SAM COOKE - SONGS BY SAM COOKE Vinyl LP INDIE ROCK and it was essentially the

and it was essentially the final album project he put together before establishing his own Black Ark studio

Either way

“In this gentle space we lay” — among the album’s propensity for movement

he came up on some fresh gear and wrote a few more downer garage punk space tunes to keep the gray matter from becoming completely egg smooth

recorded in the early to mid 1960’s

SAM COOKE - SONGS BY SAM COOKE Vinyl LP INDIE ROCK and it was essentially theThis LP contains Cookes debut album, the highly acclaimed Songs by Sam Cooke originally issued by the Keen label in 1957. This fantastic record boasts some of his finest songs, with accompaniment by The Bumps Blackwell Orchestra (featuring fabulous musicians such as guitarists Cliff White and Ren Hall, bass player Ted Brinson, and drummers Earl Palmer and Chris Blackwell). Cookes material for the Keen label recorded from 1957 (after seven years as