Various Artists - Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959-1965 [LTD 4LP]

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Format: 4 x LP
Catalogue No.: 7121761
Barcode: 18771217619
Release Date: 10 May 2024
Genre: Soul

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.

Side 1
1. "Wade In The Water" (Chatter - LP1) (0:13)
2. The Soul Stirrers - "Wade In The Water" (2:58)
3. The Soul Stirrers - "I'm A Pilgrim" (3:01)
4. The Soul Stirrers - "Praying Ground" (2:24)
5. "Somebody" (Chatter) (0:09)
6. RH Harris & His Gospel Paraders - "Somebody" (2:08)
7. RH Harris & His Gospel Paraders - "Sometimes" (2:46)
8. The Soul Stirrers - "Amazing Grace" (3:17)
Side 2
1. RH Harris & His Gospel Paraders - "Pass Me Not" (LP2) (2:34)
2. "Oh Mary, Don't You Weep" (Chatter) (0:49)
3. The Soul Stirrers - "Oh Mary, Don't You Weep" (2:49)
4. The Soul Stirrers - "Since I Met The Savior" (3:07)
5. The Soul Stirrers - "God Is Standing By" (2:22)
6. The Soul Stirrers - "Lead Me To Calvary" (Rehearsal) (1:22)
7. The Soul Stirrers - "Listen To The Angels Sing" (2:57)
8. The Soul Stirrers - "Don't Leave Me Alone" (2:17)
Side 3
1. The Soul Stirrers - "Stand By Me Father" (2:38)
2. The Soul Stirrers - "Jesus Be A Fence Around Me" (2:23)
3. The Soul Stirrers - "Lead Me Jesus" (1:53)
4. The Soul Stirrers - "Free At Last" (2:53)
5. "Looking Back" (Chatter) (0:58)
6. The Soul Stirrers - "Looking Back" (2:58)
7. RH Harris & His Gospel Paraders - "Born Again" (2:07)
Side 4
1. RH Harris & His Gospel Paraders - "Wait On Jesus" (2:17)
2. The Soul Stirrers - "Time Brings About A Change" (2:31)
3. The Soul Stirrers - "Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone" (2:42)
4. "Yield Not To Temptation" (Chatter) (0:25)
5. The Womack Brothers - "Yield Not To Temptation" (2:28)
6. The Womack Brothers - "Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray" (2:28)
7. The Womack Brothers - "Somewhere There's A God" (2:15)
8. Sam Cooke - "That's Heaven To Me" (2:54)
Side 5
1. Sam Cooke - "You Send Me" (demo) (1:42)
2. Sam Cooke - "Just For You" (2:19)
3. Sam Cooke - "Somewhere There's A Girl" (2:26)
4. Sam Cooke - "You Were Made For Me" (2:54)
5. Mel Carter - "When A Boy Falls In Love" (2:53)
6. The Simms Twins - "Soothe Me" (2:17)
7. "That's Where It's At" (Chatter) (0:14)
8. The Simms Twins - "That's Where It's At" (2:07)
9. The Valentinos - "Everybody Wants To Fall In Love" (2:23)
Side 6
1. Johnnie Taylor - "Keep On Loving You" (2:38)
2. Johnnie Taylor - "I'll Always Be In Love With You" (2:15)
3. "Baby We've Got Love" (Chatter) (0:14)
4. Johnnie Taylor - "Baby We've Got Love" (2:06)
5. The Valentinos - "Baby, Lots Of Luck" (2:40)
6. LC Cooke - "Put Me Down Easy" (2:28)
7. Johnnie Taylor - "Rome (Wasn't Built In A Day)" (2:28)
8. Billy Preston - "Greazee" (part 1 & 2) (4:19)
Side 7
1. The Simms Twins - "I Gopher You" (2:21)
2. "I Gopher You" (Chatter) (0:07)
3. Johnnie Morisette - "You're Always On My Mind" (2:00)
4. Johnnie Taylor - "I Need Lots Of Love" (2:39)
5. Johnnie Morisette - "Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong" (2:38)
6. Johnnie Morisette - "Black Night" (2:37)
7. Johnnie Morisette - "Damper" (2:16)
8. Johnnie Taylor - "You Can Run (But You Can't Hide)" (2:41)
9. "Meet Me At The Twisting Place" (Chatter) (0:15)
10. Johnnie Morisette - "Meet Me At The Twisting Place" (2:50)
Side 8
1. The Simms Twins - "Good Good Loving"
2. LC Cooke - "The Wobble"
3. "Lookin' For A Love" (Chatter)
4. The Valentinos - "Lookin' For A Love"
5. The Valentinos - "I've Got A Love For You"
6. "I've Got A Girl" (Chatter)
7. The Valentinos - "I've Got A Girl"
8. The Valentinos - "Tired Of Living In The Country" (0:58)
9. The Valentinos - "It's All Over Now" (2:51)