Spirituals (Paul Robeson album)

Spirituals
Studio album by
Paul Robeson
Released1946
Recorded1945
LabelColumbia Masterworks
Paul Robeson chronology
Songs of Free Men
(1943) 		Spirituals
(1946) 		A Robeson Recital of Popular Favourites
(1947)
Spirituals (1946)
Review scores
SourceRating
Record SupplementPositive[1]
Songs of Free Men / Spirituals
(budget LP, 1968)
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard[2]

Spirituals is a studio album by Paul Robeson, recorded in 1945 and released in 1946 on Columbia Masterworks. Robeson was accompanied by Lawrence Brown at the piano.

Track listing

The album was originally issued in 1946 as a set of four 10-inch 78-r.p.m. records, catalog number M 610.[1][3]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Go Down Moses"  
2."Balm in Gilead"  
3."By an' By"  
4."Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child"  
5."John Henry"  
6."Water Boy"Robeson 
7."Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen"  
8."Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho"  

References

  1. ^ a b Record Supplement. 1946.
    Record Supplement. 1946.
    "Record Supplement". Gramophone Shop, Inc., New York. 1946. As a singer of spirituals, Paul Robeson is virtually unsurpassed. With the pianist Lawrence Brown, Mr. Robeson gives deeply moving interpretations of the following: Go Down Moses; Balm in Gilead; Sometimes I Feel Like a ...
  2. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 21, 1968.
  3. ^ "Paul Robeson - Spirituals". Discogs. Retrieved April 7, 2023.


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