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The restored Sam Cooke At The Copa reveals Cookersquos Copacabana performance with all of the nuance and passion that his adoring audience experienced fiftyfive years ago. For those who never had a chance to hear Sam Cooke in person, Sam Cooke At The Copa affords the best seat in the house.Sam Cookersquos set at the Copa is a microcosm of his overall career insofar as it mirrored the artistrsquos own eclecticism. Broadway, blues, folk, jazz, gospel and even country, and, of course, soul are represented on such tracks asnbspNobody Knows You When Yoursquore Down and Out,nbspFrankie and Johnny,nbspTry A Little Tenderness, and the hits Twistinrsquo The Night Away, You Send Merdquo and I Love You For Sentimental Reasons.Of special note is Cookersquos version of Bob DylanrsquosnbspBlowinrsquo In The Windnbspthat reflected the struggle for civil rights then underway. Dylanrsquos song inspired Cooke to write his like themed masterpiece, A Change Is Gonna Come.Recorded live at the Copacabana, New York City, July 8, 1964Originally released in 1964 ndash out of print on vinyl since it was last pressed in 1987Remastered by Joe Yannece. Lacquer cutting by Carl Rowatti, Trutone MasteringHeavyweight vinyl edition manufactured at Quality Record Pressings, USA Sam Cooke Heavyweight-LP is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £29