Sam Cooke The Complete Specialty Recordings of Sam Cooke (3-CD)

Q: 4 stars out of 5 - "...Cooke was one of soul music's first and most inspirational voices..."
Get email alerts for Sam Cooke
33 ratings
Price: $27
List Price: $29.98
You Save: $2.98 (10% Off)
Available: Usually ships in 3-5 business days
LOW STOCK:
Only 1 copy left
Format:  CD  (3 Discs)
item number:  3277F
on most orders of $75+
Brand New

CD Details

  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Released: October 15, 2002
  • Originally Released: 2002
  • Label: Specialty

Entertainment Reviews:

Q - 1/03, p.132
4 stars out of 5 - "...Cooke was one of soul music's first and most inspirational voices..."
Uncut - 2/03, p.94
4 stars out of 5 - "...Prime gospel, many of these tracks are classics....This is an historic anthology..."
Living Blues - 5/03, p.89
"...Listening to him forge a style here, it's hard not to conclude that all his work clearly represents one long, luscious continuum in American music..."
Mojo (Publisher) - 1/03, p.73
Ranked #6 in Mojo's "Best Box Sets & Compilations of 2002"
Mojo (Publisher) - 1/03, p.104
"...The three CDs here work on every level. Ordered chronologically, the tracks form a picture of the evolution of American gospel music in the '50s; shadow the growth of the civil rights movement; and tell the story of Cooke's artistic growth..."

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.Come, Let Us Go Back to God
  • 2.Peace in the Valley
  • 3.I'm Gonna Build on That Shore
  • 4.I'm Gonna Build on That Shore
  • 5.I'm on the Firing Line
  • 6.I'm on the Firing Line
  • 7.Joy, Joy to My Soul
  • 8.Until Jesus Calls Me Home
  • 9.Jesus Done Just What He Said
  • 10.Jesus Gave Me Water
  • 11.He's My Rock (Wait on Jesus)
  • 12.How Far Am I From Canaan?
  • 13.Christ Is All
  • 14.It Won't Be Very Long
  • 15.It Won't Be Very Long - (take 2)
  • 16.It Won't Be Very Long - (take 3)
  • 17.Jesus Will Lead Me to That Promised Land - (take 1)
  • 18.Jesus Will Lead Me to That Promised Land - (take 2, incomplete)
  • 19.Jesus Will Lead Me to That Promised Land
  • 20.Just Another Day
  • 21.Let Me Go Home - (take 1)
  • 22.Let Me Go Home
  • 23.Jesus Paid the Debt
  • 24.Jesus Paid the Debt - (take 2)
  • 25.How Far Am I From Canaan
  • 26.How Far Am I From Canaan - (take 1, incomplete)
  • 27.How Far Am I From Canaan? - (take 3)
  • 28.Someday Somewhere
  • 29.Someday Somewhere

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.End of My Journey
  • 2.He'll Welcome Me
  • 3.He's My Friend Until the End
  • 4.He's My Friend Until the End - (take 2)
  • 5.I Have a Friend Above All Others
  • 6.Come and Go to That Land
  • 7.Come and Go to That Land - (take 2, alternate)
  • 8.Come and Go to That Land - (take 3, alternate)
  • 9.I'd Give up All My Sins and Serve the Lord
  • 10.I'm So Happy in the Service of the Lord
  • 11.All Right Now
  • 12.All Right Now - (take 2, alternative)
  • 13.All Right Now - (take 3, alternate)
  • 14.He'll Make a Way
  • 15.He'll Make a Way - (take 2, alternate)
  • 16.Jesus I'll Never Forget
  • 17.Jesus, I'll Never Forget - (take 5, alternate)
  • 18.Any Day Now
  • 19.Any Day Now - (take 6)
  • 20.One More River
  • 21.Nearer to Thee
  • 22.I'm So Glad (Trouble Don't Last Always)
  • 23.Be With Me Jesus
  • 24.He's My Guide - (take 4)
  • 25.He's My Guide - (take 12, incomplete)
  • 26.He's My Guide - (take 13)
  • 27.Pilgrim of Sorrow
  • 28.Pray - (incomplete)
  • 29.Last Mile of the Way - (take 1)
  • 30.Last Mile of the Way - (take 2)

Tracks on Disc 3:

  • 1.Last Mile of the Way
  • 2.He's So Wonderful
  • 3.Touch the Hem of His Garment
  • 4.Jesus, Wash Away My Troubles
  • 5.Farther Along
  • 6.Must Jesus Bear This Cross Alone?
  • 7.Pilgrim of Sorrow
  • 8.Happy in Love
  • 9.I Need You Now
  • 10.I'll Come Running Back to You
  • 11.Lovable
  • 12.I Don't Want to Cry
  • 13.That's All I Need to Know
  • 14.Forever
  • 15.Lord Remember Me
  • 16.That's Heaven to Me - (take 1)
  • 17.That's Heaven to Me
  • 18.Were You There? - (false starts takes 1-4)
  • 19.Were You There?
  • 20.Were You There?
  • 21.Mean Old World - (take 3)
  • 22.Mean Old World
  • 23.I Have a Friend Above All Others
  • 24.Be With Me Jesus
  • 25.Nearer to Thee

Similar Products

Formats:
Genres:
Music Categories:

Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 36,658
  • UPC: 022211443728
  • Shipping Weight: 0.69/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 3 items

To place an order or for customer service, call toll-free 1-800-336-4627 or outside the United States, call 1-610-649-7565
Open Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm, (Eastern Time)