Sam Cooke – Sam Cooke At The Copa (180g Vinyl)
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.
Tracklist
Opening Introduction
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Bill Bailey
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Frankie and Johnny
Medley: Try a Little Tenderness / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / You Send Me
If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)
When I Fall in Love
Twistin’ the Night Away
Band Introductions
This Little Light of Mine
Blowin’ in the Wind
Tennessee Waltz
Cat no: 7186261
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.
Tracklist
Opening Introduction
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Bill Bailey
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Frankie and Johnny
Medley: Try a Little Tenderness / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / You Send Me
If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)
When I Fall in Love
Twistin’ the Night Away
Band Introductions
This Little Light of Mine
Blowin’ in the Wind
Tennessee Waltz
Cat no: 7186261
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.
Tracklist
Opening Introduction
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Bill Bailey
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Frankie and Johnny
Medley: Try a Little Tenderness / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / You Send Me
If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)
When I Fall in Love
Twistin’ the Night Away
Band Introductions
This Little Light of Mine
Blowin’ in the Wind
Tennessee Waltz
Cat no: 7186261
