Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959-1965

'Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959-1965' gathers significant recordings of SAR Records - the label Sam Cooke co-founded, produced the majority of records for and was instrumental in operating. Groundbreaking artists such as The Soul Stirrers, Johnnie Taylor, Billy Preston, and Bobby Womack's group The Valentinos are all featured, in addition to Sam himself. 'The whole SAR Records Story is infused with Sam Cooke's rapturous sense of how sacred gospel and sexual soul flow together, unbroken', stated Milo Miles on NPR's Fresh Air upon the set's initial release almost three decades ago. In an era where black-owned labels were a rarity, Los Angeles based SAR Records was founded at almost exactly the same time as Motown, its Detroit counterpart. The acronymous name standing for Sam Alex Roy, SAR sought to keep gospel music alive while simultaneously crossing over to pop audiences in the secular world.

Disc 1
1: Wade in the Water (Chatter)
2: Wade in the Water
3: I'm a Pilgrim
4: Praying Ground
5: Somebody (Chatter)
6: Somebody
7: Sometimes
8: Amazing Grace
9: Pass Me Not
10: Oh Mary, Don't You Weep (Chatter)
11: Oh Mary, Don't You Weep
12: Since I Met the Savior
13: God Is Standing By
14: Lead Me to Calvary (Rehearsal)
15: Listen to the Angels Sing
16: Don't Leave Me Alone

Disc 2
1: Stand By Me Father
2: Jesus Be a Fence Around Me
3: Lead Me Jesus
4: Free at Last
5: Looking Back (Chatter)
6: Looking Back
7: Born Again
8: Wait On Jesus
9: Time Brings About a Change
10: Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone
11: Yield Not to Temptation (Chatter)
12: Yield Not to Temptation
13: Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
14: Somewhere There's a God
15: That's Heaven to Me

Disc 3
1: You Send Me
2: Just for You
3: Somewhere There's a Girl
4: You Were Made for Me
5: When a Boy Falls in Love
6: Soothe Me
7: That's Where It's At (Chatter)
8: That's Where It's At
9: Everybody Wants to Fall in Love
10: Keep On Loving You
11: I'll Always Be in Love With You
12: Baby We've Got Love (Chatter)
13: Baby We've Got Love
14: Baby, Lots of Luck
15: Put Me Down Easy
16: Rome (Wasn't Built in a Day)
17: Greazee Part I & II

Disc 4
1: I Gopher You
2: I Gopher You (Chatter)
3: You're Always On My Mind
4: I Need Lots of Love
5: Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong
6: Black Night
7: Damper
8: You Can Run (But You Can't Hide)
9: Meet Me at the Twisting Place (Chatter)
10: Meet Me at the Twisting Place
11: Good Good Loving
12: The Wobble
13: Lookin' for a Love (Chatter)
14: Lookin' for a Love
15: I've Got a Love for You
16: I've Got a Girl (Chatter)
17: I've Got a Girl
18: Tired of Living in the Country
19: It's All Over Now

Number of Discs: 4

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