MUSIC ON CD The Man Who Invented Soul

Reissued Compact disc / Hardcover bookset / 4 Discs with remastered tracks / Includes singles, rare and live tracks / Plus extensive booklet with liner notes, rare photos and session notes / This 4 CD box set is essential to fans of Sam Cooke, despite the fact that it contains none of his gospel recordings or any of the work from the final year of his career. Scattered every few minutes across this four-disc collection are reminders of just how far ahead of all existing musical forms Cooke was, creating sounds that stretched the definitions of song genres as they were understood and created completely new categories. Indeed, he was so successful that it's easy to underestimate the impact and importance of many of his early triumphs. "You Send Me," which opens this set, may seem today like the safest, tamest pop music, but in 1957 it was a genre-bending single, a new kind of R&B/pop music hybrid and one that quietly shook the foundations of the music business when it hit number one. In addition to his world-famous own compositions “You Send Me,”“Only Sixteen,”“Cupid,”“Wonderful World”, he also sang songs by Gershwin (Summertime), Willie Dixon (Little Red Rooster) and Jimmie Cox (Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out). The development of Cooke's writing and singing and his growing confidence and range culminate. Disc 4 is the Night Beat album and Cooke's live performance from the Harlem Square Club. The sound is extraordinary throughout, expansive, rich-textured, and vividly detailed / Tracklist: CD 1: 1. You Send Me 2. Summertime (Pt. 1) 3. For Sentimental Reasons 4. Desire Me 5. Lonely Island 6. You Were Made For Me 7. Win Your Love For Me 8. Love You Most Of All 9. Everybody Loves To Cha ChaCha 10. No One Can Take Your Place 11. Only Sixteen 12. With You 13. Crazy She Calls Me 14. I Got A Right To Sing The Blues 15. Comes Love 16. Ain't Nobody's Business 17. Little Things You Do 18. There, I've Said It Again 19. When I Fall In Love 20. Let's Go Steady Again 21. (What A) Wonderful World CD2: 1. Chain Gang 2. I Belong To Your Heart 3. Teenage Sonata 4. Love Me 5. Sad Mood 6. If I Had You (I'd Be Happy) 7. You Belong To Me 8. Sad Mood 9. Tenderness 10. That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' On 11. Hold On 12. Cupid 13. Tenderness 14. Don't Get Around Much Any More 15. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 16. Baby Won't You Please Come Home 17. Trouble In Mind 18. Out In The Cold Again 19. Exactly Like You 20. Since I Met You Baby 21. I'm Just a Lucky So and So 22. But Not For Me 23. You're Always On My Mind 24. (Don't Fight It) Feel It 25. It's All Right 26. Twistin' the Night Away 27. One More Time 28. Don't Cry On My Shoulder CD3: 1. Somebody's Gonna Miss Me 2. Somebody Have Mercy 3. Sugar Dumpling (Original Version) 4. Nothin' Can Change This Love - Alternate Version 5. Talkin' Trash 6. Movin' and Groovin' 7. Soothe Me 8. Having a Party 9. Bring It On Home to Me 10. A Whole Lotta Woman 11. I'm Gonna Forget About You 12. Nothin' Can Change This Love 13. Baby, Baby, Baby 14. Send Me Some Lovin' 15. All the Way 16. Smoke Rings 17. I Wish You Love 18. Driftin' Blues 19. Little Girl 20. Cry Me A River 21. These Foolish Things 22. Frankie And Johnnie 23. I Ain'tGonna Cheat On You No More 24. Another Saturday Night 25. Love Will Find A Way 26. Cool Train CD4: 1. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 2. Lost and Lookin' 3. Mean Old World 4. Please Don't Drive Me Away 5. I Lost Everything 6. Get Yourself Another Fool 7. Little Red Rooster 8. Laughin' and Clownin' 9. Trouble Blues 10. You Gotta Move 11. Fool's Paradise 12. Shake, Rattle And Roll 13. Intro/(Don't Fight It) Feel It 14. Chain Gang 15. Cupid 16. It's All Right/For Sentimental Reasons 17. Twistin' The Night Away 18. Somebody Have Mercy 19. Bring It On Home To Me 20. Nothin' Can Change This Love 21. Having A Party