SAM COOKE NIGHT BEAT LP on RCA 1963 ORIG RARE w/RED ROOSTER STICKER
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Here is a very good plus copy of a Sam Cooke classic soul LP titled Night Beat. This is an original DEEP GROOVE! US pressing on the RCA label, catalog # LSP-2709 in Stereo sound from 1963. The vinyl is shiny and black in very good plus with light marks that do not affect the superb playback sound. The cover is original cardboard with overall light wear and it is in very good plus condition with no seam tears. It has an ORIGINAL LITTLE RED ROOSTER STICKER on the front! It is a beautiful copy of this classic Cooke soul LP for you to own. It is an opportunity to purchase this great LP in this condition. It’s a true gem for the SAM COOKE / SOUL collector!! Email me with any questions and be sure to look at the pic’s. I do not accept bids from or ship to Italy. International bidders can email me for shipping rates. Thanks for Looking & Good Luck!
Music Review from AllMusic.com by John Bush
Saddled with soaring strings and vocal choruses for maximum crossover potential, Sam Cooke's solo material often masked the most important part of his genius -- his glorious voice -- so the odd small-group date earns a special recommendation in his discography. Thankfully, Cooke's voice took center stage on this admirably low-key session from February 1963, recorded in Los Angeles with a quartet of studio veterans. Unlike so many session crews and producers of the time, these musicians gave him plenty of space and often simply framed Cooke's breathtaking vocals. (On one of the best tracks here, "Lost and Lookin'," he's barely accompanied at all; only bass and cymbals can be heard far in the background.) The results are wonderful -- except for his early Soul Stirrers sides, Night Beat is the best place to marvel at one of the two or three best voices of the century. The songs are intimate blues, most taken at the pace of a late-night stroll, but despite the dark shading and heart-rending tempos, Cooke's voice is so transcendent it's difficult to become depressed while listening. Cooke also wrote three of the songs, including the excellent "Mean Old World," and rendered the traditional "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" practically unfamiliar with his own re-arrangement. Cooke also stretches out on a pair of jump blues classics, "Little Red Rooster" and "Shake, Rattle and Roll," summoning some honest grit for the former and putting the uptown swing into the latter. He also allows some solo space, from Barney Kessel's simple, unadorned solo on "Get Yourself Another Fool" to Billy Preston's playful organ vocalizing on "Little Red Rooster." If Sam Cooke had lived longer, there would've been several more sessions like this, but Night Beat is an even richer treasure for its rarity.
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