Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke – Keep Movin’ On (Remastered) (2001/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:02:49 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Abkco Music & Records, Inc.

For the first time on HIGHRESAUDIO, Keep Movin’ On, a 23-song collection that encompasses some of Sam Cooke’s best loved and most incisive songs and represents the artist both at the very pinnacle and, tragically, at the very end of his ground breaking career. The songs that comprise Keep Movin’ On were, for the most part, written and produced by Sam Cooke following his successful fight for complete creative and economic control over his recordings and repertoire. The notion of artistic self-determination was an unheard-of concept for virtually any recording artist, let alone a young rhythm and blues singer in the early 1960s.
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Sam Cooke – Hit Kit (1959/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:28 minutes | 937 MB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Abkco Music & Records, Inc.

Some smoking uptempo tunes, wailing ballads, and even interesting pop and novelty material. Sam Cooke was at his commercial peak in the early ’60s, and if you ever find this anywhere, grab it quickly. It’s well worth having. Someday, a major label will wise up and either put all Cooke’s Keen, RCA, and Sar material back in print or put out a huge boxed set package. – Ron Wynn
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Sam Cooke – Sam Cooke At The Copa – Live (Remastered) (1964/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 42:30 minutes | 871 MB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Abkco Music & Records, Inc.

In 1964, when this concert at New York City’s legendary Copacabana night club was recorded, Sam Cooke was at the top of his game, having charted numerous times with his unique blend of pop and soul. The success doesn’t seem to have gone to his head, though: he sounds relaxed and conversational throughout this intimate performance.

Accompanied by a band that includes Bobby Womack on guitar, Cooke brings his R&B tendencies further to the fore than on his immaculately produced studio work. He moves deftly through his own hits, like ‘You Send Me’ and ‘Twistin’ The Night Away,’ but it’s on the folk songs ‘If I Had A Hammer’ and ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’ that he really stretches out, proving himself a gifted interpreter unbound by stylistic constrictions.

„Sam Cooke At The Copa“ is an essential part of the Cooke canon.
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Sam Cooke – The Best of Sam Cooke (1962/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 36:03 minutes | 1,55 GB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy

“The 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.
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Sam Cooke – Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (Remastered) (2003/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:23:16 minutes | 1,65 GB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Abkco Music & Records, Inc.

From Sam Cooke’s teenage debut as a full fledged member of the legendary Soul Stirrers in 1951 through his career as a rhythm and blues phenomenon thanks to the recordings for which he 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 encapsulated in Sam Cooke: Portrait of A Legend 1951-1964, the ultimate Sam Cooke greatest hits package.

The Double album compilation album includes ‘Twistin’ The Night Away’, ‘You Send Me’, and ‘Shake.’

Recorded March 1, 1951 to November 16, 1964

Digitally remastered
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Sam Cooke – Sam Cooke (1958/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 34:01 minutes | 540 MB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Abkco Music & Records, Inc.

Samuel Cook (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. Considered to be a pioneer and one of the most influential soul artists of all time, Cooke is commonly referred to as the “King of Soul” for his distinctive vocals, notable contributions to the genre and high significance in popular music.
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Sam Cooke – Encore (20201958/)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 31:30 minutes | 519 MB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Abkco Music & Records, Inc.

Superb vocals by the great Sam Cooke, with some sophisticated pop, wonderful ballads, and a few intense wailers that recall his great gospel material. This, and almost every other magnificent release by Sam Cooke from the ’50s and early ’60s, has been out of print for years. – Ron Wynn
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Sam Cooke – The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke (1960/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:41 minutes | 728 MB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released by Keen Records in October 1960.
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Sam Cooke – Cooke’s Tour (1960/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 37:02 minutes | 1,39 GB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy

Cooke’s Tour is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released in May 1960 in by RCA Victor. Cooke’s Tour was the singer’s first album on the RCA Victor label.

The album was remastered in 2011 as a part of The RCA Albums Collection.
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