170-track digitally remastered 7-CD album set containing all the HMV recordings, as well as the 1928 Columbia recording of 'Ol' Man River' from Show Boat with the Drury Lane chorus and orchestra that was not released until 1976 for contractual reasons. Also included are the two HMV recordings of 'Ol' Man River', the first made in 1930 as a solo with Ray Noble's Orchestra and the second in 1936 with chorus and orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood. Compact discs. Transferred and digitally remastered from the original 78 sources by Andrew Walter at Abbey Road Studios. Paul Robeson, vocals ; with acc.
Contents:
disc 1. Mammy is gone. Seem lak' to me -- Down de lover's lane -- Scandalize my name -- Sinner, please doan' let dis Harves' pass -- Weepin' Mary -- I want to be ready -- My Lord, what a mornin' -- De li'l pickaninny's gone to sleep -- Git on board li'l children -- Dere's no hidin' place -- Plantation songs (Part 1) -- Plantation songs (Part 2) -- Oh! rock me Julie -- Oh, didn't it rain -- Mammy -- Roll away clouds -- Sonny Boy -- Little pal -- The lonesome road -- Just keepin' on -- Mighty lak' a rose -- Mammy is gone. disc 2. Seekin' Exhortation -- I stood on the ribber Jordan/Peter go ring dem bells -- Go down, Moses -- High water -- Old folks at home -- Poor Old Joe -- My old Kentucky home -- Ol' Man River -- River stay 'way from my door -- Rockin' chair -- Medley Of Spirituals -- My heart is where the Mohawk flows tonight -- The folks I used to know -- Mary had a baby (Yes, Lord) -- Lil' gal -- Bear de burden/All God's chillun got wings -- That's why darkies were born -- When it's sleepy yime down south -- Seekin' disc 3. Intro/Carry me back/Mighty lak' a rose/Round the bend of the road/River stay 'way from my door/O'l Man River (Medley) (Part 2) There is a green hill -- Ma Lindy Lou -- Ma curly-headed baby -- Pilgrim's Song -- Roll de ole chariot along -- Since you went away -- Wid de moon, moon, moon -- Got the south in my soul -- Hush-a-bye lullaby -- Round the bend of the road -- Take me away from the river -- Swing low, sweet chariot -- On ma journey -- Bye and bye -- Were you there? -- Swing along -- Piccaninny shoes -- In a narrow street -- Carry me back to green pastures -- Lazy bones -- Blue Prelude -- Intro/Roll de ole chariot/Mary had a baby/Swing low/Heav'n, Heav'n (Medley) (Part 1) -- Intro/Carry me back/Mighty lak' a rose/Round the bend of the road/River stay 'way from my door/O'l Man River (Medley) (Part 2) disc 4. Joshua fit de battle ob Jericho. Shortnin' bread -- Snowball -- Water boy -- Doan' you cry, ma honey -- Steal away -- Scarecrow -- Wagon wheels -- So shy -- Piccaninny's Slumber Song -- St. Louis Blues -- Mammy's little kinky-headed boy -- Little man, you've had a busy day -- I ain't lazy, I'm just dreaming -- The Banjo Song -- Intro/Lazy Bones/Scarecrow/Fat Li'l Feller/Wagon Wheels/Deep River/Ma Curly-Headed Baby/Carry Me Back To Green Pastures/Old Folks At Home (Medley No 2) -- Love Song -- Congo Lullaby -- Canoe Song -- Killing Song -- Shenandoah -- Jes' mah song -- De ole Ark's a-movering -- Ezekiel saw de wheel -- Joshua fit de battle ob Jericho. disc 5. Wanderer. Gloomy Sunday -- Ol' Man River (Film Version) -- I still suits me (Film Version) -- Sleepy River -- Lonely Road -- Song Of Freedom -- The Black Emperor -- Mam'selle Marie -- Dere's no hidin' place -- Oh! No, John -- Passing by -- Hammer Song -- Lil' David -- My Way -- Golden River -- Ho! Ho! (Wagon Song) -- Climbing up (The Mountain Song) -- Lazin' -- I don't know what's wrong -- Roll up, sailorman -- You didn't oughta do such things -- Deep Desert -- Sometimes I feel like a motherless child -- Minstrel Man (Spoken) (Unaccompanied) -- The Wanderer. disc 6. Drink to me only with thine eyes. No more -- Work all de summer -- Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel? -- Still night, holy night -- All through the night -- Solitude -- Mood Indigo -- Summertime (Lullaby) -- It take a long pull to get there -- It ain't necessarily so -- A woman is a sometime thing -- Just a-wearyin' for you -- At dawning -- Song of the Volga Boatmen -- An Eriskay Love-lilt -- Encantadora Maria -- Goin' to ride up in de chariot -- Every time I feel de spirit -- Lay down late -- After the battle -- David Of The White Rock -- Trees -- Songs my mother taught Me -- Loch Lomond -- Drink to me only with thine eyes. disc 7. Lord God of Abraham. Lullaby -- Night -- The little black boy -- Dear old southland -- Jerusalem -- The Blind Ploughman -- The Cobblers Song -- Oh, Could I but express in song -- Love at my heart -- Nothin' -- The Rosary -- A Perfect Day -- Absent -- Black Eyes -- Oh, promise me -- Plaisir d'amour -- Sylvia -- She is far from the land -- Thora -- Now sleeps the crimson petal -- Sea Fever -- Ebenezer -- Land of my fathers -- Deep River -- Lord God of Abraham.
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