Limited edition
Mr. Soul [Orange Holland Import] Vinyl
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Professionally packed in vinyl mailers
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Authentic & factory sealed
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Free replacements for damaged records
Sam Cooke slows the tempo and turns up the intimacy on Mr. Soul, presented here on limited 180-gram orange vinyl imported from Holland.
Released by RCA in 1963, the album caught Cooke at a creative peak, recorded in the same year as the stripped-back Night Beat. Where that record leaned into after-hours blues, Mr. Soul is its more polished counterpart, a set built mostly around ballads and standards, with producers Hugo and Luigi framing his voice in rich, unhurried arrangements.
The standards get the full Cooke treatment. I Wish You Love opens the record with gentle warmth, Willow Weep for Me drifts on a melancholy sway, and Cry Me a River is delivered with velvet restraint. His own Nothing Can Change This Love sits comfortably among those classics, a reminder of how naturally his songwriting could stand beside the songbook greats.
What makes it special is that restraint. Cooke never oversells a line, letting that silken, slightly smoky tone carry the emotion, and the effect is like hearing a gospel-trained voice find grace in a supper club setting.
His life was cut short the following year, which makes records like this feel especially precious. This heavyweight orange pressing shines a light on a quieter, often overlooked chapter of his catalogue, best heard late at night.
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