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Listening to this now at your recco. Thank you.

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A well-told story, thank you.

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This isn't the Copa, is it? I've always loved this recording!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBDdLgBO0Nw

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This is great, thanks! I have never quite known what to do with Copa. Harlem Square Club is a shining tablet from the mountain top, right? And Copa I have always wanted to like, or like *more.* Sam Lite is still Sam, right? So it's a joy to go back and hear it with new ears. God, he could sing. I love the montage idea, I can toally see it. And man... "The answer is somewhere in the wind" is a dagger of a rewrite, it's not blowing, not moving, exactly, just...Out There. Love it. Thank you!

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Thanks! Though I've always admired Cooke I hadn't listened to either live album until recently. And I did Copa first. Going from there to Harlem Square was definitely like going from black and white to color. Or maybe more like -- from TV screen to life itself.

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Great version. Thanks for writing about it.

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Also, Lonnie Youngblood did it nicely, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at a gig a few years ago. The Copa was Sam's musical Waterloo but maybe not, apparently not. Good for you.

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I don't think that is the Copacabana. There are a couple tiny but clear departures from the arrangement on the album so it's likely another club. But he seems to have played it several times that year.

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