The Best Of Sam Cooke (CD) | Near Mint (NM) Near Mint (NM)

*PHOTOS NOT ACTUAL*    LIKE NEW ALL AROUND

Label:
RCA – 82876695502, Legacy – 82876695502
Format:
CD, Compilation, Reissue
Country:
US
Released:
Genre:
Funk / Soul
Style:
Soul
1        You Send Me
Written-By – Sam Cooke
2:45
2        Only Sixteen
Written-By – Sam Cooke
2:02
3        Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
Written-By – Sam Cooke
2:42
4        (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
Written-By – Deek Watson, William Best
2:38
5        (What A) Wonderful World
Written-By – Herb Alpert, Lou Adler, Sam Cooke
2:06
6        Summertime
Written-By – Dorothy Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
2:21
7        Chain Gang
Written-By – Sam Cooke
2:35
8        Cupid
Written-By – Sam Cooke
2:37
9        Twistin' The Night Away
Written-By – Sam Cooke
2:43
10        Sad Mood
Written-By – Sam Cooke
2:38
11        Having A Party
Written-By – Sam Cooke
2:36
12        Bring It On Home To Me
Written-By – Sam Cooke
2:44
Bonus Tracks    
13        Win Your Love For Me
Written-By – Sam Cooke
2:45
14        You Were Made For Me
Written-By – Sam Cooke
2:53
15        Nothing Can Change This Love
Written-By – Sam Cooke
2:36
Copyright © – RCA/JIVE Label Group
Mastered At – Gateway Mastering
Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC, Terre Haute – DIDP-133711
Artwork By [Package Design] – Arthur Nakata, David Gorman
Bass – Dolphus Ashbrook* (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 13), Cliff Hils (tracks: 8), Milt Hinton (tracks: 10), Ray Pohlman (tracks: 11, 12, 15), Red Callender (tracks: 9), Ted Brinson (2) (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 14)
Conductor [Orchestra] – Glenn Osser (tracks: 7), Rene Hall (tracks: 3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15), Sammy Lowe (tracks: 10)
Drums – Charlie Blackwell* (tracks: 2 to 4, 13), Earl Palmer (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 9, 14, 15), Frank Capp (tracks: 11, 12), Panama Francis (tracks: 10), Ron Selico (tracks: 5)
Guitar – Bill Pitman (tracks: 15), Bob Bain (tracks: 13), Bobby Gibbons (tracks: 8), Clifton White, Everett Barksdale (tracks: 10), George Collier (tracks: 4), Rene Hall (tracks: 1 to 3, 6, 14), Tommy Tedesco (tracks: 9, 11, 12), Ulysses Livingston (tracks: 13)
Liner Notes – Bill Flanagan (2)
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Organ – Nathan Griffin (tracks: 15)
Other [Legacy A&r] – Steve Berkowitz
Other [Liner Notes] – Bill Flanagan
Other [Project Director] – Nathan Sedlander
Percussion – Jack Costanzo (tracks: 13), Julius Wechter (tracks: 11, 12), Ron Rich (tracks: 15)
Piano – Edward Beal* (tracks: 15), Ernie Freeman (tracks: 11, 12), Ernie Hayes (tracks: 9, 10), Ray Johnson (tracks: 2)
Producer [Original Recordings] – Hugo & Luigi (tracks: 7 to 12, 15), Lou Adler (tracks: 5), Bumps Blackwell* (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 13, 14), Sam Cooke (tracks: 5, 7 to 12, 15)
Reissue Producer – Rob Santos
Saxophone – Jackie Kelso (tracks: 9), Jewell Grant (tracks: 9), William Green (tracks: 11, 12)
Technician [Analog To Digital Transfers] – Jody Klein*, Steve Rosenthal, Teri Landi
Technician [Session Research] – Russ Wapensky
Technician [Tape Research] – Teri Landi
Vocals – Sam Cooke
Written-By – Watson* (tracks: 4), Heyward* (tracks: 6), Gershwin* (tracks: 6), Alpert* (tracks: 5), Gershwin* (tracks: 6), Adler* (tracks: 5), Cooke* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7 to 15), Best* (tracks: 4)
Multiple versions exist with similar matrices but different barcodes. Some examples:
8 2876-69550-2 6, with RCA Victor logo on front insert
8 2876-69550-2 6, without RCA Victor logo on front insert
8 88430 56482 4

Jewel® case with a transparent tray

Mastered at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland ME.
Analog To Digital Transfers at Magic Shop, NYC.
Photos: Front cover & booklet back cover: from Original LP; page 11: inner tray card & back cover: BMG Archives; page 4: MichaelOchsArchives.com; SONY BMG / ABKCO; page 9: Courtesy of Clark Kauffman Collection.

1. Recorded 6/1/1957 at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA. - Keen Single #4013, Pop #1, R&B #1.
2. Recorded 1/4/1959 at Rex Productions, Los Angeles, CA. - Keen Single #2022, Pop #28, R&B #13.
3. Recorded 1/7/1959 at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA. - Keen Single #2018, Pop #31, R&B #2.
4. Recorded 8/23/1957 at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA. - Keen Single #4002, Pop #17, R&B #15.
5. Recorded 3/2/1959 at Rex Productions, Los Angeles, CA. - Keen Single #2112, Pop #12, R&B #2.
6. Recorded 6/1/1957 at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA. - Keen Single #4013, Pop #81.
7. Recorded 1/25/1960 at RCA Studios, New York, NY. - RCA Single #47-7783, Pop #2, R&B #2.
8. Recorded 4/14/1961 at RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA. - RCA Single #47-7883, Pop #17, R&B #20.
9. Recorded 12/18/1961 at RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA. - RCA Single #47-7983, Pop #9, R&B #1.
10. Recorded 10/1/1960 at RCA Studios, New York, NY. - RCA Single #47-7816, Pop #29, R&B #23.
11. Recorded 4/26/1962 at RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA. - RCA Single #47-8036, Pop #17, R&B #4.
12. Recorded 4/26/1962 at RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA. - RCA Single #47-8036, Pop #13, R&B #2.
13. Recorded 6/22/1958 at Capitol Records, Hollywood, CA. - Keen Single #2006, Pop #22, R&B #4.
14. Recorded 11/26/1957 at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA. - Keen Single #4009, Pop #27, R&B #7.
15. Recorded 8/23/1962 at RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA. - RCA Single #47-8088, Pop #12, R&B #2.
 

• Media Condition: Near Mint (NM)
• Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM)
• Genre: FUNK
• Format Type: CD