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Our friends at ABKCO in New York continue their reissue programme of material recorded for Sam Cooke’s SAR label with this mid-priced Valentinos anthology. 

The group – Bobby, Curtis, Harry, Friendly Jr and Cecil Womack – recorded two gospel 45s for SAR as the Womack Brothers before turning secular for five R&B singles as the Valentinos, including the original version of ‘It’s All Over Now’, as covered by the Rolling Stones. Compiled by Grammy-winner Teri Landi, the collection comprises those 14 tracks, two titles first issued on ABKCO’s “Sam Cooke’s SAR Records Story” in 1994 and seven previously unreleased masters – all produced by Sam Cooke between June 1961 and September 1964. 

The booklet contains a scholarly essay by Bill Dahl drawn on interviews with several members of the group, plus detailed track annotations, including recording dates and session musicians.

01 Somebody's Wrong

02 Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray

03 Lookin' For A Love

04 Darling, Come Back Home

05 I'll Make It Alright

06 I've Got A Girl

07 Tired Of Livin' In The Country (Single Version)

08 Don't Go Away

09 She's So Good To Me

10 Baby, Lots Of Luck

11 It's All Over Now

12 I've Got Love For You

13 Rock In The Cradle Of Love

14 Somewhere There's A Girl

15  Sugar Dumpling

16 Bitter Dreams

17 Everybody Wants To Fall In Love

18 Put Me Down Easy

19 To Show My Love

20 Shakin' This Way And That (Lassie)

21 Tired Of Livin' In The Country

22 Yield Not To Temptation

23 Somewhere There's A God

24 Spoken Word

CONDITION NEW - STILL SEALED

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