{"product_id":"sam-cooke-mr-soul-orange-holland-import","title":"Sam Cooke - Mr. Soul [Orange Holland Import]","description":"\u003cp\u003eSam Cooke slows the tempo and turns up the intimacy on Mr. Soul, presented here on limited 180-gram orange vinyl imported from Holland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67768842486050,"sku":"8719262043268","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/Sam_Cooke-Mr._Soul_Orange_Holland_Import.jpg?v=1794377298","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/sam-cooke-mr-soul-orange-holland-import","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}