The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939
Other albums by Paul Robeson
Review
- # Track Artist Length
- 1 Ol' Man River, song (from "Show Boat") Paul Robeson 3:53
- 2 Seem Lak' to Me, song Paul Robeson 3:7
- 3 Down De Lover's Lane Paul Robeson 3:3
- 4 Scandalize My Name Paul Robeson 2:10
- 6 Weepin' Mary Paul Robeson 1:45
- 7 I Want to Be Ready Paul Robeson 1:30
- 8 My Lord, What a Morning Paul Robeson 2:52
- 9 De li'l pickaninny's gone to sleep, song Paul Robeson 3:30
- 11 Dere's No Hidin' Place Paul Robeson 0:59
- 12 Plantation Songs, medley for baritone & orchestra~Part 1. So Early in the Morning; Carry Me Back to Old Virginia; Old Folks at Home; Goodnight Ladies Paul Robeson 3:54
- 13 Plantation Songs, medley for baritone & orchestra~Part 2. Away Down South in Dixie; Poor Old Joe; Oh, Susanna; My Old Kentucky Home Paul Robeson 4:18
- 14 Oh Rock Me Julie, song Paul Robeson 1:35
- 15 Oh! Didn't It Rain Paul Robeson 1:22
- 16 My Mammy Paul Robeson 3:53
- 17 Roll Away, Clouds (from "Virginia") Paul Robeson 3:14
- 18 Sonny Boy, song Paul Robeson 2:43
- 19 Little Pal (from the film Say It With Song) Paul Robeson 3:31
- 20 The Lonesome Road Paul Robeson 2:46
- 21 Just Keepin' On Paul Robeson 3:12
- 22 Mighty Lak' a Rose Paul Robeson 3:27
- 23 Mammy Is Gone, song Paul Robeson 3:25
- 4 Go Down Moses Paul Robeson 2:3
- 5 High Water Paul Robeson 2:33
- 6 Old Folks at Home, "Swanee River" Paul Robeson 3:20
- 7 Old Black Joe Paul Robeson 3:7
- 8 My Old Kentucky Home Paul Robeson 3:27
- 9 Show Boat, Act 1: "Ol' Man River" (Joe) Paul Robeson 2:46
- 10 River Stay 'Way from My Door Paul Robeson 3:29
- 11 Rockin' Chair Paul Robeson 3:35
- 12 Medley of Spirituals Paul Robeson 7:43
- 13 My Heart is Where the Mohawk Flows Tonight Paul Robeson 3:26
- 14 The Folks I Used to Know Paul Robeson 2:49
- 15 Yes Lord, Oh Lord (Variation of "Mary Had a Baby") Paul Robeson 2:15
- 16 Lil' Gal Paul Robeson 3:0
- 18 That's Why Darkies Were Born, song (from George White's Scandals of 1920, revue) Paul Robeson 2:41
- 19 When it's Sleepy-Time Down South Paul Robeson 3:27
- 1 Nearer My God, to Thee Paul Robeson 4:12
- 2 There is a green hill far away, for voice & piano or organ Paul Robeson 4:2
- 3 Mah Lindy Lou Paul Robeson 3:15
- 4 Ma Curly-Headed Babby Paul Robeson 3:3
- 7 Since You Went Away Paul Robeson 3:8
- 9 Got the South in My Soul Paul Robeson 3:2
- 10 Hush-A-Bye Lullaby, "Rock-a-bye Baby" Paul Robeson 3:17
- 11 Round the Bend of the Road Paul Robeson 2:54
- 12 Take Me Away from the River, "Song from the Viper" Paul Robeson 2:56
- 13 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Paul Robeson 2:48
- 14 On Ma Journey Paul Robeson 2:8
- 16 Were You There when They Crucified My Lord?, spiritual Paul Robeson 2:48
- 17 Swing Along Paul Robeson 3:22
- 18 Piccaninny Shoes Paul Robeson 2:51
- 19 In a Narrow Street Paul Robeson 2:47
- 20 Carry Me Back to Green Pastures Paul Robeson 2:54
- 21 Lazy Bones Paul Robeson 3:25
- 22 Blue Prelude Paul Robeson 2:48
- 23 Work(s)~Paul Robeson Medley, Part 1: Roll de Ole Chariot; Mary Had a Baby; Swing Low; Heav'n, Heav'n Paul Robeson 4:6
- 1 Fat Li'l Fella Wid His Mammy's Eyes Paul Robeson 2:3
- 2 Shortnin' Bread Paul Robeson 1:11
- 3 Snowball Paul Robeson 3:20
- 4 Water Boy Paul Robeson 2:41
- 5 Doan' You Cry Ma Honey Paul Robeson 3:37
- 6 Steal Away Paul Robeson 3:3
- 7 Scarecrow Paul Robeson 3:29
- 8 Wagon Wheels Paul Robeson 3:27
- 9 So Shy Paul Robeson 3:25
- 10 Piccaninny's Slumber Song Paul Robeson 3:9
- 11 St. Louis Blues Paul Robeson 3:32
- 12 Mammy's Little Kinky-Headed Boy Paul Robeson 3:16
- 13 Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day Paul Robeson 3:21
- 14 I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just Dreaming Paul Robeson 2:50
- 15 Bandanna Ballads, Op. 22: IV. A Banjo Song, "I plays de banjo better now" (With marked rhythm) Paul Robeson 3:9
- 17 Love Song (from the 1935 Zoltán Korda's Film "Sanders of the River") Paul Robeson 3:27
- 18 Congo Lullaby (from the 1935 Zoltán Korda's Film "Sanders of the River") Paul Robeson 3:11
- 19 Canoe Song (from the 1935 Zoltán Korda's Film "Sanders of the River") Paul Robeson 3:4
- 20 Killing Song (from the 1935 Zoltán Korda's Film "Sanders of the River") Paul Robeson 2:26
- 21 Shenandoah Paul Robeson 3:19
- 22 Jes' Mah Song Paul Robeson 2:31
- 24 Ezekiel Saw De Wheel Paul Robeson 1:20
- 3 Show Boat, Act 1: "Ol' Man River" (Film Version) Paul Robeson 2:39
- 4 Ah Still Suits Me (from the the 1936 James Whale's Film "Show Boat") Paul Robeson 2:49
- 5 Sleepy River, for 2 voices & orchestra Paul Robeson 3:5
- 6 Lonely Road (from the 1936 James Elder Wills' Film "Song of Freedom") Paul Robeson 3:20
- 7 Song of Freedom (from the 1936 James Elder Wills' Film "Song of Freedom") Paul Robeson 2:42
- 8 The Black Emperor (from the 1936 James Elder Wills' Film "Song of Freedom") Paul Robeson 2:50
- 9 Mam'selle Marie, song~Mam'selle Marie Paul Robeson 1:57
- 10 Dere's No Hidin' Place Paul Robeson 0:55
- 11 Oh! No John Paul Robeson 2:16
- 12 Passing By: "There is a lady sweet and kind" Paul Robeson 2:25
- 13 Hammer Song Paul Robeson 1:53
- 15 My Way (from the the 1937 Thornton Freeland's Film "Jericho") Paul Robeson 2:52
- 16 Golden River (from the the 1937 Thornton Freeland's Film "Jericho") Paul Robeson 2:7
- 17 Wagon Song, "Ho! Ho!" (from the the 1937 Robert Stevenson's Film "King Solomon's Mines") Paul Robeson 2:13
- 18 The Mountain Song, "Climbing up" (from the the 1937 Robert Stevenson's Film "King Solomon's Mines") Paul Robeson 3:14
- 19 Lazin' (from the 1937 James Elder Wills' Film "Big Fella") Paul Robeson 2:51
- 20 I Don't Know What's Wrong Paul Robeson 3:22
- 21 Roll up Sailorman (from the 1937 James Elder Wills' Film "Big Fella") Paul Robeson 2:18
- 22 You Didn't Oughta Do Such Things, song Paul Robeson 2:18
- 23 Deep Desert (from the the 1937 Thornton Freeland's Film "Jericho") Paul Robeson 3:1
- 24 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Paul Robeson 2:24
- 25 Minstrel Man (Text by Langston Hughes) Paul Robeson 0:30
- 1 Dere's a Man Goin' Round' Takin' Names Paul Robeson 3:9
- 3 Work all de Summer Paul Robeson 1:36
- 4 Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? Paul Robeson 1:5
- 5 Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Sung in English) Paul Robeson 3:27
- 7 Solitude Paul Robeson 3:34
- 8 Mood Indigo Paul Robeson 3:20
- 9 Porgy and Bess, opera~Summertime (Lullaby) Paul Robeson 2:40
- 10 Porgy and Bess, Act 2 Scene 1: "It Take a Long Pull to Get There" (Jake) Paul Robeson 3:6
- 11 Porgy and Bess, Act 2 Scene 2: "It Ain't Necessarily So" (Sportin' Life) Paul Robeson 2:34
- 12 Porgy and Bess, opera~A Woman Is A Sometime Thing Paul Robeson 2:23
- 13 7 Songs as Unpretentious as the Wild Rose: III. Just A-Wearyin' For You (Moderato) Paul Robeson 2:38
- 14 Songs, Op. 29: I. At Dawning, I Love You, "When the down flames in the sky" (Con molta espressione) Paul Robeson 2:25
- 16 An Eriskay Love-Lilt Paul Robeson 2:53
- 17 Popular Mexican Songs (5), for voice & piano~Encantadora Maria Paul Robeson 2:43
- 20 Lay Down Late Paul Robeson 2:27
- 21 Songs and Dances of Death: IV. The Field Marshal Paul Robeson 2:22
- 22 David of the White Rock Paul Robeson 3:26
- 23 Trees Paul Robeson 2:29
- 25 Loch Lomond Paul Robeson 2:38
- 26 Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes Paul Robeson 3:22
- 1 Down de Lovers' Lane Paul Robeson 2:28
- 2 Kolybel'naia (Lullaby), for voice & piano, Op. 1/5~Lullaby Paul Robeson 2:7
- 4 The Little Black Boy (poem)~The Little Black Boy Paul Robeson 2:20
- 5 Dear Old Southland Paul Robeson 2:55
- 6 Jerusalem, on a Text by William Blake, Op. 208: "And did those feet in ancient time" Paul Robeson 2:24
- 7 The Blind Ploughman Paul Robeson 2:6
- 10 Love At My Heart Paul Robeson 2:8
- 11 Nothin' Paul Robeson 2:22
- 12 The Rosary: "The hours I spent with thee, dear heart" Paul Robeson 1:40
- 13 A Perfect Day: "When you come to the end of a perfect day" Paul Robeson 2:33
- 14 Absent Paul Robeson 2:12
- 16 Robin Hood, operetta~Oh Promise Me Paul Robeson 2:39
- 17 Plaisir d'amour: "Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment" (Molto lento) Paul Robeson 3:40
- 18 Sylvia Paul Robeson 1:59
- 19 She Is Far from the Land (Irish Folk Song) Paul Robeson 2:50
- 20 Thora Paul Robeson 3:27
- 21 3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 2, Now Sleeps, "Now sleeps the crimson petal" (Slow, with emphasis) Paul Robeson 2:25
- 22 Sea Fever: "I must go down to the seas again" (Lento) Paul Robeson 2:10
- 24 Hen wlad fy nhadau (Land of My Fathers, Welsh National Anthem) Paul Robeson 2:26
- 25 Deep River Paul Robeson 2:28
- 26 Elijah (Elias), oratorio, Op. 70~Lord God of Abraham; Baal Chorus Paul Robeson 2:20

