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Sam Cooke – Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964

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Label:	ABKCO – 018771926412
Format:	2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Stereo, Blue, 180g
Country:	US
Released:	Jan 7, 2022
Genre:	Funk / Soul, Pop
Style:	Soul, Gospel, Ballad, Vocal

Tracklist

A1	Touch The Hem Of His Garment Guitar – Bob King (2) Producer – Art Rupe	2:01
A2	Lovable Backing Vocals – Alicia Adams, Lee Gotch, Loulie Jean Norman, Ralph Brewster Bass – Frank Fields Drums – Earl Palmer Guitar – Edgar Blanchard Piano – Warren Myles Producer – René Hall, Bumps Blackwell Written-By – Cooke, Harris	2:24
A3	You Send Me Backing Vocals – Alicia Adams, Charles Parlato, Lee Gotch, Sue Allen Bass – Ted Brinson (2) Drums – Earl Palmer Producer – Bumps Blackwell*	2:43
A4	Only Sixteen Producer – Bumps Blackwell*	2:02
A5	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons Bass – Ted Brinson (2) Drums – Charles Blackwell* Guitar – George Collier Producer – Bumps Blackwell* Written-By – Watson, Best	2:38
A6	Just For You Producer – Sam Cooke	2:19
A7	Win Your Love For Me Bass – Adolphus Alsbrook Bongos – Jack Costanza* Drums – Charles Blackwell* Guitar – Ulysses Livingston Producer – Bumps Blackwell*	2:46
A8	Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha Bass – Adolphus Alsbrook Bongos – Jack Costanza* Drums – Charles Blackwell* Producer – Bumps Blackwell*	2:45
B1	I'll Come Running Back To You Backing Vocals – Alicia Adams, Lee Gotch, Loulie Jean Norman, Ralph Brewster Bass – Frank Fields Drums – Earl Palmer Guitar – Edgar Blanchard Producer [Session 1] – Bumps Blackwell* Producer [Session 2 Overdubs] – René Hall* Written-By – Cook*	2:13
B2	You Were Made For Me Bass – Adolphus Alsbrook Drums – Charles Blackwell* Producer – Bumps Blackwell* Vibraphone [Vibes] – Lawrence Bunker* Violin – Max Cahn	2:53
B3	Sad Mood Bass – Milton Hinton* Conductor [Orchestra] – Sammy Lowe Drums – David Francis* Guitar – Everett Barksdale Piano – Ernie Hayes Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke Violin – Alfred Brown, Archie Levin, Ben Miller (2), Charles Libove, David Nadien, Fred Fradkin, Harry Lookofsky, Hinda Barnet	2:39
B4	Cupid Bass – Clifford Hils* Drums – Earl Palmer Guitar – Joseph Gibbons* Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke	2:36
B5	(What A) Wonderful World Bass – Adolphus Alsbrook Drums – Ronald Selico* Engineer – Dino Lapis Producer – Lou Adler, Sam Cooke Written-By – Alpert, Adler, Cooke*	2:05
B6	Chain Gang Conductor [Orchestra] – Glenn Osser Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke	2:34
B7	Summertime Producer – Bumps Blackwell* Written-By – Heyward, Gershwin, Gershwin*	2:20
B8	Little Red Rooster Arranged By – René Hall* Bass – Clifford Hils* Drums, Percussion – Edward Hall, Hal Blaine Engineer – Dave Hassinger Organ – Billy Preston Piano – Raymond Johnson* Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke Written-By – Dixon*	2:52
C1	Bring It On Home To Me Bass – Ray Pohlman Cello – Armand Kaproff, Cecil Figelski Drums, Percussion – Frank Capp Engineer – Al Schmitt Guitar – Tommy Tedesco Piano – Ernest Freeman* Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke Saxophone – William Green Viola – Irving Weinper, Wilbert Nuttycombe Violin – Elliot Fisher, Joseph Saxon, Marshall Sosson, Marvin Limonick, Myron Sandler, Ralph Schaeffer Vocals [Second] – Lou Rawls Bass – Ray Pohlman Cello – Armand Kaproff, Cecil Figelski Drums, Percussion – Frank Capp Engineer – Al Schmitt Guitar – Tommy Tedesco Piano – Ernest Freeman Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke Saxophone – William Green Viola – Irving Weinper, Wilbert Nuttycombe Violin – Elliot Fisher*, Joseph Saxon, Marshall Sosson, Marvin Limonick, Myron Sandler, Ralph Schaeffer Vocals [Second] – Lou Rawls	2:42
C2	Nothing Can Change This Love Arranged By, Conductor – René Hall* Bass – Ray Pohlman Cello – Frederick Seykora, Joseph Coppin Drums – Earl Palmer Guitar – William Pitman* Piano – Edward Beal Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke Viola – Allan Harshman, Samuel Boghossian Violin – Darrel Terwilliger, Elliot Fisher, Gareth Nuttycombe, Harold Dickterow, Isadore Roman, Israel Baker, John DeVoogdt, Leonard Malarsky, Ralph Schaeffer, Robert Barene, Sidney Sharp, William Kurasch Arranged By, Conductor – René Hall* Bass – Ray Pohlman Cello – Frederick Seykora, Joseph Coppin Drums – Earl Palmer Guitar – William Pitman* Piano – Edward Beal Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke Viola – Allan Harshman, Samuel Boghossian Violin – Darrel Terwilliger, Elliot Fisher, Gareth Nuttycombe, Harold Dickterow, Isadore Roman, Israel Baker, John DeVoogdt, Leonard Malarsky, Ralph Schaeffer, Robert Barene, Sidney Sharp, William Kurasch	2:37
C3	Sugar Dumpling Arranged By, Conductor – Jimmie Haskell Backing Vocals – Betty Baker, Robert Tebow, Doreen Tryden, Jack Halloran, Jackie Ward Bass – James Bond, Ray Pohlman Cello – Emmet Sargeant, Jesse Ehrlich Drums – Earl Palmer Engineer – Bones Howe Guitar – Glen Campbell Piano – Russell Bridges Producer – Al Schmitt, Sam Cooke Viola – Alexander Neiman, Harry Hyams Violin – Ambrose Russo, Arnold Belnick, Darrel Terwilliger, Irving Lipschultz, Israel Baker, John DeVoogdt, Leonard Malarsky, Ralph Schaeffer, Robert Barene, Sidney Sharp, Tibor Zelig, William Kurasch Arranged By, Conductor – Jimmie Haskell Backing Vocals – Betty Baker, Robert Tebow, Doreen Tryden, Jack Halloran, Jackie Ward Bass – James Bond, Ray Pohlman Cello – Emmet Sargeant, Jesse Ehrlich Drums – Earl Palmer Engineer – Bones Howe Guitar – Glen Campbell Piano – Russell Bridges Producer – Al Schmitt, Sam Cooke Viola – Alexander Neiman, Harry Hyams Violin – Ambrose Russo, Arnold Belnick, Darrel Terwilliger, Irving Lipschultz, Israel Baker, John DeVoogdt, Leonard Malarsky, Ralph Schaeffer, Robert Barene, Sidney Sharp, Tibor Zelig, William Kurasch	2:43
C4	(Ain't That) Good News Arranged By, Conductor – René Hall* Bass – Eddie Tilman Drums – Edward Hall Engineer – Dave Hassinger Guitar – Howard Roberts, Joseph Gibbons, John Pisano Marimba, Timpani – Emil Radocchia Percussion – Edward Hall, Emil Radocchia Producer – Hugo, Luigi*, Sam Cooke Saxophone – Edgar Redmond, Jewell Grant, William Green Trombone – John Ewing Trumpet – John Anderson (2)	2:28
C5	Meet Me At Mary's Place Arranged By, Conductor – René Hall* Backing Vocals – J.J. Farley, Jimmie Outler, Paul Foster (2), Richard Gibbs (3), S.R. Crain* Bass – Chuck Badie Drums – John Boudreaux Engineer – Dave Hassinger Guitar – LeRoy Crume Piano – Harold Battiste Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke Saxophone – Red Tyler*, William Green Trombone – John Ewing Trumpet – Melvin Lastie	2:41
C6	Twistin' The Night Away Arranged By, Conductor – René Hall* Bass – Red Callender Drums – Earl Palmer Engineer – Al Schmitt Guitar – Tommy Tedesco Piano – Ernie Hayes Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke Saxophone – Jewell Grant, John Kelsom* Trombone – John Ewing Trumpet – Stuart Williamson*	2:41
C7	Shake Arranged By, Conductor – René Hall* Backing Vocals – Betty Jane Baker, Robert Tebold, Carol Lee Lombard, James Bryant (2), Sally Stevens Castle, Thomas D. Kenny Bass – Harper Cosby Drums – Earl Palmer, Frank Capp Engineer – Dave Hassinger Guitar – Bobby Womack Percussion – Frank Capp Producer – Al Schmitt, Sam Cooke Saxophone – Jewell Grant, Plas Johnson, William Green Trombone – John Ewing Trumpet – Anthony Terran* Arranged By, Conductor – René Hall* Backing Vocals – Betty Jane Baker, Robert Tebold, Carol Lee Lombard, James Bryant (2), Sally Stevens Castle, Thomas D. Kenny Bass – Harper Cosby Drums – Earl Palmer, Frank Capp Engineer – Dave Hassinger Guitar – Bobby Womack Percussion – Frank Capp Producer – Al Schmitt, Sam Cooke Saxophone – Jewell Grant, Plas Johnson, William Green Trombone – John Ewing Trumpet – Anthony Terran*	2:50
C8	Tennessee Waltz Arranged By, Conductor – René Hall* Bass – Chuck Badie Drums – John Boudreaux Engineer – Dave Hassinger Guitar – LeRoy Crume Piano – Harold Battiste Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke Saxophone – Red Tyler, William Green Trombone – John Ewing Trumpet – Melvin Lastie Written-By – King, Stewart*	3:09
D1	Another Saturday Night Arranged By, Conductor – René Hall* Bass – Clifford Hils* Drums, Percussion – Hal Blaine Engineer – Dave Hassinger Guitar – Barney Kessel Piano – Raymond Johnson* Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke Saxophone – Jewell Grant, Plas Johnson Trombone – John Ewing Trumpet – John Anderson (2)	2:40
D2	Good Times Arranged By – René Hall* Drums – Edward Hall Engineer – Dave Hassinger Guitar – John Pisano Marimba, Timpani – Emil Radocchia Percussion – Edward Hall, Emil Radocchia Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke	2:27
D3	Having A Party Arranged By, Conductor – René Hall* Bass – Ray Pohlman Cello – Armand Kaproff, Cecil Figelski Drums, Percussion – Frank Capp Engineer – Al Schmitt Guitar – Tommy Tedesco Percussion – Julius Wechter Piano – Ernest Freeman* Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke Saxophone – William Green Viola – Irving Weinper, Wilbert Nuttycombe Violin – Elliot Fisher, Joseph Saxon, Marshall Sosson, Marvin Limonick, Myron Sandler, Ralph Schaeffer Arranged By, Conductor – René Hall Bass – Ray Pohlman Cello – Armand Kaproff, Cecil Figelski Drums, Percussion – Frank Capp Engineer – Al Schmitt Guitar – Tommy Tedesco Percussion – Julius Wechter Piano – Ernest Freeman* Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke Saxophone – William Green Viola – Irving Weinper, Wilbert Nuttycombe Violin – Elliot Fisher*, Joseph Saxon, Marshall Sosson, Marvin Limonick, Myron Sandler, Ralph Schaeffer	2:35
D4	That's Where It's At Arranged By, Conductor – René Hall* Bass – Harper Cosby Drums – June Gardner* Engineer – Dick Bogart* Guitar – Bobby Womack Producer – Al Schmitt, Sam Cooke Saxophone – Edgar Redmond, Jewell Grant Trombone – John Ewing Trumpet – John Anderson (2) Violin – Darrel Terwilliger Written-By – Alexander, Cooke	2:35
D5	A Change Is Gonna Come Arranged By, Conductor – René Hall* Bass – Chuck Badie, Ray Pohlman Cello – Emmet Sargeant Drums – Earl Palmer Engineer – Dave Hassinger French Horn – William Hinshaw Guitar – Bobby Womack, Norman Bartold Marimba, Percussion, Timpani – Emil Radocchia Piano – Harold Battiste Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke Trombone – David Wells, John Ewing, Louis Blackburn Viola – Alexander Neiman, Harry Hyams Violin – Arnold Belnick, Darrel Terwilliger, Irving Lipschultz, Israel Baker, Leonard Malarsky, Ralph Schaeffer, Sidney Sharp, Tibor Zelig, William Kurasch Arranged By, Conductor – René Hall* Bass – Chuck Badie, Ray Pohlman Cello – Emmet Sargeant Drums – Earl Palmer Engineer – Dave Hassinger French Horn – William Hinshaw Guitar – Bobby Womack, Norman Bartold Marimba, Percussion, Timpani – Emil Radocchia Piano – Harold Battiste Producer – Hugo, Luigi, Sam Cooke Trombone – David Wells, John Ewing, Louis Blackburn Viola – Alexander Neiman, Harry Hyams Violin – Arnold Belnick, Darrel Terwilliger, Irving Lipschultz, Israel Baker, Leonard Malarsky, Ralph Schaeffer, Sidney Sharp, Tibor Zelig, William Kurasch	3:11
D6	Jesus Gave Me Water Backing Vocals – J.J. Farley, Paul Foster (2), R.B. Robinson, S.R. Crain, Thomas L. Bruster Producer – Art Rupe Written-By – Campbell*	2:29
D7	Radio Interview (Hidden Track) Interviewer [Uncredited] – Magnificent Montague	4:31

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Licensed From – Specialty Records Inc.
Licensed From – RCA Records
Manufactured By – ABKCO Records
Mastered At – Master Cutting Room
Mastered At – Mixup NYC
Mastered At – Gateway Mastering & DVD
Remastered At – The Magic Shop
Published By – ABKCO Music, Inc.
Published By – Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Published By – Universal-Duchess Music Corp.
Published By – Big Billy Music Co.
Published By – George Gershwin Music
Published By – Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing
Published By – Ira Gershwin Music
Published By – Wb Music Corp.
Published By – Hoochie Coochie Music
Published By – Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, Inc.
Published By – Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
Recorded At – Master Recorders
Recorded At – Cosimo Recording Studio
Recorded At – Specialty Studios
Recorded At – Radio Recorders
Recorded At – Capitol Studios
Recorded At – RCA Studios, Hollywood
Recorded At – Rex Productions, Inc.
Recorded At – United Recorders
Recorded At – Universal Recorders
Exclusive Retailer – Target (11)
Lacquer Cut At – Trutone Mastering Labs
Mastered At – GZ Media – 175276E
Pressed By – Precision Record Pressing

Credits

Art Direction – Alisa Coleman-Ritz, Iris W. Keitel
Concept By [Conception] – Lenne Allik
Design – Bonfilio Design
Engineer [Assistant] – Ben Bailes, Matt Boynton, Tom Camuso
Engineer [DSD Assistant] – Hiroyuki Komuro
Engineer [DSD] – Gus Skinas
Guitar – Clifton White (tracks: A3 to A8, B2 to D5), René Hall* (tracks: A3, A8, B2, B4, B8 to C2, C4 to D5)
Illustration [Cover Illustration] – Angelo Tillery
Lacquer Cut By – Carl*
Liner Notes – Peter Guralnick
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mastered By [Analog To Digital Transfers] – Mick Gochanour, Rick Essig, Teri Landi
Photography By [Cover Illustration Based On Photo By] – Jess Rand
Reissue Producer [Restoration Producer] – Jody H. Klein, Teri Landi
Research [Session Research] – Maria Papazahariou
Restoration [Sound] – Steve Rosenthal
Written-By – Cooke* (tracks: A1, A3, A4, A6 to A8, B2 to B5, C1 to C7, D1 to D3, D5)

Notes

Opaque blue version. For translucent blue version, see Sam Cooke - Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964

All runouts stamped except last 7192641 [A-D] and Trutone mastering text hand-etched

Sleeve barcode also appears on the spine, bottom rear sleeve text, and in part in the runouts. This barcode is also used on:
2014 European release Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (Mastering date March 2014)
2014 US release Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (Mastering date March 2014)
2021 European release Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (Mastering date April 2018, like this one)
Undated US release Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (Mastering date April 2018, like this one)

This version's alternate barcode can only be found on the barcode sticker from the shrink wrap. Primary disambiguator without the shrink is the blue opaque vinyl, "Made in Canada" in the ring text on labels, and the catalog number 018771926412 on the bottom line of text on rear of gatefold jacket.

℗ & © 2003 Abkco Music & Records Inc.
Printed in USA
Remastered using Direct Stream Digital (DSD) encoding).
Made in Canada on label ring text

All songs published by ABKCO Music Inc. except 2 ABKCO Music Inc. & Sony/ATV Songs LLC (ATV Venice), 5 Universal Duchess Music Corp., 9 Big Billy Music Co and Sony/ATV Songs LLC (ATV Venice), 15 George Gershwin Music, Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, Ira Gershwin Music, all rights administered by WB Music Copr., 16 Hoochie Coochie Music, 24 Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, Inc & 30 Screen Gems - EMI Music, Inc.

Tracks 1, 2, 9 & 30 courtesy of Specialty Records Inc.
Tracks 3 to 5, 7, 8, 10 to 18 courtesy of RCA Records.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 18771 92641 2
Barcode (Sticker on plastic wrap over barcode ): 0 18771 87861 2
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): 175276E1 1158472 7192641-A 7192641 A Trutone Mastering NY Carl 4-18
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): 175276E2/A1 1035775 7192641A-B 7192641 B Trutone Mastering NY Carl 4-18
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): 7192641-C 1035773 175276E3/A3 7192641 C Trutone Mastering NY Carl 4-18
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): 175276E4/A 1035771 7192641-D 7192641 D Trutone Mastering NY Carl 4-18

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (CD, Compilation)	ABKCO	9872418	UK & Europe	2003
Recently Edited	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (SACD, Hybrid, Stereo, Compilation, Remastered, Digipak)	ABKCO, ABKCO	92642, 18771-9264-2	US	2003
New Submission	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (CD, Compilation)	ABKCO	9807446	Europe	2003
Recently Edited	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (SACD, Hybrid, Stereo, Compilation, Remastered)	ABKCO	060249807446	Europe	2003
New Submission	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (31×File, FLAC, Compilation, Remastered, 24bit-88kHz)	ABKCO	none		2003

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Reviews

McHomie Oct 8, 2023
I used to have Sam Cooke's THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC on cassette years ago, and loved it. PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND shares many of the same songs, although it's missing "That's Heaven To Me" and "Soothe Me". However, this collection has vastly improved audio, and excellent liner notes by Peter Guralnick. My copy was purchased new on clearance, and it's a really nice pressing on 180g blue vinyl with a mix of mono and stereo mixes, and a hidden interview (side 4, track 7). There's a nice consistency to the sound quality throughout. This is a well done reissue, both vinyl and packaging.
TruesdayVinyl Feb 3, 2023
This pressing sounds fantastic for colored discs + how many tracks they fit on a side.

As far as all the comments about how transparent the discs are: I have 1 disc that is more transparent than the other.

Disc 1 is more opaque and my disc 2 is a beautiful crystal electric blue color
thatmatt_ Dec 25, 2022
Edited one year ago
Stupid question, but how was this falsely advertised as a transparent blue? The hype sticker clearly says that it is "blue 180 gram double vinyl", no mention of a transparent/lucent disk. Was it advertised on the Target site as such?

Edit: Nevermind, the mockups shown on the site advertise something very different that's a lot more akin to a translucent blue rather than an opaque one. https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_32d4a5ad-5339-4d30-9a6e-93aec8e15f8a?wid=1002&hei=1002&fmt=pjpeg
Possibly two slightly different colour variants?
JustTony64 May 8, 2022
Definitely not transparent blue, but outside of that the album sounds and looks great as well as being a great collection of Sam Cooke classics.
DJman117 Apr 26, 2022
A wonderful collection of Sam Cooke hits. The 180g records are a beautiful translucent blue. They sound amazing and look stunning. I love putting these records on and twistin the night away. If you’re a Sam Cooke or soul fan, I definitely recommend this compilation.
swelheadsforsale Feb 11, 2022
Mine is like an opaque light blue, not transparent at all. Anyone else?
Kit1593 Jan 24, 2022
Awesome pressing! Full bodied and hardly any surface noise whatsoever. Nice and quiet in between songs. So far I’m really impressed with the “official sam
Cooke” releases! The color is amazing as well and perfect for the album. I definitely recommend this one if you’re a fan!

Sam Cooke – Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964

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