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Sam Cooke - Portrait Of A Legend (2003) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

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Date: 2 Aug 2022 16:06:37

Sam Cooke - Portrait Of A Legend (2003) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

Sam Cooke - Portrait Of A Legend: 1951-1964 (2003)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time - 79:26 minutes | 1,36 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

From his teenage debut as a full fledged member of the legendary Soul Stirrers in 1951 through his career as a rhythm and blues phenomenon, Sam Cooke is acknowledged as the progenitor of soul music. His hit songs, most of which he wrote, went on to become pop standards, enduring to this day. Sam Cooke's amazing body of work is now encapsulated in Sam Cooke: Portrait of A Legend: 1951-1964. It includes 30 tracks and is part of ABKCO's Sam Cooke Remastered Collection, an initiative to offer state of the art editions of restored and remastered. The songs included into Portrait Of A Legend collectively logged 273 weeks or five years and three months on Billboard's Pop Chart and a mind boggling 508 weeks (nine years and nine months) on the Pop and R&B charts, combined.

Some 46 years after his first pop hit, and 39 years after his death, comes only the second attempt at a comprehensive Sam Cooke collection. Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 eclipses RCA's early-'80s The Man and His Music, going it better in running time but losing some important recordings – "That's Heaven to Me" and "Soothe Me," arguably one of Cooke's most important songs – in the process of summing up his career. From 1951's Soul Stirrers' gospel classic "Touch the Hem of His Garment" through to 1964's "A Change Is Gonna Come" and "Shake," we get highlights of Cooke's career presented in state-of-the-art digital audio; superior in every way possible to the audio quality of The Man and His Music. What's more, this is a hybrid disc with SACD capability, and the sound on that layer is almost as much of a jump above the quality on the CD layer as this remastering is from the old The Man and His Music disc; and either the standard CD or the SACD playback makes that 1980s-issued compilation sound faint and anemic. There's also annotation here – which was totally lacking on the earlier CD – by Peter Guralnick, which delves very effectively into the background of each song. And the producers have taken the trouble to be a little inventive in the programming – it would have been easy enough to follow a strict chronological approach, but instead the disc opens and closes with tracks that reveal Cooke's gospel roots, which is pretty much where his music started and where it ended up, bookending his first hit with songs from his first session ever.

Tracklist:

01 - Touch The Hem Of His Garment
02 - Lovable
03 - You Send Me
04 - Only Sixteen
05 - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
06 - Just For You
07 - Win Your Love For Me
08 - Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
09 - I'll Come Running Back To You
10 - You Were Made For Me
11 - Sad Mood
12 - Cupid
13 - (What A) Wonderful World
14 - Chain Gang
15 - Summertime
16 - Little Red Rooster
17 - Bring It On Home To Me
18 - Nothing Can Change This Love
19 - Sugar Dumpling
20 - (Ain't That) Good News
21 - Meet Me At Mary's Place
22 - Twistin' The Night Away
23 - Shake
24 - Tennessee Waltz
25 - Another Saturday Night
26 - Good Times
27 - Having A Party
28 - That's Where It's At
29 - A Change Is Gonna Come
30 - Jesus Gave Me Water
31 - Soul (Hidden Track)

Please note: tracks "1, 4 & 14" are 24bit/44,1 kHz

Dynamic Range Report

Analyzed: Sam Cooke / Portrait of a Legend
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR8 -3.60 dB -13.73 dB 2:05 01-Touch The Hem Of His Garment
DR13 0.00 dB -16.19 dB 2:05 04-Only Sixteen
DR10 -0.18 dB -13.92 dB 2:40 14-Chain Gang
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Number of tracks: 3
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1523 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Analyzed: Sam Cooke / Portrait of a Legend
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -2.24 dB -14.30 dB 2:26 02-Lovable
DR9 -3.13 dB -13.73 dB 2:45 03-You Send Me
DR10 -3.95 dB -15.42 dB 2:40 05-(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
DR10 -2.35 dB -13.87 dB 2:22 06-Just For You
DR12 -0.20 dB -13.58 dB 2:48 07-Win Your Love For Me
DR7 -2.40 dB -12.98 dB 2:43 08-Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
DR11 -1.05 dB -13.87 dB 2:15 09-I'll Come Running Back To You
DR10 -3.92 dB -15.50 dB 2:56 10-You Were Made For Me
DR11 -0.20 dB -14.22 dB 2:41 11-Sad Mood
DR12 -0.20 dB -13.23 dB 2:39 12-Cupid
DR13 -0.20 dB -14.59 dB 2:09 13-(What A) Wonderful World
DR11 -2.59 dB -15.95 dB 2:23 15-Summertime
DR12 -0.20 dB -14.55 dB 2:54 16-Little Red Rooster
DR11 -0.20 dB -12.85 dB 2:45 17-Bring It On Home To Me
DR11 -0.20 dB -13.32 dB 2:40 18-Nothing Can Change This Love
DR12 -0.24 dB -14.54 dB 2:45 19-Sugar Dumpling
DR12 -1.63 dB -15.48 dB 2:31 20-(Ain't That) Good News
DR12 -0.20 dB -14.19 dB 2:43 21-Meet Me At Mary's Place
DR11 -0.20 dB -12.48 dB 2:44 22-Twistin' The Night Away
DR12 -0.20 dB -13.67 dB 2:53 23-Shake
DR12 -0.61 dB -14.58 dB 3:12 24-Tennessee Waltz
DR13 -0.20 dB -13.92 dB 2:42 25-Another Saturday Night
DR11 -0.87 dB -13.32 dB 2:28 26-Good Times
DR13 -0.20 dB -14.27 dB 2:38 27-Having A Party
DR11 -0.20 dB -13.00 dB 2:37 28-That's Where It's At
DR10 -0.26 dB -13.73 dB 3:14 29-A Change Is Gonna Come
DR11 -4.08 dB -17.22 dB 2:32 30-Jesus Gave Me Water
DR9 -8.06 dB -20.95 dB 0:31 31-Soul (Hidden Track)
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Number of tracks: 28
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1987 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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