| Review by Tom June 25, 2003 (2 of 2 found this review helpful)
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This is a bargain--if you like his music. 30 cuts, over 80 minutes of music, and 25+ pages of liner notes.
This brings back childhood memories. It's very well recorded. I wasn't familar with many cuts, but I am now. I've listened to this album about 5 times over he past week.
Highly recommended.
Aug. 24 Update: I bought both Keep Moving On and Portrait. Both have a lot of music and very few cuts in common. However, after owning these albums for a couple months, I clearly prefer Portraitbut am still glad I bought both. Both albums are highly recommended.
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| Review by Marc P July 12, 2003 (2 of 2 found this review helpful)
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Didn’t really know much about Sam Cooke, but I thought an album called Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 would be a nice introduction to his work. And it is, 30 tracks, some great, some not so great but overall a very nice package.
Sound quality is nice as well.
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| Review by tentimestwenty February 3, 2004 (1 of 4 found this review helpful)
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| The mids and treble are far too hot on the CD layer of this recording (haven't listened to SACD yet). I've grown up with Sam Cooke and am very familiar with how all the tracks should sound. Check out the SAR Records story for a much better sounding version of his early tunes. Perhaps the SACD layer is smoother and less offensive.
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