Sam Cooke -Sam Cooke At the Copa (Remastered) -Universal CD Grooves.land/Playthek

Details / Tracklist:

01. "Opening Introduction (Live)"

02. "The Best Things In Life Are Free (Live)"

03. "Bill Bailey (Live)"

04. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (Live)"

05. "Frankie And Johnny (Live)"

06. "You Send Me (Live)"

07. "If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song) (Live)"

08. "When I Fall In Love (Live)"

09. "Twistin' The Night Away"

10. "Band Introductions (Live)"

11. "This Little Light Of Mine (Live)"

12. "Blowin' In The Wind (Live)"

13. "Tennessee Waltz (Live)"

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Description:

The restored Sam Cooke At The Copa reveals Cooke’s Copacabana performance with all of the nuance and passion that his adoring audience experienced fifty-five years ago. Sam Cooke’s set at the Copa is a microcosm of his overall career insofar as it mirrored the artist’s own eclecticism. Broadway, blues, folk, jazz, gospel and even country, and, of course, soul are represented on such tracks as Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out, Frankie and Johnny, Try A Little Tenderness, and the hits Twistin’ The Night Away, You Send Me” and (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons. Of special note is Cooke’s version of Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ In The Wind that reflected the struggle for civil rights then underway. Dylan’s song inspired Cooke to write his like themed masterpiece, A Change Is Gonna Come. Recorded live at the Copacabana, New York City, July 8, 1964 Originally released in 1964 – out of print on vinyl since it was last pressed in 1987 Remastered by Joe Yannece. Lacquer cutting by Carl Rowatti, Trutone Mastering -

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. At the Copa is an essential part of the Cooke canon.

Recorded live at the Copacabana, New York City, July 7th & 8th, 1964. Hybrid SACD plays in all CD players.

Producer:

Al Schmitt

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Manufacturer No.:

7199702

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