Paul Robeson Centennial Celebration
Resources About Paul Robeson (1898-1976)
MUSIC & RECORDINGS
For historical reasons, our goal is to list all recordings by or about Paul
Robeson that are currently available. Some of Robeson's early recordings
include songs which he would not wish people to hear today; their lyrics make
them of interest now only to scholars. Below is a statement about this from
Lloyd L. Brown, a friend and coworker of Robeson's, and author of the
newly-published biography, The Young Paul
Robeson.
As you know, for many years the great voice of Paul Robeson was silenced in
our country by political repression and he never once was allowed to appear on
television. Happily, during the forthcoming celebration of his centennial,
many of Robeson's recordings are being reissued.
However, there are . . . some recordings that Robeson later wished he had
never made. These are so-called "darky" songs that were considered as top
entertainment in Robeson's early years, a heritage from the time when minstrel
shows were a favorite American diversion. . . .
In 1928, in Robeson's first appearance in Show Boat in London, he
sang the original lyrics of Ol' Man River: "Niggers all work on the
Mississippi, etc." Later, as he developed politically, he would change the
lyrics drastically and transform his theme song from a lament into a statement
of militant resistance. Seeing himself merely as a performer in the 1920's,
Robeson went along with the Jim Crow customs that required Bert Williams, the
great Afro-American comedian and Ziegfield Follies star, to appear only in
blackface. . . . Along with many traditional and pop songs that Robeson
recorded in England were some songs that his later American concert audiences
never heard, songs that would be banned now on radio and TV.
As a longtime friend and coworker of Paul Robeson, I am very happy that many
of the songs that enchanted his older fans can be heard now by younger people
who will marvel at a beautiful voice that was muzzled for so many years in our
country.
Over the next months there will be numerous Cds & Tapes added. Many will be
from 1950's and 1960's radio recordings. One special prize will be from
a unique Robeson concert in the early '50s made with Paul Robeson singing
from the state of Washington over the border to 40,000 trade unionist in
Canada. The CD will include a 12 minute speach to the audience by Paul
Robeson. Another piece will a cleaned up recording of Paul Robeson reciting
the Langston Hughes poem Freedom Train -- it's gorgeous!
Most of Robeson's favorite songs are available in choral or vocal solo.
Some might be available in sheet music and others only as part of
collections.
Keep your ears open for interviews and speeches by Paul Robeson to be
added.
Let us know if you make any discoveries of Robeson Audio material.
To find a song, use our
song index
or use the
discography contributed by Norton McColl, collector
For sheet music, try one of the retail
dealers we have been able to identify.
Some lyrics can be found in books or in liner
notes of recordings. Some possible sources are noted
here.
We would welcome information about any additional sources for them.
Pacifica Radio Archive
- Below is a unique offering to the Paul Robeson Centennial by Pacifica
Radio Archive. If you would like to order cassettes of these historic
recordings, call their tape sales department at 800-735-0230.
- Paul Robeson: World Citizen [X1]
- Interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson and Harold Winkler.
Discussion of his life, views of socialism, and the problems facing
the emerging African nations.
- 30 min., mono., Pacifica Radio Archive, 1958. (Archive # E2BB0534)
- Othello, Starring Paul Robeson [X2]
- Adaptation of the Shakespearean play for radio.
- With Uta Hagen and Jose Ferrer
- 133 min., mono., Pacifica Radio Archive, 1963. (Archive # E2BB0822)
- Paul Robeson Speaks: Freedomways Salute to Paul Robeson [X3]
Documentary on Paul Robeson. Includes statements by Joanne Grant, James
Baldwin, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Robert Nemiroff and John Lewis.
- 60 min., mono. Pacifica Radio Archive, 1965. (Archive # E2BB3422)
- Tribute to Paul Robeson -- produced by Charles Hobson [X4]
- On the life and work of the Black performer.
- 150 min., mono., Pacifica Radio Archive, 1969. (Archive # E2BB3275)
- Robeson Before HUAC [X5]
Excerpt from the play "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been," featuring
Paul Robeson's testimony before the House Committee on Un-American
Activities.
- 26 min., mono., Pacifica Radio Archive, 1975. (Archive # E2BC2687)
- Paul Robeson: Songs for Labor -- produced by Howard Feldman [X6]
- Documentary on and songs from the career of the Black singer.
- 63 min., mono., Pacifica Radio Archive, 1975. (Archive # E2BC2688)
- Paul Robeson: All American -- by Dorothy Gilliam,
interviewed by Grace Cavalieri [X7]
- On the book and the man who inspired it.
- 30 min., mono., Pacifica Radio Archive, 1977. (Archive # E2WZ0061)
- The Most Influential Man of the 20th Century: Paul Robeson by
C.L.R. James [X8]
Speech by historian C.L.R. James, who presents his personal
reminiscences of the noted Black actor and social critic, Paul Robeson. He
discusses the emotional and spiritual insights presented by Robeson as a
Shakespearean actor, Robeson's role during the 1930's as a critic of
Franklin Roosevelt's growing control over State Capitalism. Robeson
predicted the emergence of "State" warfare (World War II). James describes
Robeson's 1935 performance as Othello, and his multi-cultural study of
Oriental African music, which utilizes a monosyllabic retention of power.
James concludes with memories of other British cultural leaders,
particularly Peggy Ashcroft and John Kents.
- 110 min., mono. Pacifica Radio Archive, 1989. (Archive # E2WZ0233)
Other Recordings about Paul Robeson and music he made famous
- Passing It On -- Voices From Black Americans [X9]
- Director: Marc Lipsitz
Cast: Includes commentary by Paul Robeson Jr., Gregory Robeson Smith,
Ms. Rae Alexander Minter, Pete Seeger, Ossie Davis and others
Availability:
Media Works, 783 Woodman Ave., Suite 320, Bethesda, MD 20814;
301-570-6339
- Tape; 2 one-hour segments
- Earl Robinson's Ballad for Americans and Other Folk and
Freedom Songs [X10]
- New York City Labor Chorus, with Pete Seeger, John Anthony, and Pat
Humphries
- CD/Tape
- Availability:
call Bobbie Rabinowitz at 212-677-3900 or 212-477-9161
This does NOT contain any Paul Robeson recordings.
It has a new rendition of Ballad for Americans, featuring guest soloist
John Anthony, baritone, and
additional words
by the New York City Labor Chorus. (The New York City Labor Chorus
"updated" the original lyrics of Ballad for Americans.)
Recordings featuring Paul Robeson singing
- Paul Robeson Favorite Songs Vol. I [X11]
- Paul Robeson Favorite Songs Vol. II [X12]
- Recordings selected by Paul Robeson.
- CD/Tape
- Availability:
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / Monitor Records
Contents (Volume I):
Hammer Song;
Water Me from the Lime Rock;
Scandalize My Name;
Jacob's Ladder;
Witness;
Stand Still Jordan;
Taking Names;
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot;
Hassidic Chant: Kaddish;
Wanderer (Finnish Folk Song);
Songs my Mother Taught Me (Dvorak);
Vi Azoi Lebt Der Keyser (Yiddish Folk Song);
The Minstrel Boy (English Ballad);
The Orphan;
Zog Nit Keynmol (Song of the Warsaw Ghetto);
Joe Hill (Earl Robinson and Alfred Hayes)
Contents (Volume II):
No More Auction;
Someday He'll Make it Plain to Me;
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel;
Bear the Burden in the Heat of the Day;
Mount Zion: "On My Journey";
I'm Gonna Let it Shine;
Let Us Break Bread Together on our Knees;
Amazing Grace;
Skye Boat Song (Hebridean Folk Song);
Shlof Mayn Kind (Yiddish);
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal;
Dans le Printemps;
Passing By;
Little Gal-Oh Mistress Mine;
Kevin Barry (Irish);
Zvornost (Czech)
- The Odyssey of Paul Robeson [X13]
- CD/Tape
- Availability:
- Rediscover Music Catalog
- Omega Record Classics, 27 W. 72nd St., NY, NY 10023; 212-769-3060
Recordings drawn from the personal collection of Paul Robeson, Jr. and
produced under his direct supervision
Contents (Part I):
John Henry;
On My Journey;
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child;
Balm in Gilead;
Star Vicino;
O'Isis and Osiris (Mozart's The Magic Flute);
Prayer and Death (Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov)
Contents (Part II):
Spoken Excerpt from 1952 Paul Robeson Birthday Celebration, Hartford
Avenue Baptist Church, Detroit;
Every Time I Feel the Spirit ;
No More Auction Block for Me;
The House I Live In;
Joe Hill;
Ol' Man River
Contents (Part III):
Szivenem (Kodaly);
Jerusalem;
Deep River;
Curly Headed Baby (Clutsam);
Water Boy;
All Through the Night;
Danny Boy
Contents (Part IV):
Eriskay Love Lilt;
Chinese Children's Song;
Comments on Languages and Music of Many Lands;
Hasidic Chant;
Oh No John;
Ode to Joy (Beethoven);
Dans le printemps de mes annees (Garat);
Othello, last speech (Shakespeare)
- Paul Robeson, Ballad for Americans [X14]
- CD/Tape
- Availability:
- Rediscover Music Catalog
- Syracuse Cultural Workers
Contents:
Shenandoah;
Deep River;
Go Down, Moses;
On my Journey;
Water Boy;
The Minstrel Boy;
Londonderry Air (Danny Boy);
Loch Lomond;
Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho;
Get on Board, Little Children;
Scandalize my Name;
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child;
Eriskay Love Lilt;
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal;
Mexican Lullaby;
All Through the Night;
Jerusalem;
Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes;
The Four Rivers;
John Brown's Body;
The House I Live In;
Ballad for Americans (Earl Robinson-John Latouche)
- The Essential Paul Robeson [X15]
- CD/Tape
- Availability:
- Rediscover Music Catalog
- Syracuse Cultural Workers
- Recorded at the historic Robeson "Farewell" concert, Carnegie Hall,
May 9, 1958.
Contents:
Every Time I Feel the Spirit;
Balm in Gilead;
Volga Boat Song (Traditional);
Monologue from Shakespeare's Othello;
O Thou Silent Night (Alexandrov);
Chinese Children's Song;
My Curly-Headed Baby;
(G.H. Clutsam);
Old Man River (Jerome Kern);
Going Home (Dvorak);
Monologue from Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky);
The Orphan (Mussorgsky);
Christ Lag in Todesbanden (J.S. Bach);
Didn't my Lord Deliver Daniel;
Lullaby (Franz Schubert);
O No, John;
Joe Hill (Earl Robinson);
Jacob's Ladder (Traditional)
- Paul Robeson, The Legendary Moscow Concert (1949) [X16]
- CD/Tape
- Availability:
FENIX Entertainment, P.O. Box 10069, Burbank, CA 91510; 818-566-4300
Contents:
Over the Mountains;
L'amour de Mois;
Beloved City;
Oh John No;
Water Boy;
The 4 Insurgent Generals;
Chi Lai (Arise);
Let me Die;
Scandalize my Name;
Joe Hill;
Curly Headed Baby;
Swing Low Sweet Chariot;
Ol' Man River;
Song of the Warsaw Ghetto Rebellion
- Paul Robeson Live at Carneige Hall [X17]
- CD only
- Availability: Vanguard Records; 800-597-6647,
- Rediscover Music Catalog
- Syracuse Cultural Workers
Contents:
Every Time I Feel the Spirit;
Balm in Gilead;
Volga Boat Song;
Shakespeare: Monologue from "Othello";
Alexandrov: O Thou Silent Night;
Chinese Children's Song;
Clutsam: My Curly Headed Baby;
Kern: Old Man River;
Dvorak: Going Home;
Mussorgsky: Monologue from "Boris Godunov";
Mussorgsky: The Orphan;
Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden;
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel;
Schubert: Lullaby;
O No John;
Robinson: Joe Hill;
Jacob's Ladder;
Chassidic Chant;
Freedom;
O Grieve You Now My Mother;
This is the Hammer;
Beethoven: All Men are Brothers
- Paul Robeson -- A Man and His Beliefs [X18]
- CD only
- Availability: Rediscover Music Catalog
Contents:
Mammy;
Nothin';
The Blind Ploughman;
Snowball;
Old Folks at Home;
Poor Old Joe (Old Black Joe);
Lonesome Road;
Dear Old Southland;
Sleepy Time Down South;
Loch Lomand;
Roll Away Clouds;
Ho Ho (Wagon Song);
Just Keepin' On;
Climbing Up;
Down De Lover's Lane;
All Through the Night
- Paul Robeson, 23 Magnificent Recordings [X19]
- CD only
- Availability:
Rediscover Music Catalog (Catalog # PRO7009D)
Contents:
Lazybones;
It Ain't Necessarily So;
Sleepy River;
My Way;
I Don't Know What's Wrong;
Song of the Volga Boatmen;
Canoe Song (from Sanders of the River);
Roll Up Sailorman;
That's Why Darkies Were Born;
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot;
Mammy's Little Kinky-Haired Boy;
Roll Away Clouds;
Just a Wearyin' for You;
Deep River;
Sea Fever;
Absent;
Mighty Lak' a Rose;
On Mah Journey;
Just Keepin' On;
A Woman is a Sometime Thing;
You Didn't Ought to Do Such Things;
Lazin';
Ol' Man River
- Paul Robeson, Big Fella [X20]
- CD only
- Availability:
Rediscover Music Catalog (Catalog # PRO0245D)
Contents:
Medley: Lazybones/Fat Li'l Feller with his Mammy's Eyes/Scarecrow/Wagon
Wheels/Deep River/My Curly Headed Baby/Carry Me Back to Green
Pastures/Old Folks at Home;
High Water;
My Heart is Where the Mohawk Flows Tonight;
Plantation Songs Medley: So Early in the Morning/Carry Me Back to Old
Virginny/Old Folks at Home/Good Night Ladies/Away Down South in
Dixie/Poor Old Joe (Old Black Joe)/Oh! Susanna/My Old
Kentucky Home;
River Stay 'Way From My Door;
The Little Piccaninny's Gone to Sleep;
When It's Sleepy Time Down South;
Hail the Crow;
Love Song;
The Killing Song;
The Black Emperor;
I Don't Know What's Wrong;
Lazin';
You Didn't Oughta Do Such Things;
Encantadora Maria;
David of the White Rock;
Thora;
Love at My Heart;
Ebenezer;
King Joe;
The Little Black Boy
- Paul Robeson [X21]
- CD only
- Availability: unknown
Contents:
Sonny Boy;
It Takes a Long Pull to Get There;
Summer Time;
A Woman is a Sometime Thing;
It Ain't Necessarily So;
Congo Lullaby;
Canoe Song;
Mood Indigo;
Solitude;
At Dawning;
All Through the Night;
Lazy Bones;
St. Louis Blues;
Old Folks at Home;
My Old Kentucky Home;
Ma Curly-Headed Baby;
Mighty Lak a Rose;
Water Boy;
Deep River;
Hammer Song and Li'l David;
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot;
Just a Wearyin' for You;
Ol' Man River
- Paul Robeson and Elisabeth Welch--Songs from their Films with Hattie
McDaniel [X22]
- CD only
- Availability:
Rediscover Music Catalog (Catalog # PRO0011D)
Contents: Features songs from these famous movies:
Show Boat (1936);
The Emperor Jones (1933);
Death at Broadcasting House (1934);
Sanders on the River (1935);
Song of Freedom (1936);
Calling All Stars (1937);
Big Fella (1937);
King Solomon's Mines (1937);
Jericho (1937);
Over the Moon (1937);
The Proud Valley (1940);
- Paul Robeson, The Power and the Glory [X23]
- CD only
- Availability:
Rediscover Music Catalog (Catalog # PRO7337D)
Contents:
By 'N' By;
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child;
John Henry;
Water Boy;
Go Down, Moses;
Balm in Gilead;
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen;
Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho;
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot/Every Time I Feel the Spirit;
I Got a Home in Dat Rock/Gimme Your Han';
No More Auction Block;
Great Gettin' Up Morning;
Hear de Lam's a Cryin'/Going to Ride Up in de Chariot;
I'll Hear the Trumpet/Ezekial Saw de Wheel;
Poor Wayfarin' Stranger/Hammer Song;
Dere's a Man Goin' Round/I Know de Lord;
Git on Board Little Chillun/L'il David
- Paul Robeson [X24]
- CD only
- Availability:
Rediscover Music Catalog (Catalog # PRO9382D)
Contents:
Down in Lovers' Lane;
Swing Along;
Bear De Burden;
All God's Chillun Got Wings;
Witness;
Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho;
De 'Old Ark's A-Movering;
Ezekiel Saw de Wheel;
Scandalize my Name;
Sinner Please Doan' Let this Harves Pass;
Work All de Summer;
Didn't my Lord Deliver Daniel?;
Dere's A man Goin' Roun' Takin' Names;
Shenandoah;
Little Pal;
Lonesome Road;
Roll Away, Clouds;
Ho! Ho!;
Climbing Up;
Song of Freedom;
Sleepy River;
Trees;
No! John No!;
Song of the Volga Boatmen;
There is a Green Hill;
Nearer, My God, to Thee;
Fat Little Fellow;
Mama's Little Baby-Love
- Paul Robeson, Ol' Man River [X25]
- CD only
- Availability:
Rediscover Music Catalog (Catalog # PRO7839D)
Contents:
Roll Away Clouds;
Lonesome Road;
Got the South in my Soul;
Hush-a-Bye Lullaby;
Round the Bend of the Road;
Cary Me Back to Green Pastures;
Blue Prelude;
Wagon Wheels;
So Shy;
St. Louis Blues;
Little man, You've Had a Busy Day;
I Ain't Lazy, I'm just Dreaming;
Shenandoah;
All Through the Night;
Solitude;
Song of the Volga Boatmen;
Dear Old Southland;
Nothin';
A Perfect Day
- Paul Robeson, A Lonesome Road [X26]
- CD only
- Availability:
Living Era/ASV/84 Academy Sound and Vision Ltd. (CDAJA5027)
Contents:
Ol' Man River;
My Curly Headed Baby;
Water Boy;
I'm Goin' to Tell God All O' My Troubles;
Oh Didn't it Rain;
Little Pal; There's No Hiding Place;
Poor Old Joe;
Scandalize My Name;
Ezekiel Saw de Wheel;
Sinner, Please Don't let This Harvest Pass;
Jus' Keepin' On;
Mah Lindy Lou;
Steal Away;
Mighty Lak' a Rose;
Deep River;
Hear the Lambs A-Cryin';
Git on Board, Little Chillun;
Old Folks at Home (Swanee River);
Witness;
Oh Rock Me, Julie;
Li'l Gal;
I Got a Home in that Rock;
Lonesome Road
- Paul Robeson, Green Pastures [X27]
- CD only
- Availability:
Living Era/ASV/'87 Academy Sound and Vision Ltd. (CDAJA5047)
Contents:
St. Louis Blues;
Rockin' Chair;
Mary Had a Baby, Yes Lord;
Love Song;
All God's Chillun Got Wings;
Banjo Song;
Bear the Burden;
When it's Sleepy Time Down South;
Killing Song;
High Water;
Lazybones;
Carry Me Back to Green Pastures;
Congo Lullaby;
Shortnin' Bread;
Snowball;
Fat Li'l Feller With His Mammy's Eyes;
Canoe Song;
River Stay 'Way From My Door
- Paul Robeson, Voice of the Mississippi [X28]
- CD/MC (MC/PLAC19 CD/Plat CD119/'95)
Availability:
Platinum Music/'87/Prism Leisure Corporation, 37 Wood Green
Shopping City, High Road, London N22 6YN U.K.
Phone 0181-365-7529
Contents:
Ol' Man River;
Were You There When They Crucified My Lord;
Shortnin' Bread;
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot;
Love Song;
Fat Li'l Feller With His Mammy's Eyes;
Round the Bend of the Road;
Don't You Cry My Honey;
Take Me Away From the River;
Mighty Lak' a Rose;
Rockin' Chair;
Old Kentucky Home;
Piccaninny Slumber Song;
My Lindy Lou;
My Curly Headed Baby;
Killing Song;
Carry Me Back to Green Pastures;
Lonesome Road;
Git on Board, Li'l Chillun;
Just Keepin' On
- Great Voices of the Century-Paul Robeson Volume II [X29]
- CD only
- Availability:
Memoir Classics/'94/Memoir (CDMOIR426)
Contents:
Round the Bend of the Road;
Take Me Away From the River;
By and By;
Were you There;
Song of the Fatherland;
Mammy's Little Kinky Headed Boy;
Wagon Wheels;
Canoe Song;
Just A-Wearyin' for You;
Ballad for Americans;
Deep River;
Just Dreaming;
Little Man You've Had a Busy Day;
a) De Old Ark A-Moverin'; b) Ezekiel Saw the Wheel;
Solitude;
Mood Indigo;
Eriskay Love Lilt;
Song of the Volga Boatmen;
Lonely Road;
Scarecrow;
So Shy
- Paul Robeson, Ol' Man River [X30]
- CD Only
Availability:
Music of the World Saar Sri/'95/Saar (CD12519)
Music of the World, P.O. Box 3620, Chapel Hill, NC 27515. Phone
919-932-9600
Contents:
Love Song;
St. Louis Blues;
All God's Chillun Got Wings;
Rockin' Chair;
Mary Had a Baby, Yes, Lord;
Killing Song;
Lazy Bones;
Carry Me Back to Green Pastures;
High Water;
Snowball;
When It's Sleepy Time Down South;
Fat Li'l Feller Wid His Mammy's Eyes;
Congo Lullaby;
Shortnin' Bread;
Canoe Song;
The Banjo Song;
River Stay 'Way From My Door;
Ol' Man River
- Paul Robeson, Ol' Man River [X31]
- CD/MC
Availability:
Remember/'90 (CD/RMB75024, MC/RMB45024)
Remember c/o Qualition Imports, 24-02 40th Avenue, Long Island City,
NY 11101. Phone (718) 937-8515
Contents:
Ol' Man River;
My Old Kentucky Home;
Lazy Bones;
My Lindy Lou;
Poor Old Joe;
Old Folks at Home;
Just Keepin' On;
Little Pal;
Water Boy;
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho;
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot;
Shenandoah;
Wagon Wheels;
Got the South in My Soul;
St. Louis Blues;
Rockin' Chair;
River, Stay 'Way From My Door;
Canoe Song;
Congo Lullaby;
Love Song
- The Glorious Voice of Paul Robeson [X32]
- MC/CD
Availability:
EMI/May '90/EMI (MC/TCSH522, CD/CDP7943512 U.K.: CZ310)
EMI Music, 30 Glouster Place, London, W1H 3AU, UK
Contents:
Lonesome Road;
River, Stay 'Way From My Door;
Mighty Lak' a Rose;
Ma Curly-Headed Baby;
Ol' Man River;
Round the Bend of the Road;
Lazybones;
Water Boy;
Song of Freedom;
Sleepy River (with Elisabeth Welch);
Carry Me Back to Green Pastures;
Canoe Song;
I Still Suits Me (with Elisabeth Welch);
Lonely Road;
Passing By;
My Way;
Summertime;
It Ain't Necessarily So;
All Through the Night;
Just A-Wearyin' for You;
Perfect Day;
Deep River
- Paul Robeson, Ol' Man River [X33]
- CD only
Availability:
CD/7243 8 41858 2 4 Music Memoria
Diffusion Exclusive Virgin France SA/'96 JBM
11, Place Des Vosges, 75004 Paris, France. Phone 44 54 65 19
Contents:
Ol' Man River;
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot;
Shenandoah;
All Through the Night;
Deep River;
Land of My Fathers;
St. Louis Blues;
Solitude;
Dear Old Southland;
King Joe;
Volga Boatmen;
Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day;
Sleepy River;
Lonely Road;
Song of Freedom;
By an' By;
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child;
John Henry;
Water-Boy;
Go Down, Moses;
Balm in Gilead;
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen;
Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho
- Paul Robeson, Songs for Free Men [X34]
- CD only
Availability:
(CD/Gemm CD9264) Pearl/'97 Pavilion Records Ltd., Sparrows Green,
Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 6SJ, UK [$27.90]
E Music, [$14.57]
Contents:
Ballad for Americans;
Spring Song (E. Robinson);
O Gimme Your Han';
Chee-Lai;
Feng Yang;
Chinese Soldier' Song;
Riding the Dragon;
From Border to Border;
Oh, How Proud Our Quiet Don;
Purest Kind of a Guy;
Joe Hill;
Peat-Bog Soldiers;
Four Insurgent Generals;
Native Land;
Song of the Plains;
Cradle Song;
Within Four Walls;
Anthem of the U.S.S.R.;
The United Nations;
By an' By;
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child;
John Henry;
Water-Boy;
Go Down, Moses;
Balm in Gilead;
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen;
Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho
- Paul Robeson, the Political Years [X35]
- CD
- Availability:
Magnum America, Inc. Distributed by Allegro. Telephone (503) 257-8480
- Contents:
The United Nations (Shostakovich, Rome);
Spring Song (1941) (Shacter, Robinson);
Chee Lai (Arisel) (Erh);
Feng Yang (Traditional);
Chinese Soldiers' Song (Traditional);
Riding the Dragon (Traditional);
The Peat Bog Soldiers;
The Four Insurgent Generals (Dzerhinsky);
From Border to Border (Dzerhinsky);
Song of the Plains;
Native Land (Donayevsky);
Anthem of the USSR (Alexandrov, Mihalkov, Registan, Zaret);
Water Boy (Traditional);
Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit (Traditional);
Joe Hill (Robinson, Hayes);
Loch Lomond (Traditional);
No More Auction Block (Traditional);
Oh No, John (Traditional);
Love Will Find Out the Way;
Ol' Man River (Hammerstein, Kern)
- Das Andere Amerika [X36]
- Paul Robeson and Earl Robinson, made in East Berlin in 1959
- Issued on the East German Eterna label (VEB Deutsche
Schallplatten DDR #8-10-021)
- Sleeve notes by Diana Loesser
- Vinyl
- Availability: unknown at present
Contents (Side I -- Paul Robeson):
Water Boy;
Hassidic Chant;
Balm in Gilead;
Curly Headed Baby;
Motherless
Child;
Passing By;
The Echo of our Youth;
Kevin Barry;
Deep River and Swing
Low;
Sweet Chariot
Contents (Side II -- Earl Robinson,singing and accompanying himself on
guitar and piano):
Casey Jones;
The House I Live In;
Joe Hill;
Free and Equal Blues;
Back and White;
Spring Song;
Good Morning;
Quilting Bee
- The Special Magic of Paul Robeson [X37]
- with Geoff Love and his Orchestra
- possibley made in London in 1959 or 1960
- Vinyl
- Availability: Verve, Ref: 2317-070
Contents:
Some Enchanted Evening;
Mah Lindy Lou;
the Skye Boat Song;
The Riddle Song (I gave my love a cherry);
Down De Lovers' Lane;
Land of My Fathers;
I'll Walk Beside You;
Curly Headed Baby;
Trees;
Castle of Dromore;
Just a Wearying for You;
Climbing Up (The Mountain Song)
- Paul Robeson: The Peace Arch Concerts [X38]
CD (possibly other formats); Folk Era Records;
Time: 66:19
Background information on the concerts
Availability:
Contents:
From May 18, 1952 Concert:
Peace Arch Introduction;
Opening Remarks by Harvey Murphy;
Paul Robeson's Welcoming Remarks;
Every Time I Feel The Spirit;
Intro to Joe Hill by Harvey Murphy;
Joe Hill;
Loch Lomond;
Intro to No More Auction Block;
No More Auction Block;
Oh No, John;
Love Will Find Out The Way;
Ol' Man River
From August 16, 1953 concert:
Introductory Speech by Harvey Murphy;
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel;
Go Down Moses;
We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder;
Theme from Beethoven's 9th Symphony;
Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes;
Joe Hill;
Oh Thou Silent Autumn Night;
Scandaliz' My Name;
Song Of The Four Rivers;
Without Thee (Gaelic Folk Song);
Chin Chin (Chinese Marching Song);
Speech
- Paul Robeson, Othello, With excerpts from Sanders of the River [X39]
CD
Availability:
Pavilion Records Ltd., Sparrows Green, Wadhurst, E. Sussex, England
ISBN 1 899644 27 X
Contents:
CD 1
Act I Scene 1: Venice. A Street;
Act I Scene 2: Another Street;
Act I Scene 3: Venice. A Council Chamber;
Act II Scene 1: A Seaport in Cyprus. An Open Place;
Act II Scene 2: Cyprus. A Hall in the Castle;
Act II Scene 3: Cyprus. The Garden of the Castle
CD 2
Act III Scene 4: Cyprus. Before the Castle;
Act IV Scene 1: Before the Castle;
Act IV Scene 2: A Room in the Castle;
Act IV Scene 3: Another Room in the Castle;
Act V Scene 2: Cyprus. A Bedchamber in the Castle;
Shell Chateau Radio Broadcast, excerpt,
Sanders of the River, Scene: "The Drums say War,";
Sanders of the River: "Canoe Song" (Spoliansky-Wimperis);
Water Boy (Trad. arr. Brown)
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Folk Era Records
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