Rawls,Lou Rarest Lou Rawls-In The Beginning 1959-62 CD

EU-only two CD collection. Throughout the golden age of soul music there were very few artists as suave and sophisticated as Lou Rawls. Very few performers could embrace the worlds of gospel, pop, soul, blues and jazz with the ease of Mr. Rawls and be lauded for his contributions to each of these genres in equal measure. This is the most comprehensive overview of his secular career yet attempted and only a handful of titles failed to be located for this set. We begin with his first pop recordings and have ignored the gospel recordings that began his career when he was a member of the Pilgrim Travellers. We do though end our look at his early career with the now very rare reunion album he made with the Pilgrim Travellers in 1962.

1. Love, Love, Love 2. My Heart Belongs to You 3. Walking for Miles 4. Kiddio 5. In My Little Black Book 6. Just Thought You'd Like to Know 7. 80 Ways 8. When We Get Old 9. Waterboy - Russ Regan ; The Rowdies 10. Once in a Lifetime Love 11. That Lucky Old Sun 12. In My Heart 13. Nine Pound Hammer 14. Above My Head 15. The Bride (La Novia) 16. The Biggest Lover in Town 17. Trust Me 18. Please Let Me Be the First One to Know 19. Bring It on Home to Me - Sam Cooke 20. (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue 21. Everyday I Have the Blues 22. Kansas City 23. Roll 'Em Pete 24. Strange Fruit 25. How Long, How Long Blues 26. (They Call It) Stormy Monday 27. God Bless the Child 28. See See Rider 29. Willow Weep for Me 30. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town 31. In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) 32. 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do 33. Lost and Lookin' 34. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water 35. Sweet Lover 36. Wade in the Water 37. Sweet Chariot 38. Jesus, Be a Fence Around Me 39. If He Holds Your Hand 40. Didn't It Rain 41. That's Heaven to Me 42. Stand By Me Father 43. Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow 44. Motherless Child 45. Did You Stop to Pray This Morning 46. Walking in the Light of the Lord