Track Listing

1. Ol' Man River
2. Roll Away, Clouds
3. The Lonesome Road
4. Got The South In My Soul
5. Hush-A-Bye Lullaby
6. Round The Bend Of The Road
7. Carry Me Back To Green Pastures
8. Blue Prelude
9. Wagon Wheels
10. So Shy
11. St. Louis Blues
12. Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day
13. I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just Dreaming
14. Shenandoah
15. All Through The Night
16. Solitude
17. Song Of The Volga Boatman
18. Dear Old Southland
19. Nothin'
20. A Perfect Day

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #72630 in Music
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Robeson's performances survive him
This album was recorded 1928 to 1939 and is republished by EMI. Except for the orchestrations (which are dated), the performances by Paul Robeson are current and fresh as ever. There is nothing in the content of the lyrics to indicate an origin of slavery or anything having to do with black stereotyping. Robeson has a rich, bass voice and he enunciates well. There are 20 numbers on this album and Robeson carries all of them well. In addition to Ol' Man River, there are St. Louis Blues, All Through the Night, Song of the Volga Boatman, and Dear Old Southland.

This is a valuable piece of American history and it's too bad the ultimate Paul Robeson couldn't have been recorded in latter decades with more modern equipment and arrangements.