Sam Cook

Need suggestions if purchasing 2 CDs or a collection of Sam Cook. Thanks.

celtic6607-04-2009 5:40am

audiotomb Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,059 posts 07-04-2009 at 10:47am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete his greatest hits is a nice package but also look for some of his gospel tinged material, it's stellar or the album with A Change Is Gonna Come sorry don't have it in front of me
karelfd Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 476 posts 07-04-2009 at 12:48pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Get 1 live CD for the intense atmosphere of his performances, I'd suggest "One Night Stand!", live at the Harlem Square Club 1963. And as a 2nd CD the studio masterpiece "Night Beat", recorded the same year on a much more soulful note Enjoy
martykl Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,563 posts 07-04-2009 at 01:28pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Night Beat is also a great sounding recording. Marty
celtic66 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 990 posts 07-04-2009 at 05:13pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks for suggestions.
krusty2k Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 40 posts 07-04-2009 at 06:27pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete "Night Beat" and "My Kind of Blues" are both tops, but you really cannot go wrong with ANYTHING Sam Cooke recorded. Or, as Michael Scott, the World's Best Boss, would say: It's all good!"