The second features three performances from the group’s shudderingly great 1955 performance at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium. The first collects a dozen of the Soul Stirrers’ best-rapturous music that hits the sweet spot where the spiritual purity of gospel and the bodily concerns of R&B consort. Each record represents a different step of that journey. This lovingly crafted triple 10” collection spotlights the creatively rich but personally fraught period of Sam Cooke’s career as a member of the Soul Stirrers, the gospel vocal group he was a part of from 1950-1956, and as he prepared to leave the group to pursue a secular pop career. Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers: The First Mile of the Way (Specialty/Craft Recordings)
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