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Paul Robeson, sings “Joe Hill”.
Paul Robeson Memorial Program
Date: 1/24/1976Call Number: CD 182Format: CDProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Molly Frankel, Chris Bergman, Jeff Echevaria, Elsa JafkinCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Originally broadcast on KPFA, 01/24/76 (the day after Robeson’s death). Readings & commentary on Robeson, interspersed with Robeson’s recorded music and brief excerpts from his speeches. Songs include Deep River, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Climbing Jacob’s Ladder, The Four Insurgent Generals (song from the Spanish Civil War), Meadowland (song of the Soviet Red Army, sung in English & Russian), Chee Lai (song of the Chinese Revolution, sung in Chinese). The House I Live In, John Henry, Joe Hill, Curly Headed Baby, Song of the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance (sung in English & Yiddish).
Same as PR 001
Paul Robeson: The Peace Arch Concerts
Date: 5/18/1952Call Number: CD 346Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
The Peace Arch contains both spoken and musical selections from the first two of Paul Robeson's four Peace Arch Concerts given on the U.S./Canadian border. Personnel includes: Paul Robeson (vocals); Lawrence Brown, Alan Booth (piano); Harvey Murphy (spoken vocals). Recorded live at The Peace Arch Park, Blaine, Washington on May 18, 1952 & August 16, 1953. Includes liner notes and a bibliography by Ian Shaw. Digitally remastered by Laurie Flannery (Northeastern Digital Recording, Southboro, Massachusetts). Standing atop a flat-bed truck parked one-foot from the Canadian border, Paul Robeson sang to crowds of hundreds of thousands during four concerts between 1952 and 1955. The concerts had their genesis after Robeson was denied entry into Canada by the U.S. State Department for a concert in support of the Mine, Mill and Smelters Worker's Union of British Columbia. Robeson had been an American cultural icon for the preceding three decades as a singer and actor. By the time of the concerts presented on this disc, however, he had become persona non grata in the highly-charged atmosphere of the domestic cold war. His well-known support of a variety of progressive causes had caused his passport to be revoked and made it virtually impossible for him to perform professionally in the United States. It was against this backdrop that the Peace Arch Concerts took place. Robeson's voice is in top form in both of the concerts presented here. His low notes contain the richness and earthy resonance for which he was famous. In his memorable performance of Ol' Man River (which Jerome Kern is said to have written with Robeson in mind), he changes the last verse from one of acquiescence to one of defiance. Robeson's famous 12 1/2 minute speech presages the civil rights movement which is to follow in the ensuing two decades.
Paul Robeson: Freedom Train and the Welch Transatlantic Concert
Call Number: CD 347Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Freedom Train presents bookends of Paul Robeson's political activism through art. The album begins with Robeson's stirring 1947 reading of the Langston Hughes poem "Freedom Train," and concludes with a 1957 concert given by telephone for Miners in Wales when the United States Government denied Robeson's right to travel due to his political beliefs.
1. Freedom Train
2. Introduction From Wil Paynter
3. Paul Robeson's Greetings
4. Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel
5. All Through the Night
6. This Little Light of Mine
7. All Men Are Brothers
8. Slumberland
9. Thanks From Wil Paynter
10. Y Deln Aur (The Golden Harp)
11. Thanks From Paul Robeson
12. Wales
13. We'll Keep A Welcome in the Hillside
Ballads of Black America
Date: 1/1/1972Call Number: Vin 052Producers: Folkways Recordings, Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, Pete Seeger, Jeanne HumphriesCollection: General materials
A collection of songs from the Ballads of Black America project, which sought to educate children about black leaders in American history, including Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Paul Robeson. The project was started by Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, who also founded the Deacons For Defense and Justice during the civil rights movement. Accompanied by Pete Seeger and Jeanne Humphries. With extensive liner notes.
The Historic: Paul Robeson
Date: 1/1/1977Call Number: Vin 080Format: VinylProducers: CollectablesCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
A civil rights movement activist and professional singer and actor, Robeson was a major influential figure in 20th century America. The third volume of a three volume series is a collection of historic songs ranging from Beethoven's "The ode to Joy" to "Deep River" the Negro spiritual. This album shows the versatility of Robeson's repertoire.
The Best of Paul Robeson Vol. 3: Paul Robeson
Call Number: Vin 082Format: VinylProducers: Starline, EMI RecordsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
An actor, singer, professional football player, humanitarian, and civil rights activist, Paul Robeson was an extremely influential figure of the 20th century. This album is a collection of Robeson's recordings over his career. It ranges from Russian folk songs to war song to Negro spiritual songs.
The Essential Paul Robeson: Paul Robeson
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: Vin 085Format: VinylProducers: Vanguard Recording Society Inc.Collection: Colin Edwards Collection
An actor, singer, professional football player, humanitarian, and civil rights activist, Paul Robeson was an extremely influential figure of the 20th century. This album is a collection of Robeson's recordings over his career. It ranges from his renditions of European classics to Negro Spirituals.
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