SAM COOKE SOULIN' INSANELY RARE SEALED ORIG'66 CHERIE PROMO LP ALTERNATIVE MIXES

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·       SAM COOKE – RIGHT ON: THE SOULIN’ SAM COOKE – ORIGINAL 1969/1970 CHERIE RECORDS TRUE STEREO DOUBLE ALBUM LP-1001

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·       *** PROMOTIONAL COPY; THE RECORDS (PROBABLY) HAVE STOCK LABELS; HOWEVER, THE PROMOTIONAL STICKER ON THE COVER CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE ITEM AS PROMOTIONAL ***

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL BROWN & PINK CHERRIE LABEL , SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION

·       INCLUDES ORIGINAL “INTERVIEW” 45rpm SINGLE (SEE THE BLURB ON THE COVER ADVERTISING THE SAM COOKE’S “RAPPIN’” SINGLE INCLUDED WITH THE ALBUM)

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       This album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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How this ultra-rare 1969/1970 Sam Cooke album came about, we honestly have no idea. As most Sam Cooke collectors know, the original Sam Cooke recordings on KEEN label (1957-1960) do NOT exist in true stereo, with one notable exception (his 1959 “Tribute to a Lady” album),  plus a few later Keen singles.

Well, what we have here are not only classic KEEN songs in TRUE STEREO – but – get this: different arrangements of these same classic Sam Cooke songs, unavailable anywhere else – before or after this album – in more than 30 years.

At first we thought that this was some kind of dubious issue, possibly a counterfeit pressing or bootleg of some sort, possibly some other artist masquerading as Sam Cooke. But no, the voice is unmistakably that of Sam Cooke. No mistake there. And then, the inscription on both label and Cover identifies Cherrie label as a perfectly legitimate subsidiary of KENT records (Kent records became famous in the mid-60’s by issuing classic BB King, Lowell Fulsom and Elmore James albums; the label has impeccable legal credentials).

The only two possible explanation we have is this: either the original multi-track tapes from Sam Cooke’s KEEN sessions do actually exist and were preserved for posterity, in which case what we have here is a re-mixed version of these great soul songs – OR – someone took the original master tapes, extracted Sam Cooke’s voice on one channel, and completely re-worked and re-recorded the orchestral arrangements on the other channel). You be the judge. In any event , these songs do not sound like anything you have heard from Sam Cooke before.

Whatever the case, the absence of obtrusive and oppressive string arrangements that some of the early Sam Cooke material is known to suffer from, is palpable. No string-drenched arrangements here. Only the pure, 100% soul, mostly with small combo (and, YES,  with original Sam Cooke studio band headed by Renee Hall) in action: the way Sam Cooke should have sounded all along, but was never given a chance to.  Finding a still sealed original copy?!?! Forget it – not even a HOPE!!! This may be the last one you will ever see.

The PROMOTIONAL, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES (such as the one we have here) were often distributed among the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the "first among equals", which is to say the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title; a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.

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·       CONDITION:

·       RECORD

(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)            THE ALBUM INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL BONUS 45 SINGLE RECORD (“RAP SESSION: SAM COOKE IN STUDIO c/w RAP SESSION: THE INTERVIEW”).

(c)             The records are apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the very first pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, exceedingly vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from your compact disc!

(d)            PLEASE NOTE:  This - of course - is an ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital, newly mastered recording!!!

·       COVER

COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP   (A SMALL PIECE OF SHRINK WRAP IS MISSING)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 1.

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

-         Visible shelf wear noted on the bottom seam

-         Minor shelf wear noted on the opening side (nothing significant)

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No wrinkles or creases

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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