Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939

Paul Robeson

• Released on 18/07/2008 by Warner Classics
• Main artists: Paul Robeson
• Genre: Classical

1 Show Boat, Act 1: "Ol' Man River" (Live At the Dury Lane Theatre)

00:03:53

Jerome Kern, Composer - Andrew Walter, Producer, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Composer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Herman Fink, Conductor, Engineer - Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra, Orchestra - The Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra, Orchestra

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2 Since You Went Away, "Seems Lak To Me"

00:03:07

Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Johnson, Composer - Carroll Gibbons, Orchestra - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Arthur Clarke, Engineer - George W Dillnutt, Engineer - Carroll Gibbons & Orchestra, Orchestra

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3 Down De Lover's Lane

00:03:03

Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Carroll Gibbons, Orchestra - Cook, Composer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Arthur Clarke, Engineer - George W Dillnutt, Engineer - Carroll Gibbons & Orchestra, Orchestra

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4 Scandalize My Name

00:02:10

Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Harold Davidson, Engineer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Henry Thacker Burleigh, Arranger

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5 Sinner Please Doan' Let dis Harves' Pass

00:02:07

Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Harold Davidson, Engineer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Burleigh, Composer

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6 Weepin' Mary

00:01:43

Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Burleigh, Composer - George W Dillnutt, Engineer - C C Blyton, Engineer

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7 I Want to Be Ready

00:01:32

Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Burleigh, Composer - George W Dillnutt, Engineer - C C Blyton, Engineer

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8 My Lord What a Mornin'

00:02:52

Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Burleigh, Composer - George W Dillnutt, Engineer - C C Blyton, Engineer

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9 De Li'l Pickaninny's Gone to Sleep

00:03:30

Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Burleigh, Composer - George W Dillnutt, Engineer - C C Blyton, Engineer

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10 Git On Board Li'l Children

00:01:17

Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Brown, Composer, Arranger - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - George W Dillnutt, Engineer - C C Blyton, Engineer

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11 Dere's No Hidin' Place

00:01:00

Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Brown, Composer, Arranger - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - George W Dillnutt, Engineer - C C Blyton, Engineer

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12 Plantation Songs (Part 1): So Early in the Morning - Carry Me Back to Old Virginia - Old Folks at Home - Goodnight Ladies

00:03:54

Unknown, Composer - Traditional, Composer - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Tradicional, Composer - Stephen Foster, Composer - Carroll Gibbons, Orchestra - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - George W Dillnutt, Engineer - Carroll Gibbons & Orchestra, Orchestra - Edward Gower, Engineer

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13 Plantation Songs (Part 2): Away Down South in Dixie - Poor Old Joe - Oh, Susanna - My Old Kentucky Home

00:04:18

Unknown, Composer - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Foster, Composer - Stephen Foster, Composer - Carroll Gibbons, Orchestra - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - George W Dillnutt, Engineer - Carroll Gibbons & Orchestra, Orchestra - Edward Gower, Engineer

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14 Oh Rock Me Julie

00:01:35

Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Brown, Composer, Arranger - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - George W Dillnutt, Engineer - Edward Gower, Engineer

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15 Oh Didn't It Rain

00:01:22

Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Brown, Composer, Arranger - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - George W Dillnutt, Engineer - Edward Gower, Engineer

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16 My Mammy

00:03:51

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Carroll Gibbons, Orchestra - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Tunbridge, Composer - George W Dillnutt, Engineer - Carroll Gibbons & Orchestra, Orchestra - Edward Gower, Engineer - Harry Fleming, Engineer - Frank Rennie, Engineer

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17 Roll Away, Clouds (from "Virginia")

00:03:14

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Furber, Composer - Waller, Composer - Carroll Gibbons, Orchestra - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - R P Weston, Composer - Tunbridge, Composer - Bert Lee, Composer - George W Dillnutt, Engineer - Carroll Gibbons & Orchestra, Orchestra - Edward Gower, Engineer - Harry Fleming, Engineer - Frank Rennie, Engineer

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18 Sonny Boy (from the 1928 Lloyd Bacon's Musical Movie "The Singing Fool")

00:02:43

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Ray Henderson, Composer - Al Jolson, Composer - Carroll Gibbons, Orchestra - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Arthur Clarke, Engineer - Lewis Brown, Composer - Buddy De Sylva, Composer - Edward Fowler, Engineer - Carroll Gibbons & Orchestra, Orchestra - Frank Bulkey, Engineer

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19 Little Pal (from the 1929 Lloyd Bacon's Musical Movie "Say It with Songs")

00:03:31

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Brown, Composer - R Henderson, Composer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Buddy De Sylva, Composer - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra - B G Jolson, Composer - Harry Fleming, Engineer

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20 The Lonesome Road

00:02:45

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Gene Austin, Writer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Nathaniel Shilkret, Writer - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra - Harry Fleming, Engineer

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21 Just Keepin' On

00:03:12

Phillips, Composer - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra - Harry Fleming, Engineer

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22 Mighty Lak' a Rose

00:03:27

Nevin, Composer - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra - Edward Gower, Engineer

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23 Mammy is Gone

00:03:21

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Henderson, Composer - Brown, Composer - De Sylva, Composer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra - Edward Gower, Engineer

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DISC 2

1 Hail De Crown

00:02:13

Traditional, Composer - Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Robinson, Composer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Arthur Clarke, Engineer - Harry Fleming, Engineer - Frank Rennie, Engineer - H, Ellis, Engineer

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2 3 Negro Songs: II. Exhortation. A Negro Sermon, "Remember, if a brudder smotes"

00:02:11

Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cook, Composer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Arthur Clarke, Engineer - Harry Fleming, Engineer - Frank Rennie, Engineer - H, Ellis, Engineer

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3 I Stood on the Ribber Jordan - Peter Go Ring Dem Bells

00:02:57

Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Burleigh, Composer - Arthur Clarke, Engineer - Harry Fleming, Engineer - Frank Rennie, Engineer - H, Ellis, Engineer

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4 Go Down Moses

00:02:06

Traditional, Composer - Lawrence Brown, Piano - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Arthur Clarke, Engineer - Henry Thacker Burleigh, Composer - Harry Fleming, Engineer - Frank Rennie, Engineer - H, Ellis, Engineer

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5 High Water

00:02:36

Brennan, Composer - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Harold Davidson, Engineer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra - Mchardy, Composer

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6 Old Folks at Home, "Swanee River"

00:03:20

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Stephen Foster, Composer - Harold Davidson, Engineer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra

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7 Old Black Joe

00:03:11

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Stephen Foster, Composer - Harold Davidson, Engineer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra

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8 My Old Kentucky Home

00:03:31

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Stephen Foster, Composer - Harold Davidson, Engineer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra - Edward Gower, Engineer

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9 Show Boat, Act 1: "Ol' Man River" (Joe)

00:02:50

Jerome Kern, Composer - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Composer - Harold Davidson, Engineer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra - Edward Gower, Engineer

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10 River Stay 'Way from My Door

00:03:30

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Harold Davidson, Engineer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra - Edward Gower, Engineer

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11 Rockin' Chair

00:03:33

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra

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12 Medley of Spirituals

00:07:47

Unknown, Composer - Traditional, Composer - WILLIAMS, Composer - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Robinson, Composer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra

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13 My Heart is Where the Mohawk Flows Tonight

00:03:30

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra - Carsen Robison, Composer

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14 The Folks I Used to Know

00:02:53

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Chadwick, Composer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra - Kester, Composer

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15 Yes Lord, Oh Lord (Variation of "Mary Had a Baby")

00:02:17

Traditional, Composer - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Johnson, Composer, Arranger - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ruthland Clapham, Piano

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16 Lil' Gal

00:03:01

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Johnson, Composer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ruthland Clapham, Piano

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17 Bear De Burden - All God's Chillun Got Wing

00:03:32

Traditional, Composer - White, Composer, Arranger - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Johnson, Composer, Arranger - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ruthland Clapham, Piano

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18 That's Why Darkies Were Born (from "George White’s Scandals of 1931")

00:02:41

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Henderson, Composer - Brown, Composer - Ray Noble, Conductor, Orchestra - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - The Mayfair Dance Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra - Ray Noble & The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra

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19 When It's Sleepy Time Down South, "Sleepy Time Down South" (from the 1931 William A. Wellman's Movie "Safe in Hell")

00:03:27

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Ray Noble, Conductor, Orchestra - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Leon Rene, Composer - Otis Rene, Composer - C Muse, Composer - The Mayfair Dance Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra - Ray Noble & The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra

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20 Seekin'

00:02:36

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Marshall, Composer - Ray Noble, Conductor, Orchestra - Hall, Composer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - The Mayfair Dance Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra - Ray Noble & The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra

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DISC 3

1 Nearer My God, to Thee

00:04:16

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Herbert Dawson, Organ - Carey, Composer

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2 Le Calvaire: "Il est au loin une colline" - Sung in English, "There is a green hill far away"

00:04:02

Charles Gounod, Composer - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Herbert Dawson, Organ

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3 Mah Lindy Lou

00:03:17

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Ray Noble, Conductor, Orchestra - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra - Lily Strickland, Composer - The Mayfair Dance Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra

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4 Ma Curly-Headed Babby

00:03:05

Traditional, Composer - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - George Clutsam, Composer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Conductor, Orchestra

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5 Pilgrim Song

00:02:40

Traditional, Composer - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Clapham, Composer - Ruthland Clapham, Piano

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6 Roll the Old Chariot: "Oh, a drop of Nelson's blood"

00:02:44

Traditional, Composer - Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Clapham, Composer - Ruthland Clapham, Piano

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7 Since You Went Away

00:03:10

Andrew Walter, Producer, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Johnson, Composer - Paul Robeson, MainArtist - Ruthland Clapham, Piano

© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2008 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company

About the album

• 7 disc(s) - 170 track(s)
• Total length: 07:56:11

• Main artists: Paul Robeson
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Warner Classics
• Genre: Classical
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2008 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd.