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Live At The Harlem Square Club

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4.8 out of 5 stars 392

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Track Listings

1 Feel It
2 Chain Gang
3 Cupid
4 It's All Right/For Sentimental Reasons
5 Twistin' The Night Away
6 Somebody Have Mercy
7 Bring It On Home To Me
8 Nothing Can Change This Love
9 Having A Party

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Most of Sam Cooke's pop hits were sugary, blanched affairs. This album was the real deal, giving us the church-reared R&B singer who liked to tear up the clubs along the Southern chitlin circuit. Recorded in Florida in 1963, Live at the Harlem Square captures the man at his sanctified, sandpapered best--the voice worshipped by disciples from Otis Redding to Rod Stewart. No syrupy glissandos or polite Hollywood chorales here: this is sweat-drenched, back-to-basics R&B, with Sam tearing up "Feel It" and "Chain Gang," and rasping his way through "Somebody Have Mercy" and "Bring It on Home to Me." This set only makes it seem sadder that Cooke never lived to reign in the soul era he inaugurated. --Barney Hoskyns

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.62 x 4.92 x 0.33 inches; 3.84 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Sony Legacy
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 1985
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 36 minutes
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 7, 2006
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Sony Legacy
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000002W7N
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 out of 5 stars 392

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4.8 out of 5 stars
4.8 out of 5
392 global ratings

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Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024
Ask yourself what you really think. I don't personally have any objections but ymmv. Serpentine pleasures await
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Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2023
Never heard much of Sam Cooke's live material and its amazing to hear. The energy of his show and voice quality are superb.
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2022
I bought this for my mother-in-law. It is the best live recording I have ever heard; not because of the sound quality (with is just fine) but because of the performance. Sam is singing his heart out for an audience who love him supported by a great band.
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2023
It arrived in as good or better condition as described, it arrived early, and at a fair price!
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Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2023
Delivered in a timely manner in perfect shape.
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2022
Title says it all. Shipping is important with vinyls. Mine came safely packaged and in brand new condition. Sounds wonderful. Love this album. 10/10.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2019
The quality of the product was very good. Nice pressing, good quality overall. The performance is incredible! I'll just echo what you've probably already read - this is a charged and raucous performance. The band was great (King Curtis adds some beautiful sax work), and Sam Cooke's vocals demonstrate the magnificent poise that he is known for but add an urgency that his studio recordings only occasionally highlight. This is Sam sounding a lot closer to James Brown than to Nat King Cole. Just a fantastic performance.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2021
It was not the original cut of this album, but all the same, so very glad I to find it on Amazon.
Good quality, can't beat vinyl especially with the greatness of Sam Cooke.

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Shaunshaft
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing. Easily one of the best live albums ever made!!
Reviewed in Canada on January 29, 2022
No words. Sam Cooke is and always will be the man!
Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Record arrived much faster than expected
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 22, 2021
The record is as expected. Quality good. Obviously a very old live recording and the sound accordingly but being present at a great moment in time is very special. What an artist
Luca
5.0 out of 5 stars Pietra miliare
Reviewed in Italy on May 27, 2020
Disco fondamentale da sentire su vinile. In questo senso, le rimasterizzazioni fatte da Music in vynil sono una garanzia. Consigliatissimo
Cje
5.0 out of 5 stars So impecable , un directe imprescindible
Reviewed in Spain on November 24, 2019
Un dels millors directes de la historia del SOUL en majuscules
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wer Sam Cooke liebt, braucht diese Platte.
Reviewed in Germany on July 22, 2019
Die Aufnahmen aus dem Harlem Square Club wurden erst in den 1980er-Jahren durch die Plattenfirma veröffentlicht. Sam Cooke, der für die Plattenfirma von seinem Image her immer als Saubermann verkauft wurde, hört sich auf dieser Platte ganz anders an. Dieses Konzert vor einem schwarzen Publikum hat eine unglaubliche Dynamik, die auf der Platte sehr gut rüberkommt. Auf dieser Platte kann man Sam Cooke nochmal völlig neu entdecken. Viele seiner schönsten Lieder hören sich hier nicht mehr so sauber und glatt gebügelt an, sondern die ganze Kraft seiner Stimme ist hier zu hören. Ein Muss für Sam-Coooke-Fans!