Paul Robeson discography
The following is the discography of American singer Paul Robeson.
Studio albums
[edit]| Year | Album | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Ballad for Americans | 2 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Victor P-20[1] |
| 1941 | Chee Lai – Songs of New China | 3 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Keynote 109[2] |
| 1943 | Songs of Free Men | 4 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Columbia Masterworks M 534[3] |
| 1946 | Spirituals | 4 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Columbia Masterworks M 610[4] |
Here Comes the Showboat
|
4 × 12" 78 r.p.m., Columbia Masterworks C 55[5] | |
| 1948 | A Robeson Recital of Popular Favourites | 4 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Columbia Masterworks MM 732[6][7] |
| 1949 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 4 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Columbia Masterworks MM 819[8] |
| 1953 | Negro Spirituals and Blues
|
12" LP, Concert Hall M-2340[9] |
| Robeson Sings | 3 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Othello Records R-101 / 10" LP (L-101)[10] | |
| 1954 | Solid Rock — Favorite Hymns of My People | 3 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Othello Records R-201 / 10" LP (L-201)[11] |
| 1954? | Let Freedom Sing | 10" LP, Othello Records L-301[12] |
| 1956? | Негритянские песни в исполнении Поля Робсона ("Negro Songs Sung by Paul Robeson") |
USSR, 10" LP, Д-2723/2724[13] |
| Песни в исполнении Поля Робсона ("Songs Sung by Paul Robeson") |
USSR, 10" LP, Д-2864/2865[14] | |
| 1958 | Наш друг Поль Робсон ("Our Friend Paul Robeson") |
USSR, 12" LP, Д-04478/04479[15] |
| Robeson | 12" LP, Vanguard VSD-2015[16][17] | |
| 1959 | Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs | 12" LP, Monitor Records MPS 580, MPS 580[18] |
| Paul Robeson chante... 16 spirituals | France, 10" LP, Philips G 05.639 R[19] | |
| 1960 | Paul Robeson singt Lieder aus aller Welt ("Paul Robeson Sings Songs of Many Lands") |
West Germany?, 12" LP, Concert Hall M-2123[20] |
| "Encore, Robeson!" (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs, Vol. 2) |
12" LP, Monitor Records MP 581, MPS 581[21] | |
| Robeson | 12" LP, Verve Records MG V-4044[22] | |
| 1962 | Paul Robeson singt Negro Spirituals a.k.a. Negro Spirituals |
Europe, 12" LP, Concert Hall M-2162[23] |
| 1964 | Paul Robeson singt | East Germany, 12" LP, Eterna 8 30 008[24] |
Live albums
[edit]| Year | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | I Came to Sing | 10" LP, International Union of Mine Mill and Smelters Workers Union[25] |
| 1955 | Récital Paul Robeson | France, 10" LP, Le Chant du Monde LDP 8132 (LD-M 8132), LDP 4248 Recorded by Othello Rec. Corp.[26][27] |
| 1957 | Paul Robeson's Transatlantic Concert | UK, 10" LP, Topic Records 10T 17[28] |
Transatlantic Exchange
|
UK, 10" LP, N.U.M MLP 3001[29] | |
| 1958 | Поль Робсон в Москве (1958 г.) ("Paul Robeson in Moscow (1958)") |
USSR, 12" LP, Д-04544/04545[30] |
| 1960 | Paul Robeson at Carnegie Hall | 12" LP, Vanguard VSD-2035[31] |
| 1961 | Paul Robeson Recital | Czechoslovakia, 12" LP, Supraphon SUA 10062[32] |
| 1962 | Paul Robeson at Carnegie Hall, Vol. 2 | Australia, 12" LP, Vanguard ALPS 1010[33] |
| 1970 | In Live Performance | 12" LP, Columbia Masterworks M 30424[34] |
Compilation albums
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| Year | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Spirituals and A Robeson Recital of Popular Favorites |
12" LP, Columbia Masterworks ML 4105[35] |
| 1964 | Ballad for Americans / Carnegie Hall Concert, Vol. 2[A] | 12" LP, Vanguard VSD-79193, VRS-9193[36][37][38] |
| 1968 | Songs of Free Men / Spirituals | 12" LP, Columbia Odyssey 32 16 0268[39] |
| 1974 | The Essential Paul Robeson | 2 × 12" LP, Vanguard VSD-57/58[40][41] |
| 1985 | Paul Robeson Sings "Ol' Man River" and Other Favorites | Recorded for EMI May 15, 1928 – September 27, 1939 12" LP, CD, EMI EG 26 0477 1, CDC 7 47839 2[42][43] |
[A] The LP contains the original recording of Ballad for Americans (courtesy of RCA Victor) and a live Carnegie Hall Concert, Vol. 2.
- Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions, 1928−1939 Box Set
- Paul Robeson: The Power and The Glory
- On My Journey: Paul Robeson's Independent Recordings
- Paul Robeson: The Political Years
- Freedom Train and the Welsh Transatlantic Concert Live
Singles
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References
[edit]- ^ "Paul Robeson - Ballad For Americans". 18 November 1940 – via www.discogs.com.
Foundation, John Edwards Memorial (12 December 1972). JEMF Quarterly - Volume 8 - Page 79.Victor released Paul Robeson's Ballad for Americans (P-20). This patriotic cantata by Earl Robinson and John Latouche, born in a WPA production Sing for Your Supper, was also performed at the 1940 Republican National Convention. I shall devote a separate Graphics feature to it in the future. In June, 1940 ...
"RCA Victor Record Review". June 1942 – via Google Books. - ^ "Paul Robeson With Chinese Chorus Conducted By Liu Lang-Mo - Chee Lai - Songs of New China". 18 November 1941 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Songs Of Free Men". 18 November 1943 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Spirituals". 18 November 1946 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Helen Morgan, Frank Munn, Paul Robeson, Countess Albani, James Melton, Victor Young - Here Comes The Showboat". 18 November 1946 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - A Robeson Recital Of Popular Favourites" – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ Who Should Sing Ol' Man River?: The Lives of an American Song. Oxford University Press. 12 December 2023. ISBN 978-0-19-938918-6.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Golden Gate Quartet, Paul Robeson, Buck Clayton - Negro Spirituals And Blues". 18 November 1953 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Robeson Sings". 18 November 1953 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Solid Rock - Favorite Hymns Of My People". 18 November 1954 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Let Freedom Sing" – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Negro Songs Sung By Paul Robeson". 18 November 1961 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Поль РОБСОН (бас)". records.su.
- ^ "Поль Робсон - Наш Друг Поль Робсон". 18 November 1958 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Robeson". 18 November 1958 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 13 October 1958 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Favorite Songs". 18 November 1959 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson...Chante 16 Spirituals". 18 November 1959 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson Singt Lieder Aus Aller Welt". 18 November 1960 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - "Encore, Robeson!" Monitor Presents Paul Robeson Favorites Volume Two". 18 November 1960 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Robeson". 18 November 1960 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson Singt Negro Spirituals". 18 November 1962 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson Singt". 18 November 1964 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - I Came To Sing". 18 November 1952 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Récital" – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ Recorded Solo Concert Spirituals, 1916-2022. McFarland. 8 May 2023. ISBN 9781476648453.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson's Transatlantic Concert". 18 November 1957 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson, Treorchy Male Voice Choir - Transatlantic Exchange". 18 November 1957 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Поль Робсон в Москве (Paul Robeson in Moscow)". 18 November 1958 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - At Carnegie Hall". 18 November 1960 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Recital". 18 November 1961 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - At Carnegie Hall Vol. 2". 18 November 1963 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - In Live Performance". 4 July 2016 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Spirituals And A Robeson Recital Of Popular Favorites". 18 November 1949 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Robeson - Ballad For Americans / Carnegie Hall Concert, Vol. 2". 18 November 1965 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (13 November 1965). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Strickman, Daniel; Frances, Stephen P.; Debboun, Mustapha (23 April 2009). Prevention of Bug Bites, Stings, and Disease. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-536578-8 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Songs Of Free Men • Spirituals". 18 November 1968 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - The Essential Paul Robeson". 18 November 1974 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - The Essential Paul Robeson [Vanguard] Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson Sings "Ol' Man River" And Other Favorites". 18 November 1987 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson Sings "Ol' Man River" & Other Favorites Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
External links
[edit]- List of phonograph recordings and tapes by and about Paul Robeson
- Paul Robeson discography at Discogs
