While browsing the soul section in the record store, I came across this Best of Sam Cooke record. Usually I’m not the biggest fan of best of compilations, but since most of those song had originally been released only as 7”s because this was before the album era, I’m perfectly alright with getting this record. This is the kind of music I like listening to while working in my home office, so albums are definitely a much more preferable listening experience than having to stand up after every song.
I would have bought this record regardless, but what it made even more appealing was the fact that it is a South Korean pressing. Actually it’s a repress from 1981, done 19 years after the original release of this best of compilation in 1962. How it ended up in record store in a small town in Germany, I have no idea. There’s so much weirdness going on here, and I like it.
What I love about these old records are the short infos you get on the back cover. Such a nice time capsule and throw back to a time when people didn’t have all the information in the world at their finger tips. I also really like the fact you get a signature of the two producers underneath. Thanks, Hugo and Luigi, I think you did a fine job.
