{"product_id":"sam-cooke-the-best-of-sam-cooke-cd-near-mint-nm-near-mint-nm","title":"Sam Cooke - The Best Of Sam Cooke (CD) | Near Mint (NM) Near Mint (NM)","description":"\u003cp\u003e*PHOTOS NOT ACTUAL*    LIKE NEW ALL AROUND\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eLabel:\u003cbr\u003e\r\nRCA – 82876695502, Legacy – 82876695502\u003cbr\u003e\r\nFormat:\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCD, Compilation, Reissue\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCountry:\u003cbr\u003e\r\nUS\u003cbr\u003e\r\nReleased:\u003cbr\u003e\r\nGenre:\u003cbr\u003e\r\nFunk \/ Soul\u003cbr\u003e\r\nStyle:\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSoul\u003cbr\u003e\r\n1        You Send Me\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Sam Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2:45\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2        Only Sixteen\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Sam Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2:02\u003cbr\u003e\r\n3        Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Sam Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2:42\u003cbr\u003e\r\n4        (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Deek Watson, William Best\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2:38\u003cbr\u003e\r\n5        (What A) Wonderful World\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Herb Alpert, Lou Adler, Sam Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2:06\u003cbr\u003e\r\n6        Summertime\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Dorothy Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2:21\u003cbr\u003e\r\n7        Chain Gang\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Sam Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2:35\u003cbr\u003e\r\n8        Cupid\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Sam Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2:37\u003cbr\u003e\r\n9        Twistin' The Night Away\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Sam Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2:43\u003cbr\u003e\r\n10        Sad Mood\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Sam Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2:38\u003cbr\u003e\r\n11        Having A Party\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Sam Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2:36\u003cbr\u003e\r\n12        Bring It On Home To Me\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Sam Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2:44\u003cbr\u003e\r\nBonus Tracks    \u003cbr\u003e\r\n13        Win Your Love For Me\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Sam Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2:45\u003cbr\u003e\r\n14        You Were Made For Me\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Sam Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2:53\u003cbr\u003e\r\n15        Nothing Can Change This Love\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Sam Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2:36\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCopyright © – RCA\/JIVE Label Group\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMastered At – Gateway Mastering\u003cbr\u003e\r\nGlass Mastered At – Sony DADC, Terre Haute – DIDP-133711\u003cbr\u003e\r\nArtwork By [Package Design] – Arthur Nakata, David Gorman\u003cbr\u003e\r\nBass – Dolphus Ashbrook* (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 13), Cliff Hils (tracks: 8), Milt Hinton (tracks: 10), Ray Pohlman (tracks: 11, 12, 15), Red Callender (tracks: 9), Ted Brinson (2) (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 14)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nConductor [Orchestra] – Glenn Osser (tracks: 7), Rene Hall (tracks: 3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15), Sammy Lowe (tracks: 10)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDrums – Charlie Blackwell* (tracks: 2 to 4, 13), Earl Palmer (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 9, 14, 15), Frank Capp (tracks: 11, 12), Panama Francis (tracks: 10), Ron Selico (tracks: 5)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nGuitar – Bill Pitman (tracks: 15), Bob Bain (tracks: 13), Bobby Gibbons (tracks: 8), Clifton White, Everett Barksdale (tracks: 10), George Collier (tracks: 4), Rene Hall (tracks: 1 to 3, 6, 14), Tommy Tedesco (tracks: 9, 11, 12), Ulysses Livingston (tracks: 13)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nLiner Notes – Bill Flanagan (2)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMastered By – Bob Ludwig\u003cbr\u003e\r\nOrgan – Nathan Griffin (tracks: 15)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nOther [Legacy A\u0026amp;r] – Steve Berkowitz\u003cbr\u003e\r\nOther [Liner Notes] – Bill Flanagan\u003cbr\u003e\r\nOther [Project Director] – Nathan Sedlander\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPercussion – Jack Costanzo (tracks: 13), Julius Wechter (tracks: 11, 12), Ron Rich (tracks: 15)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPiano – Edward Beal* (tracks: 15), Ernie Freeman (tracks: 11, 12), Ernie Hayes (tracks: 9, 10), Ray Johnson (tracks: 2)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nProducer [Original Recordings] – Hugo \u0026amp; Luigi (tracks: 7 to 12, 15), Lou Adler (tracks: 5), Bumps Blackwell* (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 13, 14), Sam Cooke (tracks: 5, 7 to 12, 15)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nReissue Producer – Rob Santos\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSaxophone – Jackie Kelso (tracks: 9), Jewell Grant (tracks: 9), William Green (tracks: 11, 12)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nTechnician [Analog To Digital Transfers] – Jody Klein*, Steve Rosenthal, Teri Landi\u003cbr\u003e\r\nTechnician [Session Research] – Russ Wapensky\u003cbr\u003e\r\nTechnician [Tape Research] – Teri Landi\u003cbr\u003e\r\nVocals – Sam Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Watson* (tracks: 4), Heyward* (tracks: 6), Gershwin* (tracks: 6), Alpert* (tracks: 5), Gershwin* (tracks: 6), Adler* (tracks: 5), Cooke* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7 to 15), Best* (tracks: 4)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMultiple versions exist with similar matrices but different barcodes. Some examples:\u003cbr\u003e\r\n8 2876-69550-2 6, with RCA Victor logo on front insert\u003cbr\u003e\r\n8 2876-69550-2 6, without RCA Victor logo on front insert\u003cbr\u003e\r\n8 88430 56482 4\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eJewel® case with a transparent tray\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMastered at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland ME.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAnalog To Digital Transfers at Magic Shop, NYC.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPhotos: Front cover \u0026amp; booklet back cover: from Original LP; page 11: inner tray card \u0026amp; back cover: BMG Archives; page 4: MichaelOchsArchives.com; SONY BMG \/ ABKCO; page 9: Courtesy of Clark Kauffman Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e1. Recorded 6\/1\/1957 at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA. - Keen Single #4013, Pop #1, R\u0026amp;B #1.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2. Recorded 1\/4\/1959 at Rex Productions, Los Angeles, CA. - Keen Single #2022, Pop #28, R\u0026amp;B #13.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n3. Recorded 1\/7\/1959 at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA. - Keen Single #2018, Pop #31, R\u0026amp;B #2.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n4. Recorded 8\/23\/1957 at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA. - Keen Single #4002, Pop #17, R\u0026amp;B #15.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n5. Recorded 3\/2\/1959 at Rex Productions, Los Angeles, CA. - Keen Single #2112, Pop #12, R\u0026amp;B #2.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n6. Recorded 6\/1\/1957 at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA. - Keen Single #4013, Pop #81.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n7. Recorded 1\/25\/1960 at RCA Studios, New York, NY. - RCA Single #47-7783, Pop #2, R\u0026amp;B #2.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n8. Recorded 4\/14\/1961 at RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA. - RCA Single #47-7883, Pop #17, R\u0026amp;B #20.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n9. Recorded 12\/18\/1961 at RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA. - RCA Single #47-7983, Pop #9, R\u0026amp;B #1.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n10. Recorded 10\/1\/1960 at RCA Studios, New York, NY. - RCA Single #47-7816, Pop #29, R\u0026amp;B #23.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n11. Recorded 4\/26\/1962 at RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA. - RCA Single #47-8036, Pop #17, R\u0026amp;B #4.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n12. Recorded 4\/26\/1962 at RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA. - RCA Single #47-8036, Pop #13, R\u0026amp;B #2.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n13. Recorded 6\/22\/1958 at Capitol Records, Hollywood, CA. - Keen Single #2006, Pop #22, R\u0026amp;B #4.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n14. Recorded 11\/26\/1957 at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA. - Keen Single #4009, Pop #27, R\u0026amp;B #7.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n15. 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