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Portrait Of A Legend

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Format Blu-ray
Contributor Sam Cooke
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 19 minutes
Colour Colour

Track Listings

1 Touch The Hem Of His Garment - Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers
2 Lovable
3 You Send Me
4 Only Sixteen
5 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
6 Just For You
7 Win Your Love For Me
8 Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
9 I'll Come Running Back To You
10 You Were Made For Me
11 Sad Mood
12 Cupid
13 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 - Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers

Product description

High Fidelity Pure Audio edition of the Sam Cooke album Portrait of a Legend. High Fidelity Pure Audio is a range of physical HD audio products from Universal Music Group which uses Blu-ray technology to deliver the ultimate listening experience to the user. High Fidelity Pure Audio discs are playable through all Blu-ray devices.

Product details

  • Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.6 x 17.1 x 1.6 cm; 100 g
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ UMC
  • Manufacturer reference ‏ : ‎ 7181252
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2014
  • Label ‏ : ‎ UMC
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00H31D9XY
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 January 2025
    Very good product, very good value, and very well made.

    Kind regards,

    Howard DJ Copeman
  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 July 2024
    He loves Sam Cooke - I'm not such a lover, so have to hide it from him every now and then ;)
  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 August 2024
    A good price and the CD arived quickly
  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 May 2024
    Bought for my dad! He loves it
  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 December 2016
    This is a great album but I'm writing this review regarding many claims I see in the reviews regarding the fact it's a SACD (Super Audio CD)... well, it isn't. There is no SACD logo on the packaging/booklet and no mention on the cover or the liner notes that it is a SACD except for the fact it uses DSD encoding and there's a small DSD logo on both the outer cover and the disc itself (though it's not clear whether this was merely used in the process of recording from the master tapes or it is actually a disc containing DSD data). I have four SACD players... two Sony BluRay players (who as the inventor of SACD, you'd have thought their drives would play the SACD layer if it existed on this disc), a Pioneer BluRay player and a Denon DVD player, all of which have no problem whatsoever playing other SACD discs I own and clearly list the fact in their displays (and secondly confirmed by my DSD compatible AV Amplifier which confirms it is receiving and processing a DSD stream) but this Sam Cooke disc absolutely refuses to play anything but a standard PCM/CD Audio encoding. I've heard Sony PS3 consoles may be able to play this sort of DSD disc but I haven't access to one to test it out unfortunately. It still sounds great though, and in fairness most songs are so old as to be (IMO) of little extra benefit with the extra dynamic range that SACD can give, but thought it worth writing this review so as to warn others who may also have trouble trying to get the disc to work with DSD output.

    Update Aug 2022... I now own an extra two more SACD compatible players and I still can only play this as a CD.
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 January 2014
    As a teenager I did not listen so much to soulmusic or to Sam Cooke. All I knew was the beautiful song "A wonderful world". It was only later when I start to dig into the history of music that I came to understand the importance of Sam Cooke. At the same time I started to listen to a singer capability of singing and voice control. After having read different articles about Sam Cooke I decided a few years to buy this record.

    Definitely no regrets. The title 'portrait of a legend' tells it all. It's a very good collection of songs giving a good overview of his career: well know songs like 'Send Me", 'Wonderful World' and 'A change is gonna come' are included. The record also contains a few songs that had not been available before. Instant favorite 'just for you' is one of them. It's song that expresses Sam Cooke his quality for 100%, especially if you consider that a. he wrote the song b. took care of the arrangement and c. also delivers the backgroundvocals. Just listen to the two waves of lines within the song.

    Portrait of a legend is an excellent portrait of a soullegend. It is a perfect introduction into the world of Sam Cooke. It is a well balanced collection of songs. Every singer should listen closely to Cooke attitude towards delivering "who-ho-ho" before starting wiht "oehs" and "aahs" in a song.
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2008
    Sam Cooke was a musical genius. As a performer, singer and songwriter he excelled and surpassed all his competitors. This essential compilation (Only When a boy falls in love is missing among these best songs) shows his development, his growing from gospel and pop gems to A change is gonna come, one of the best songs in history. His style of singing is so awesome it may take a few listening to realize in full, because it's done with such ease that is almost a miracle. His effortless melisma, his golden tone, his "feeling" (after all, that's what soul music is about) are haunting, as so many singers who try (in vain) to match it, even in our days, show. More than 40 years after his death, songs like You send me, Chain gang, Wonderful world (I fell in love with it thanks to "Witness", of course), Cupid (And with this one thanks to "Innerspace"), and of course A change is gonna come still sound fresh and gloriously beautiful. Only if you have all the songs of this set already you shouldn't buy the CD. For the rest of the world, there are no excuses to miss it.
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 November 2017
    I previously bought Sam Cooke The Absolutely Essential 3CD Collection which I absolutely adore! After buying Sam Cooke Portrait of a Legend (apt title!) it has only managed to solidify how much I love Sam Cooke! This album is fantastic, as is all of his work. There are my personal favourites on this album - A Change is Gonna Come, Twistin' the Night Away, Cupid, Bring it on Home to me, and many more favourites that get you clicking your fingers and tap tapping your feet along to the beats. His unique soulful voice, filled with depth and emotion, and the nuances he brings to each note just warms my heart to the core. This is a must have CD for those who love Sam Cooke.
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  • John
    5.0 out of 5 stars as described.
    Reviewed in Canada on 24 December 2024
    Good seller.
  • 1Friend
    5.0 out of 5 stars Same Cooke for Life!
    Reviewed in the United States on 21 October 2024
    How lucky I am to have found this CD. Every song and much more. The booklet included gives great insight into how the songs were composed and all the very special details that only folks from behind the scenes were privy to. When listening to the CD, it all comes together beautifully.. generating wonderful memories.
  • ludovica vita
    5.0 out of 5 stars OTTIMO
    Reviewed in Italy on 5 December 2024
    Assolutamente consigliato
  • Cliente Amazon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Una obra maestra
    Reviewed in Spain on 19 January 2023
    Un imprescindible
  • Alien 👽
    5.0 out of 5 stars Das beste von 1951-1964
    Reviewed in Germany on 21 December 2022
    Wunderschönes Album! Mit einer genialen Stimme! 🥳🎅👍
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    Alien 👽
    5.0 out of 5 stars Das beste von 1951-1964
    Reviewed in Germany on 21 December 2022
    Wunderschönes Album! Mit einer genialen Stimme! 🥳🎅👍
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