Paul Robeson Voice Of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV And Victor Recordings (14CD)

Paul Robeson—African-American bass-baritone, stage and film actor, All-American football player, lawyer, and advocate for civil rights—was outspoken against racism, colonialism, and social injustice. Rutgers graduate, scholar of world cultures, and speaker of more than 20 languages, he worked tirelessly to break down political and racial barriers, and to build bridges between the peoples of this world. However, with the advent of the Cold War and the Red Scare following World War II, the political climate changed. Doors began to close for Robeson as concert halls and radio stations shut him out. In July 1950, the US State Department revoked the blacklisted artist’s passport thus preventing him from pursuing his successful international career as a singer and actor. But international audiences continued to honor and call out for him, and he found technologically advanced and effective ways to reach his communities all over the world.Today, his remarkable voice and unrivaled stage presence live on in sound recordings and films. This 14-CD edition is the first ever release of his complete Columbia, Victor, and HMV recordings from 1925 to 1947. All of his American recordings have been meticulously restored from the original master discs and tapes, and 25 studio recordings—as well as his complete historic New York and London recitals from 1958—are here presented for the first time on CD. The richly illustrated 160-page book, with essays by Shana L. Redmond and Susan Robeson, pays tribute to a cultural icon of the 20th centuryCD 1Were You There? (When They Crucified my Lord) (2024 Remastered Version)Steal Away (2024 Remastered Version)Water Boy (2024 Remastered Version)Joshua fit the Battle ob Jericho (2024 Remastered Version)Bye and Bye (I'm Goin' to Lay Down Dis Heavy Load) (2024 Remastered Version)Water Boy (2024 Remastered Version)Li'l Gal (2024 Remastered Version)I'll Hear the Trumpet Sound (2024 Remastered Version)Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (2024 Remastered Version)On Ma Journey (2024 Remastered Version)Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen (2024 Remastered Version)Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (2024 Remastered Version)Down de Lover's Lane (2024 Remastered Version)Hear, de Lam's a-Cryin' (2024 Remastered Version)Ezekiel Saw de Wheel (2024 Remastered Version)Deep River (2024 Remastered Version)I'm Goin' to Tell God All O' My Troubles (2024 Remastered Version)I Got a Home in-a dat Rock (2024 Remastered Version)Witness (2024 Remastered Version)Ol' Man River (From "Show Boat") (2024 Remastered Version)Ballad for Americans (2024 Remastered Version)I Got a Home in-a dat Rock (2024 Remastered Version)Witness (2024 Remastered Version)CD 2Ol' Man River (From "Show Boat")Since You Went Away "Seems Lak To Me"Down De Lover's LaneScandalize My NameSinner Please Doan' Let dis Harves' PassWeepin' MaryI Want to Be ReadyMy Lord What a Mornin'De Li'l Pickaninny's Gone to SleepGit on Board Li'l ChildrenDere's No Hidin' PlacePlantation Songs (Part 1): So Early in the Morning - Carry Me Back to Old Virginia - Old Folks at Home - Goodnight LadiesPlantation Songs (Part 2): Away Down South in Dixie - Poor Old Joe - Oh, Susanna - My Old Kentucky HomeOh! Rock Me JulieOh, Didn't It RainMammyRoll Away, Clouds (From "Virginia")Sonny Boy (From the 1928 Lloyd Bacon's Musical Movie "The Singing Fool")Little Pal (From "Say It with Songs")The Lonesome RoadJust Keepin' OnMighty Lak' a RoseMammy is GoneCD 3Hail De CrownExhortationI Stood on the Ribber Jordan - Peter Go Ring dem BellsGo Down MosesHigh WaterOld Folks at Home, "Swanee River"Poor Old JoeMy Old Kentucky HomeShow Boat, Act 1: "Ol' Man River"River Stay 'way from My DoorRockin' ChairMedley of SpiritualsMy Heart is Where the Mohawk Flows TonightThe Folks I Used to KnowYes Lord, Oh Lord (Variation of "Mary Had a Baby")Lil' GalBear De Burden - All God's Chillun Got WingThat's Why Darkies Were Born (From "George White's Scandals of 1931")When It's Sleepy Time Down South (From the 1931 William A. Wellman's Movie "Safe in Hell")Seekin'CD 4Nearer, My God, to TheeThere is a Green Hill Far AwayMah Lindy LouMa Curly-Headed BabbyPilgrim's SongRoll the Old Chariot AlongSince You Went AwayWid De Moon Moon MoonGot the South in My SoulHush-a-bye Lullaby, "Rock-a-bye Baby"Round the Bend of the RoadTake Me Away from the River, "Song from the Viper"Swing Low, Sweet ChariotOn Ma JourneyBye and Bye - I'm Goin' to Lay Down dis Heavy LoadWere You There?Swing Along!Piccaninny ShoesIn a Narrow StreetCarry Me Back to Green PasturesLazy BonesBlue PreludeMedley I, Pt. 1: Roll De Ole Chariot - Mary Had a Baby - Swing Low - Heav'n, Heav'nMedley I, Pt. 2: Carry me Back - Mighty Lak' a Rose - Round the Bend of the Road - River Stay 'Way From my Door - O'l Man RiverCD 5Fat Li'l Feller wid His Mammy's EyesShort'nin' BreadSnowballWater BoyDoan' You Cry Ma HoneySteal AwayScarecrowWagon WheelsSo ShyPiccaninny Slumber SongSt. Louis BluesMammy's Little Kinky-Headed BoyLittle Man, You've Had a Busy DayI Ain't Lazy...