Paul
Robeson
(1898-1976)Songs of Struggle
Regis Records RRC1229
* Track nos. 1,2,6-13 with Lawrence Brown, piano
** Tracks New Mayfair Orchestra conducted Clifford Greeenwood (19,22), Ray Noble (20,21)
Recorded 1927-1947 AAD
[71:15]
2 John Henry* (Trad.rarrJohnson) 1945
3 The Peat-Bog Soldiers* [Moorsoldaten] (Anon.:arr.Eisler) 1942
4 Kevin Barry (Anon.) Rec. 1947
5 The Four Insurgent Generals (Anon.) Rec. 1947
6 The Purest Kind Of Guy* (Joe"s Birthday Song) (No For An AnswerBlitzstein) Rec. 1942
7 From Border To Border* (Dzerzhinsky) Rec. 1942
8 Oh, How Proud Our Quiet Don* (Dzerzhinsky) Reel 942
9 Within Four Walls* (Mussorgsky) Rec. 1942
10 Native Land (Donayevsky)* Rec. 1942
11 Song Of The Plains* (Red Army Song) (Anon.:arr.Knipper)l 942
12 Cradle Song* (Gretchaninov) Rec. 1942
13 Passing By* (EPurcelhHerrick) Rec. 1938
14 Thora (Weatherley:Adams) Orchestra / Walter Goehr 1939
15 Love At My Heart (Graves:arr.Wood) Orchestra /Walter Goehr (1939)
16 Ebenezer (The Proud Valley:Williams:Lowell) + Male Chorus (1939)
17 Lazini (Big Fella:Ansell:Dyrenforth) Orchestra /Eric Ansell (1937)
18 Encantadora Maria (Kilyeni) Orchestra / Ronnie Munro 1938
19 Just A-Wearyin" For You** (Jacobs-Bond/Stanton) 1938
20 St.Louis Blues** (Handy) 1934
21 Mah Lindy Lou** (Strickland) 1932
22 Summertime** (Porgy and Bess:G. & I. Gershwin:Heyward) 1938
23 Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Trad.:arr.Brown)/ with Ruthland Clapham (Piano), 1933
24 Old Man River (Showboat:Kern:Hammerstein II) Drury Lane Theatre Chorus, Orchestra / Herman Fink Rec. 1927
25 The Little Black Boy (Songs Of lnnocence:Blake) Rec. 1939