003] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC
Sam Cooke – Tribute To The Lady (Billie Holiday) (1959) [ABKCO Remaster 2003]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 51:36 minutes | Scans included | 2.12 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 547 MB
An album that’s seldom been seen and disappeared almost as quickly as it was released. Sam Cooke turned these songs inside out with twisting, awesome interpretations. It was one of the few times he was able to break out of the light pop/teen idol bag in a studio and pour his heart into great lyrics and numbers.
Read moreSam Cooke – Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (2003)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 81:56 minutes | Scans included | 3,36 GB
Genre: Vocal, Soul, Gospel | Japan, ABKCO Records (92642)
From his teenage debut as a full fledged member of the legendary Soul Stirrers in 1951 through his career as a rhythm and blues phenomenon, Sam Cooke is acknowledged as the progenitor of soul music. His hit songs, most of which he wrote, went on to become pop standards, enduring to this day. Sam Cooke’s amazing body of work is now encapsulated in Sam Cooke: Portrait of A Legend:1951-1964. It includes 30 tracks and is part of ABKCO’s Sam Cooke Remastered Collection, an initiative to offer state of the art editions of restored and remastered. The songs included into 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.
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