SAM COOKE Night Beat - Original Pressing Album Vinyl LP 1963 - LSP-2709 STEREO
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SAM COOKE Night Beat - Original Pressing Album Vinyl LP 1963 - LSP-2709 STEREO
In MINT, unopened condition. Still have original unopened plastic covering
Orchestra conducted by Rene Hall
Hugo & Luigi Producers
Side 1
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Lost and Lookin'
Mean Old World
Please Don't Drive Me Away
I Lost Everything
Get Yourself Another Fool
Side 2
Little Red Rooster
Laughin' and Clownin'
Trouble Blues
You Gotta Move
Fool's Paradise
Shake Rattle and Roll
It was just past closing time when we dropped into the club to talk with Sam Cooke that night. "Mr. Soul" was singing for himself and for the small group of musicians who accompanied him.
Standing to the rear of the club, we watched the young singer - tie off, jacket slung on a cane-backed chair - settle into a mood. We heard him sing through the smoky after-hours haze. The night's work was done. This was for the pure pleasure of performing.
Sam's tones were a little more blue than we'd heard before. His choice of songs more than right for the hour and atmosphere.
One song, two songs, and then even the waiters, busy with get-home chores, stopped work to listen. One by one they paused for a cigarette, pulled up a chair. Conversation slowed and ceased.
What we witnessed that night was not a performance in the accepted sense. The effort had all of Sam's artistry and style, but there was something more intense and personal about it. Actually, we were eaves-dropping on a top singer in those dark hours.
We'd talked several times with Sam about recording him with a small group. We knew it would be right and that night at the club settled it. The trick, however, was to snare the mood and capture the atmosphere for the album.
This, we know, is it.
It's just past closing time and Sam is singing for himself. There's an empty table right over there. Welcome to NIGHT BEAT. Hugo & Luigi
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