Sam Cooke's Sar Records Story 1959-1965 Vinyl LP 2024
LP 1
1. Wade in the Water (Chatter) - The Soul Stirrers
2. Wade in the Water - The Soul Stirrers
3. I'm a Pilgrim - The Soul Stirrers
4. Praying Ground - The Soul Stirrers
5. Somebody (Chatter) - R. H. Harris and his Gospel Paraders
6. Somebody - R. H. Harris and his Gospel Paraders
7. Sometimes - R. H. Harris and his Gospel Paraders
8. Amazing Grace - The Soul Stirrers
9. Pass Me Not - R. H. Harris and his Gospel Paraders
10. Oh Mary, Don't You Weep (Chatter) - The Soul Stirrers
11. Oh Mary, Don't You Weep - The Soul Stirrers
12. Since I Met the Savior - The Soul Stirrers
13. God Is Standing By - The Soul Stirrers
14. Lead Me to Calvary (Rehearsal) - The Soul Stirrers
15. Listen to the Angels Sing - The Soul Stirrers
16. Don't Leave Me Alone - The Soul Stirrers
LP 2
1. Stand By Me Father - The Soul Stirrers
2. Jesus Be a Fence Around Me - The Soul Stirrers
3. Lead Me Jesus - The Soul Stirrers
4. Free at Last - The Soul Stirrers
5. Looking Back (Chatter) - The Soul Stirrers
6. Looking Back - The Soul Stirrers
7. Born Again - R. H. Harris and his Gospel Paraders
8. Wait On Jesus - R. H. Harris and his Gospel Paraders
9. Time Brings About a Change - The Soul Stirrers
10. Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone - The Soul Stirrers
11. Yield Not to Temptation (Chatter) - The Womack Brothers
12. Yield Not to Temptation - The Womack Brothers
13. Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray - The Womack Brothers
14. Somewhere There's a God - The Womack Brothers
15. That's Heaven to Me - Sam Cooke
LP 3
1. You Send Me - Sam Cooke
2. Just for You - Sam Cooke
3. Somewhere There's a Girl - Sam Cooke
4. You Were Made for Me - Sam Cooke
5. When a Boy Falls in Love - Mel Carter
6. Soothe Me - The Simms Twins
7. That's Where It's At (Chatter) - The Simms Twins
8. That's Where It's At - The Simms Twins
9. Everybody Wants to Fall in Love - The Valentinos
10. Keep On Loving You - Johnnie Taylor
11. I'll Always Be in Love With You - Johnnie Taylor
12. Baby We've Got Love (Chatter) - Johnnie Taylor
13. Baby We've Got Love - Johnnie Taylor
14. Baby, Lots of Luck - The Valentinos
15. Put Me Down Easy - L. C. Cooke
16. Rome (Wasn't Built in a Day) - Johnnie Taylor
17. Greazee Part I & II - Billy Preston
LP 4
1. I Gopher You - The Simms Twins
2. I Gopher You (Chatter) - The Simms Twins
3. You're Always On My Mind - Johnnie Morisette
4. I Need Lots of Love - Johnnie Taylor
5. Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong - Johnnie Morisette
6. Black Night - Johnnie Morisette
7. Damper - Johnnie Morisette
8. You Can Run (But You Can't Hide) - Johnnie Taylor
9. Meet Me at the Twisting Place (Chatter) - Johnnie Morisette
10. Meet Me at the Twisting Place - Johnnie Morisette
11. Good Good Loving - The Simms Twins
12. The Wobble - L. C. Cooke
13. Lookin' for a Love (Chatter) - The Valentinos
14. Lookin' for a Love - The Valentinos
15. I've Got a Love for You - The Valentinos
16. I've Got a Girl (Chatter) - The Valentinos
17. I've Got a Girl - The Valentinos
18. Tired of Living in the Country - The Valentinos
19. It's All Over Now - The Valentinos
'Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959-1965' gathers significant recordings of SAR Records - the label Sam Cooke co-founded, produced the majority of records for and was instrumental in operating. Groundbreaking artists such as The Soul Stirrers, Johnnie Taylor, Billy Preston, and Bobby Womack's group The Valentinos are all featured, in addition to Sam himself. 'The whole SAR Records Story is infused with Sam Cooke's rapturous sense of how sacred gospel and sexual soul flow together, unbroken', stated Milo Miles on NPR's Fresh Air upon the set's initial release almost three decades ago. In an era where black-owned labels were a rarity, Los Angeles based SAR Records was founded at almost exactly the same time as Motown, its Detroit counterpart. The acronymous name standing for Sam Alex Roy, SAR sought to keep gospel music alive while simultaneously crossing over to pop audiences in the secular world.