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Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939

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The tracklist for Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939.
Disc 1
1
Kern: Show Boat, Act 1: "Ol' Man River" (Live At the Dury Lane Theatre)Jerome Kern / Oscar Hammerstein II / Paul Robeson & 2 more
3:53
2
Johnson, J. Rosamond: Since You Went Away, "Seems Lak To Me"Johnson / Paul Robeson / Carroll Gibbons & 1 more
3:07
3
Cook, Will Marion: Down De Lover's LaneCook / Paul Robeson / Carroll Gibbons & 1 more
3:03
4
Traditional: Scandalize My NamePaul Robeson
2:10
5
Traditional: Sinner Please Doan' Let dis Harves' PassBurleigh / Paul Robeson
2:07
6
Traditional: Weepin' MaryBurleigh / Paul Robeson
1:43
7
Traditional: I Want to Be ReadyBurleigh / Paul Robeson
1:32
8
Traditional: My Lord What a Mornin'Burleigh / Paul Robeson
2:52
9
Traditional: De Li'l Pickaninny's Gone to SleepBurleigh / Paul Robeson
3:30
10
Traditional: Git On Board Li'l ChildrenBrown / Paul Robeson
1:17
11
Traditional: Dere's No Hidin' PlaceBrown / Paul Robeson
1:00
12
Traditional: Plantation Songs (Part 1): So Early in the Morning - Carry Me Back to Old Virginia - Old Folks at Home - Goodnight LadiesStephen Foster / Tradicional / Traditional & 4 more
3:54
13
Traditional: Plantation Songs (Part 2): Away Down South in Dixie - Poor Old Joe - Oh, Susanna - My Old Kentucky HomeFoster / Stephen Foster / Unknown & 3 more
4:18
14
Traditional: Oh Rock Me JulieBrown / Paul Robeson
1:35
15
Traditional: Oh Didn't It RainBrown / Paul Robeson
1:22
16
Donaldson: My MammyTunbridge / Paul Robeson / Carroll Gibbons & 1 more
3:51
17
Waller / Tunbridge: Roll Away, Clouds (from "Virginia")Bert Lee / Furber / R P Weston & 5 more
3:14
18
Henderson, Ray: Sonny Boy (from the 1928 Lloyd Bacon's Musical Movie "The Singing Fool")Al Jolson / Buddy De Sylva / Lewis Brown & 4 more
2:43
19
Henderson, Ray: Little Pal (from the 1929 Lloyd Bacon's Musical Movie "Say It with Songs")B G Jolson / Brown / Buddy De Sylva & 3 more
3:31
20
Shilkret, Nathaniel: The Lonesome RoadPaul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
2:45
21
Phillips, Alexander: Just Keepin' OnPhillips / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:12
22
Nevin, Ethelbert: Mighty Lak' a RoseNevin / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:27
23
Henderson, Ray: Mammy is GoneBrown / De Sylva / Henderson & 2 more
3:21
Disc 2
1
Robinson: Hail De CrownRobinson / Traditional / Paul Robeson
2:13
2
Cook, Will Marion: 3 Negro Songs: II. Exhortation. A Negro Sermon, "Remember, if a brudder smotes"Cook / Paul Robeson
2:11
3
Traditional: I Stood on the Ribber Jordan - Peter Go Ring Dem BellsBurleigh / Paul Robeson
2:57
4
Traditional: Go Down MosesHarry Burleigh / Traditional / Paul Robeson
2:06
5
Keirn Brennan: High WaterBrennan / McHardy / Paul Robeson & 1 more
2:36
6
Foster: Old Folks at Home, "Swanee River"Stephen Foster / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:20
7
Foster: Old Black JoeStephen Foster / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:11
8
Foster: My Old Kentucky HomeStephen Foster / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:31
9
Kern: Show Boat, Act 1: "Ol' Man River" (Joe)Jerome Kern / Oscar Hammerstein II / Paul Robeson & 1 more
2:50
10
Woods, Harry M.: River Stay 'Way from My DoorPaul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:30
11
Carmichael, Hoagy: Rockin' ChairHoagy Carmichael / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:33
12
Traditional: Medley of SpiritualsRobinson / Traditional / Unknown & 3 more
7:47
13
Robison: My Heart is Where the Mohawk Flows TonightCarsen Robison / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:30
14
Kester: The Folks I Used to KnowChadwick / Kester / Paul Robeson & 1 more
2:53
15
Traditional: Yes Lord, Oh Lord (Variation of "Mary Had a Baby")Johnson / Traditional / Paul Robeson
2:17
16
Johnson, J. Rosamond: Lil' GalJohnson / Paul Robeson
3:01
17
Traditional: Bear De Burden - All God's Chillun Got WingJohnson / Traditional / White & 1 more
3:32
18
Brown, Ray: That's Why Darkies Were Born (from "George White’s Scandals of 1931")Brown / Henderson / Paul Robeson & 3 more
2:41
19
Muse, Clarence: When It's Sleepy Time Down South, "Sleepy Time Down South" (from the 1931 William A. Wellman's Movie "Safe in Hell")C Muse / Leon Rene / Otis Rene & 4 more
3:27
20
Marshall-Hall: Seekin'Hall / Marshall / Paul Robeson & 3 more
2:36
Disc 3
1
Carey, Lewis: Nearer My God, to TheeCarey / Paul Robeson
4:16
2
Gounod: Le Calvaire: "Il est au loin une colline" - Sung in English, "There is a green hill far away"Charles Gounod / Paul Robeson
4:02
3
Strickland: Mah Lindy LouLily Strickland / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & 2 more
3:17
4
Clutsam: Ma Curly-Headed BabbyGeorge Clutsam / Traditional / Paul Robeson & 1 more
3:05
5
Traditional: Pilgrim SongClapham / Traditional / Paul Robeson
2:40
6
Traditional: Roll the Old Chariot: "Oh, a drop of Nelson's blood"Clapham / Traditional / Paul Robeson
2:44
7
Johnson, J. Rosamond: Since You Went AwayJohnson / Paul Robeson
3:10
8
Cook, Will Marion: Wid De Moon Moon MoonCook / Paul Robeson
3:32
9
Wiley: Got the South in My SoulS Washington / Wiley / Young & 2 more
3:03
10
Clapham: Hush-A-Bye Lullaby, "Rock-a-bye Baby"Clapham / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:19
11
Klenner: Round the Bend of the RoadJohn Klenner / Samuel Lewis / Paul Robeson & 1 more
2:57
12
Parker: Take Me Away from the River, "Song from the Viper"Parker / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:00
13
Traditional: Swing Low, Sweet ChariotLawrence Brown / Paul Robeson
2:51
14
Traditional: On Ma JourneyBoatner / Paul Robeson
2:10
15
Traditional: Bye and ByeBurleigh / Paul Robeson
2:30
16
Traditional: Were You ThereBurleigh / Paul Robeson
2:48
17
Cook, Will Marion: 3 Negro Songs: I. Swing Along, "Swing along, Chillun, along de lane"Cook / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:22
18
Blake / Sissie: Piccaninny ShoesBlake / Sissle / Paul Robeson & 1 more
2:54
19
Berwick / Warren: In a Narrow StreetBerwick / Warren / Paul Robeson & 1 more
2:49
20
Pepper: Carry Me Back to Green PasturesHarry Stephen Pepper / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
2:57
21
Carmichael, Hoagy: Lazy BonesHoagy Carmichael / Johnny Mercer / Paul Robeson & 1 more
3:27
22
Bishop: Blue PreludePaul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
2:51
23
Various Composers: Medley I, Pt. 1: Roll De Ole Chariot - Mary Had a Baby - Swing Low - Heav'n, Heav'nClapham / Johnson / Traditional & 4 more
4:06
24
Various Composers: Medley I, Pt. 2: Carry me Back - Mighty Lak' a Rose - Round the Bend of the Road - River Stay 'Way From my Door - O'l Man RiverHarry Stephen Pepper / Jerome Kern / John Klenner & 6 more
4:09
Disc 4
1
Traditional: Fat Li'l Fella Wid His Mammy's EyesGordon / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
2:04
2
Traditional: Shortnin' BreadTrad. Arr. Wolfe / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
1:10
3
Carmichael, Hoagy: SnowballCarmichael / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:22
4
Traditional: Water BoyAvery Robinson / Paul Robeson
2:40
5
Noll: Doan' You Cry Ma Honey.Noll / Paul Robeson
3:37
6
Traditional: Steal AwayLawrence Brown / Paul Robeson
3:04
7
McCarthy / Simon: ScarecrowMcCarthy / Redmond / Simon & 2 more
3:29
8
DeRose: Wagon WheelsPeter de Rose / Peter DeRose / Paul Robeson & 1 more
3:27
9
Boretz / Samuels: So ShyPaul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:25
10
Anonymous: Piccaninny's Slumber SongMurray / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:08
11
Handy, Christopher: St. Louis BluesW.C. Handy / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:33
12
Trinkaus: Mammy's Little Kinky-Headed BoyTrinkaus / White / Paul Robeson & 1 more
3:16
13
Wayne / Hoffman / Sigler: Little Man, You've Had a Busy DayHoffman / Mabel Wayne / Sigler & 2 more
3:20
14
Franklin: I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just DreamingD Franklin / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
2:51
15
Homer: Bandanna Ballads, Op. 22: IV. A Banjo Song, "I plays de banjo better now" (With marked rhythm)Homer / Paul Robeson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra
3:08
16
Various Composers: Medley II: Lazy Bones - Scarecrow - Fat Li'l Feller - Wagon Wheels - Deep River - Ma Curly-Headed Baby - Carry Me Back to Green Pastures - Old Folks at HomeGeorge Clutsam / Gordon / Harry Stephen Pepper & 14 more
8:46
17
Spoliansky: Love Song (from the 1935 Zoltán Korda's Film "Sanders of the River")Arthur Wimperis / Mischa Spoliansky / Paul Robeson & 1 more
3:26
18
Spoliansky: Congo Lullaby (from the 1935 Zoltán Korda's Film "Sanders of the River")Arthur Wimperis / Mischa Spoliansky / Paul Robeson & 1 more
3:11
19
Spoliansky: Canoe Song (from the 1935 Zoltán Korda's Film "Sanders of the River")Arthur Wimperis / Mischa Spoliansky / Paul Robeson & 1 more
3:04
20
Spoliansky: Killing Song (from the 1935 Zoltán Korda's Film "Sanders of the River")Mischa Spoliansky / Paul Robeson / Muir Matheson Orchestra with Chorus
2:26
21
Traditional: ShenandoahRichard Runciman Terry / Traditional / Paul Robeson
3:19
22
Strickland: Jes' Mah SongStrickland / Paul Robeson
2:30
23
Traditional: De Ole Ark's A-MoveringJohnson / Traditional / Paul Robeson
1:05
24
Traditional: Ezekiel Saw De WheelBrown / Traditional / Paul Robeson
1:20
25
Traditional: Joshua Fit De Battle Ob JerichoLawrence Brown / Traditional / Paul Robeson
2:02
Disc 5
1
Van Alstyne: Dat's All, "Honey"Egbert Van Alstyne / Paul Robeson / Clifford Greenwood & 2 more
2:20
2
Seress: Gloomy Sunday, "Hungarian Suicide Song"John Carter / Seress / Paul Robeson & 3 more
2:48
3
Kern: Show Boat, Act 1: "Ol' Man River" (Film Version)Jerome Kern / Oscar Hammerstein II / Paul Robeson & 3 more
2:39
4
Kern: Ah Still Suits Me (from the the 1936 James Whale's Film "Show Boat")Jerome Kern / Oscar Hammerstein II / Paul Robeson & 3 more
2:49
5
Ansell: Sleepy River (from the 1936 James Elder Wills' Film "Song of Freedom")Eric Ansell / Henrik Ege / Paul Robeson & 2 more
3:05
6
Ansell: Lonely Road (from the 1936 James Elder Wills' Film "Song of Freedom")Eric Ansell / Henrik Ege / Paul Robeson & 2 more
3:20
7
Ansell: Song of Freedom (from the 1936 James Elder Wills' Film "Song of Freedom")Eric Ansell / Henrik Ege / Paul Robeson & 3 more
2:42
8
Ansell: The Black Emperor (from the 1936 James Elder Wills' Film "Song of Freedom")Eric Ansell / Henrik Ege / Paul Robeson & 3 more
2:50
9
Guion: Mam'selle MarieGuion / Paul Robeson
1:57
10
Traditional: Dere's No Hidin' PlaceBrown / Paul Robeson
0:57
11
Traditional: Oh! No JohnTraditional / Paul Robeson
2:16
12
Cockram: Passing By: "There is a lady sweet and kind"Edward Purcell / Robert Herrick / Paul Robeson
2:24
13
Traditional: Hammer SongBrown / Traditional / Paul Robeson
1:53
14
Traditional: Lil' DavidBrown / Traditional / Paul Robeson
1:35
15
Carr, Michael: My Way (from the the 1937 Thornton Freeland's Film "Jericho")Jimmy Kennedy / Michael Carr / Paul Robeson & 3 more
2:51
16
Carr, Michael: Golden River (from the the 1937 Thornton Freeland's Film "Jericho")Carr / Kennedy / Paul Robeson & 3 more
2:07
17
Spoliansky: Wagon Song, "Ho! Ho!" (from the the 1937 Robert Stevenson's Film "King Solomon's Mines")Spoliansky / Paul Robeson / Eric Ansell & 2 more
2:14
18
Spoliansky: The Mountain Song, "Climbing up" (from the the 1937 Robert Stevenson's Film "King Solomon's Mines")Spoliansky / Paul Robeson / Eric Ansell & 2 more
3:14
19
Ansell: Lazin' (from the 1937 James Elder Wills' Film "Big Fella")Ansell / Paul Robeson / Eric Ansell & 2 more
2:51
20
Ansell: I Don't Know What's WrongAnsell / Paul Robeson / Eric Ansell & 2 more
3:22
21
Ansell: Roll up Sailorman (from the 1937 James Elder Wills' Film "Big Fella")Ansell / Paul Robeson / Eric Ansell & 2 more
2:17
22
Ansell: You Didn't Oughta Do Such ThingsAnsell / Paul Robeson / Eric Ansell & 2 more
2:18
23
Carr: Deep Desert (from the the 1937 Thornton Freeland's Film "Jericho")Carr / Kennedy / Paul Robeson & 1 more
3:01
24
Traditional: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless ChildTraditional / Paul Robeson
2:24
25
Minstrel Man (Text by Langston Hughes)Langston Hughes / Paul Robeson
0:30
26
Traditional: The WandererPalmgren / Traditional / Paul Robeson
2:44
Disc 6
1
Traditional: Dere's a Man Goin' Round' Takin' NamesLawrence Brown / Paul Robeson
3:10
2
Traditional: No MoreTraditional / Paul Robeson
2:32
3
Traditional: Work All De SummerGilbert / Paul Robeson
1:36
4
Traditional: Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?Gilbert / Paul Robeson
1:07
5
Gruber: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Sung in English)Crampton / Traditional / Paul Robeson & 1 more
3:29
6
Traditional: All Through the NightHarry Boulton / Paul Robeson / Ronnie Munro & His Orchestra
3:26
7
Ellington: SolitudeDuke Ellington Trio / Eddy De Lange / Irving Mills & 2 more
3:36
8
Ellington: Mood IndigoAlbany Bigard / Duke Ellington / Irving Mills & 2 more
3:21
9
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 1 Scene 1: "Summertime" (Clara)Dorothy Heyward / DuBose Heyward / George Gershwin & 4 more
2:40
10
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 2 Scene 1: "It Take a Long Pull to Get There" (Jake)DuBose Heyward / George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin & 3 more
3:07
11
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 2 Scene 2: "It Ain't Necessarily So" (Sportin' Life)DuBose Heyward / George Gershwin / Heyward & 4 more
2:36
12
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 1 Scene 1: "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" (Jake)DuBose Heyward / George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin & 3 more
2:23
13
Jacobs-Bond: 7 Songs as Unpretentious as the Wild Rose: III. Just A-Wearyin' For You (Moderato)Jacobs Bond / Paul Robeson / Walter Goehr Orchestra
2:39
14
Cadman: Songs, Op. 29: I. At Dawning, I Love You, "When the down flames in the sky" (Con molta espressione)Charles Wakefield Cadman / Nellie Richmond Eberhart / Paul Robeson & 1 more
2:25
15
Traditional: Song of the Volga BoatmenSchindler / Paul Robeson / Walter Goehr Orchestra
2:50
16
Traditional: An Eriskay Love-LiltKenneth Macleod / Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser / Traditional & 2 more
2:55
17
Kilenyi: 5 Popular Mexican Songs: I. Encantadora MariaKilenyi / Paul Robeson / Ronnie Munro & His Orchestra
2:43
18
Traditional: Goin' to Ride Up in De ChariotBrown / Traditional / Paul Robeson
1:02
19
Traditional: Every Time I Feel de SpiritBrown / Paul Robeson
1:19
20
Traditional: Lay Down LateBrown / Traditional / Paul Robeson
2:29
21
Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death: IV. The Field MarshalModest Mussorgsky / Paul Robeson
2:23
22
Traditional: David of the White RockTraditional / Paul Robeson
3:28
23
Rasbach: TreesKilmer / Rasbach / Paul Robeson
2:31
24
Dvorák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104: IV. Songs My Mother Taught Me (Andante con moto) - arr. for Voice and OrchestraAntonín Dvořák / Heyduk / Natalia MacFarren & 2 more
2:16
25
Traditional: Loch LomondGoehr / Traditional / Paul Robeson & 1 more
2:39
26
Calcott: Drink to Me Only With Thine EyesBen Jonson / John Callcott / Paul Robeson & 1 more
3:28
Disc 7
1
Cook, Will Marion: Down de Lovers' LaneCook / Paul Robeson
2:30
2
Grechaninov: 5 Songs, Op. 1: No. 5, Berceuse, "Dors, mignon, près de ta mère!" (Sung in English)Alexander Gretchaninov / Paul Robeson
2:07
3
Traditional: Night (Russian Folk Song)Alexandrov / Paul Robeson
2:54
4
The Little Black Boy (Reading of William Blake's Poem)Blake / Paul Robeson
2:20
5
Layton: Dear Old SouthlandHenry Creamer / J. Turner Layton / Paul Robeson & 1 more
2:57
6
Parry: Jerusalem, on a Text by William Blake, Op. 208: "And did those feet in ancient time"Hubert Parry / Paul Robeson / Walter Goehr Orchestra
2:27
7
Clarke: The Blind PloughmanClarke / Radclyffe-Hall / Paul Robeson & 1 more
2:09
8
Norton: Chu Chin Chow, Act 2: The Cobbler's Song (Baba Mustafa)Norton / Paul Robeson / Walter Goehr Orchestra
2:42
9
Malashkin: Oh Could I But Express in SongMalashkin / Paul Robeson / Walter Goehr Orchestra
1:53
10
Carpenter, Libbie Davidson: Love At My HeartCarpenter / Davidson / Libbie & 2 more
2:09
11
Carpenter, Libbie Davidson: Nothin'Paul Robeson / Walter Goehr Orchestra
2:24
12
Nevin: The Rosary: "The hours I spent with thee, dear heart"Ethelbert Nevin / Robert Cameron Rogers / Paul Robeson & 1 more
1:40
13
Jacobs-Bond: A Perfect Day: "When you come to the end of a perfect day"Carrie Jacobs-Bond / Paul Robeson / Walter Goehr Orchestra
2:36
14
Metcalf: Absent: "Sometimes, between long shadows on the grass"Metcalf / Young / Paul Robeson & 1 more
2:12
15
Traditional: Black Eyes, Russian Gipsy Song (Arr. Rosa Newmarch)Newmarch / Traditional / Paul Robeson & 1 more
2:33
16
De Koven: Oh Promise Me: "Oh, promise me that someday you and I"De Koven / Paul Robeson / Walter Goehr Orchestra
2:39
17
Martini: Plaisir d'amour: "Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment" (Molto lento)Jean-Paul-Égide Martini / Paul Robeson / Walter Goehr Orchestra
3:42
18
Speaks, Oley: SylviaSpeaks / Paul Robeson / Walter Goehr Orchestra
2:02
19
Traditional: She Is Far from the Land (Irish Folk Song)Charles Villiers Stanford / Moore / Traditional & 2 more
2:52
20
Adams: ThoraAdam S / Paul Robeson / Walter Goehr Orchestra
3:29
21
Quilter: 3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 2, Now Sleeps, "Now sleeps the crimson petal" (Slow, with emphasis)Quilter / Paul Robeson
2:24
22
Ireland: Sea Fever: "I must go down to the seas again" (Lento)John Ireland / John Masefield / Paul Robeson
2:12
23
Williams, Thomas John: Ebenezer, "Ton-y Botel"Hiraethog / williams / Paul Robeson
2:33
24
James: Hen Wlad fy Nhadau (National Anthem of Wales)Traditional / Paul Robeson
2:26
25
Traditional: Deep RiverHarry Burleigh / Paul Robeson / Ernest Irving Orchestra with Chorus
2:30
26
Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, Pt. 2: No. 14, Aria, "Lord God of Abraham" - No. 11, Baal Chorus, "Baal, we cry to Thee" (Rehearsal)Felix Mendelssohn / Paul Robeson / Ernest Irving Orchestra with Chorus
2:20

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