SAM COOKE. " THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC " RCA UK 1986. DOUBLE ALBUM. EX COND.

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Sam Cooke ?– The Man And His Music Label: RCA ?– PL 87127(2) Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Gatefold Country: Europe Released: 1986 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Soul Tracklist A1 Touch The Hem Of His Garment Producer – Sam Cooke 2:01 A2 That's Heaven To Me Producer – Sam Cooke 2:01 A3 I'll Come Running Back To You Producer – Sam Cooke Written-By – William Cooke* 2:11 A4 You Send Me Producer – Hugo & Luigi 2:45 A5 Win Your Love For Me Producer – Sam Cooke 2:54 A6 Just For You Producer – Sam Cooke 2:19 A7 Chain Gang Producer – Hugo & Luigi 2:34 B1 When A Boy Falls In Love Producer – Sam Cooke 2:40 B2 Only Sixteen Producer – Al Schmitt 2:02 B3 Wonderful World Producer – Sam Cooke Written-By – Herb Alpert, Lou Adler 2:05 B4 Cupid Producer – Sam Cooke 2:30 B5 Nothing Can Change This Love Producer – Sam Cooke 2:35 B6 Rome Wasn't Built In A Day Producer – Sam Cooke Written-By – Betty Prudhomme, Beverly Prudhomme* 2:28 B7 Love Will Find A Way Producer – Sam Cooke Written-By – Charles Cooke* 2:15 C1 Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha Producer – Hugo & Luigi 2:36 C2 Another Saturday Night Producer – Sam Cooke 2:26 C3 Meet Me At Mary's Place Producer – Sam Cooke 2:42 C4 Having A Party Producer – Sam Cooke 2:26 C5 Good Times Producer – Hugo & Luigi 2:26 C6 Twistin' The Night Away Producer – Sam Cooke 2:40 C7 Shake Producer – Al Schmitt 2:49 D1 Somebody Have Mercy Producer – Sam Cooke 3:01 D2 Sad Mood Producer – Sam Cooke 2:20 D3 Ain't That Good News Producer – Sam Cooke 2:29 D4 Bring It On Home To Me Producer – Sam Cooke 2:41 D5 Soothe Me Producer – Sam Cooke 2:10 D6 That's Where It's At Producer – Al Schmitt Written-By – J. W. Alexander 2:37 D7 A Change Is Gonna Come Producer – Sam Cooke 3:14 Companies, etc. Distributed By – RCA/Ariola-Ariola/RCA Distributed By – Ariola/RCA-RCA/Ariola Copyright (c) – RCA/Ariola International Marketed By – RCA Records Pressed By – Sonopress – B-4248 Pressed By – Sonopress – B-4249 Published By – ABKCO Music Published By – Venice Music Published By – Big Billy Music Published By – Dandelion Music Co. Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA/Ariola International Record Company – RCA Corporation Credits A&R [Director] – Gregg Geller Art Direction – Neal Pozner Engineer – Rick Rowe Engineer [Mastering] – Jack Adelman Production Manager [Productions Director] – Iris Keitel* Written-By – Sam Cooke Notes Tracks A1, A2, A3 courtesy of Specialty Records, track A6 courtesy of ABKCO Records. Digitally remastered analog recordings. On Sleeve: © 1986 RCA-Ariola International On Labels: ? 1986 RCA/Ariola International Made in Germany. Printed in Germany. Barcode and Other Identifiers Label Code: LC 0316 Barcode (Text): 0035628712714
AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder  [-] When this 28-song compilation (two LPs/one CD) originally appeared, it was the first serious exploration of Sam Cooke's catalog ever done. What's more, a lot of care went into the selection, if not the packaging -- despite the fact that it has no annotation, or even release dates on its 28 songs, The Man and His Music is still the only comprehensive single-volume collection of the hits and highlights of Cooke's career from the mid-'50s to his last sides in 1964. What's more, it's out of print, and it is likely to be the last such compilation that we'll ever see, because in the years since its release, the ownership of Cooke's post-1963 sides (comprising his most advanced and ambitious soul recordings) shifted from RCA to ABKCO, and the chances are next to non-existent that either company will ever license its portion of Cooke's catalog to the other. There are better-sounding collections and better-annotated collections, to be sure, and fuller collections -- in 2000, RCA issued The Man Who Invented Soul, a four-CD that goes deeper into Cooke's output from 1958 through 1963; and in 2002, ABKCO issued Keep Movin' On, a single-disc compilation covering Cooke's 1964 sides, including his final hits. But The Man and His Music is the only Sam Cooke compilation that covers all of the major phases of his career, from his gospel work with the Soul Stirrers through all of the early pop hits and his move into soul music, culminating with his final classic soul sides. The Soul Stirrers' classic "Touch the Hem of His Garment" slides effortlessly into and through sides like "You Send Me" and "Chain Gang," to the early soul numbers like "Nothing Can Change This Love," "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day," and the achingly beautiful "Just for You," to "Having a Party" and the wrenching balladry of "Sad Mood," and through to the transcendent final sides, the rousing "Shake" and the Civil Rights ode "A Change Is Gonna Come" (the latter showing up for the first time in decades, and the first of only two times on CD, in its full-length version). There are better collections with all of these songs and more on them, but none handier than this in presenting every facet of Cooke's work -- the only flaw, if there is one, is the absence of one of the better tracks off of the Harlem Square live album