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Record One

Side One
1. Sam Cooke & Paul Foster – Wade In The Water (Chatter)
2. The Soul Stirrers – Wade In The Water
3. The Soul Stirrers – I’m A Pilgrim
4. The Soul Stirrers – Praying Ground
5. Sam Cooke & His Gospel Paraders – Somebody (Chatter)
6. R.H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders – Somebody
7. R.H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders – Sometimes
8. The Soul Stirrers – Amazing Grace

Side Two
1. R.H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders – Pass Me Not
2. Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers & Clif White – Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep (Chatter)
3. The Soul Stirrers – Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep
4. The Soul Stirrers – Since I Met The Savior
5. The Soul Stirrers – God Is Standing By
6. Sam Cooke, S.R. Crain & The Soul Stirrers – Lead Me To Calvary (Rehearsal)
7. The Soul Stirrers – Listen To The Angels Sing
8. The Soul Stirrers – Don’t Leave Me Alone

Record Two

Side Three
1. The Soul Stirrers – Stand By Me Father
2. The Soul Stirrers – Jesus Be A Fence Around Me
3. The Soul Stirrers – Lead Me Jesus
4. The Soul Stirrers – Free At Last
5. Sam Cooke & Jimmie Outler – Looking Back (Chatter)
6. The Soul Stirrers – Looking Back
7. R.H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders – Born Again

Side Four
1. R.H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders – Wait On Jesus
2. The Soul Stirrers – Time Brings About A Change
3. The Soul Stirrers – Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone
4. Sam Cooke & Curtis Womack – Yield Not To Temptation (Chatter)
5. The Womack Brothers – Yield Not To Temptation
6. The Womack Brothers – Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray
7. The Womack Brothers – Somewhere There’s A God
8. Sam Cooke – That’s Heaven To Me

Record Three

Side Five
1. Sam Cooke – You Send Me (Demo)
2. Sam Cooke – Just For You
3. Sam Cooke – Somewhere There’s A Girl
4. Sam Cooke – You Were Made For Me
5. Mel Carter – When A Boy Falls In Love
6. The Simms Twins – Soothe Me
7. Sam Cooke & The Simms Twins – That’s Where It’s At (Chatter)
8. The Simms Twins – That’s Where It’s At
9. The Valentinos – Everybody Wants To Fall In Love

Side Six
1. Sam Cooke & Johnnie Taylor – Baby, We’ve Got Love (Chatter)
2. Johnnie Taylor – Baby, We’ve Got Love
3. The Valentinos – Baby, Lots Of Luck
4. L.C. Cooke – Put Me Down Easy
5. Johnnie Taylor – Rome (Wasn’t Built In A Day)
6. Billy Preston – Greazee Part I & II

Record Four

Side Seven
1. The Simms Twins – I Gopher You
2. Sam Cooke & The Simms Twins – I Gopher You (Chatter)
3. Johnnie Morisette – You’re Always On My Mind
4. Johnnie Taylor – I Need Lots Of Love
5. Johnnie Morisette – Don’t Throw Your Love On Me So Strong
6. Johnnie Morisette – Black Night
7. Johnnie Morisette – Damper
8. Johnnie Taylor – You Can Run (But You Can’t Hide)
9. Sam Cooke & Background Vocalists – Meet Me At The Twisting Place (Chatter)
10. Johnnie Morisette – Meet Me At The Twisting Place

Side Eight
1. The Simms Twins – Good Good Loving
2. L.C. Cooke – The Wobble
3. Sam Cooke & The Valentinos – Lookin’ For A Love (Chatter)
4. The Valentinos – Lookin’ For A Love
5. The Valentinos – I’ve Got Love For You
6. Sam Cooke & Bobby Womack – I’ve Got A Girl (Chatter)
7. The Valentinos – I’ve Got A Girl
8. The Valentinos – Tired Of Living In The Country
9. The Valentinos – It’s All Over Now

Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959-1965

Various Artists

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limited 4lp in gatefold sleeve (pre-order)

Expected Release: 10th May 2024

£112.99

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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. SAR was established in 1959 by Sam Cooke, music publisher J.W. Alexander, and S. Roy Crain, Cooke’s road manager and founder of gospel group The Soul Stirrers. 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. LPs 1 and 2 of the set focus on the former, while LPs 3 and 4 encompass the latter.