Paul Robeson discography

The following is the discography of American singer Paul Robeson.

Studio albums

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
  • Various artists
 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
  • Various artists
 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

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
  • Various artists
 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

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

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Paul Robeson With Chinese Chorus Conducted By Liu Lang-Mo - Chee Lai - Songs of New China". 18 November 1941 – via www.discogs.com.
  3. ^ "Paul Robeson - Songs Of Free Men". 18 November 1943 – via www.discogs.com.
  4. ^ "Paul Robeson - Spirituals". 18 November 1946 – via www.discogs.com.
  5. ^ "Helen Morgan, Frank Munn, Paul Robeson, Countess Albani, James Melton, Victor Young - Here Comes The Showboat". 18 November 1946 – via www.discogs.com.
  6. ^ "Paul Robeson - A Robeson Recital Of Popular Favourites" – via www.discogs.com.
  7. ^ Who Should Sing Ol' Man River?: The Lives of an American Song. Oxford University Press. 12 December 2023. ISBN 978-0-19-938918-6.
  8. ^ "Paul Robeson - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" – via www.discogs.com.
  9. ^ "Golden Gate Quartet, Paul Robeson, Buck Clayton - Negro Spirituals And Blues". 18 November 1953 – via www.discogs.com.
  10. ^ "Paul Robeson - Robeson Sings". 18 November 1953 – via www.discogs.com.
  11. ^ "Paul Robeson - Solid Rock - Favorite Hymns Of My People". 18 November 1954 – via www.discogs.com.
  12. ^ "Paul Robeson - Let Freedom Sing" – via www.discogs.com.
  13. ^ "Paul Robeson - Negro Songs Sung By Paul Robeson". 18 November 1961 – via www.discogs.com.
  14. ^ "Поль РОБСОН (бас)". records.su.
  15. ^ "Поль Робсон - Наш Друг Поль Робсон". 18 November 1958 – via www.discogs.com.
  16. ^ "Paul Robeson - Robeson". 18 November 1958 – via www.discogs.com.
  17. ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 13 October 1958 – via Google Books.
  18. ^ "Paul Robeson - Favorite Songs". 18 November 1959 – via www.discogs.com.
  19. ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson...Chante 16 Spirituals". 18 November 1959 – via www.discogs.com.
  20. ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson Singt Lieder Aus Aller Welt". 18 November 1960 – via www.discogs.com.
  21. ^ "Paul Robeson - "Encore, Robeson!" Monitor Presents Paul Robeson Favorites Volume Two". 18 November 1960 – via www.discogs.com.
  22. ^ "Paul Robeson - Robeson". 18 November 1960 – via www.discogs.com.
  23. ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson Singt Negro Spirituals". 18 November 1962 – via www.discogs.com.
  24. ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson Singt". 18 November 1964 – via www.discogs.com.
  25. ^ "Paul Robeson - I Came To Sing". 18 November 1952 – via www.discogs.com.
  26. ^ "Paul Robeson - Récital" – via www.discogs.com.
  27. ^ Recorded Solo Concert Spirituals, 1916-2022. McFarland. 8 May 2023. ISBN 9781476648453.
  28. ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson's Transatlantic Concert". 18 November 1957 – via www.discogs.com.
  29. ^ "Paul Robeson, Treorchy Male Voice Choir - Transatlantic Exchange". 18 November 1957 – via www.discogs.com.
  30. ^ "Paul Robeson - Поль Робсон в Москве (Paul Robeson in Moscow)". 18 November 1958 – via www.discogs.com.
  31. ^ "Paul Robeson - At Carnegie Hall". 18 November 1960 – via www.discogs.com.
  32. ^ "Paul Robeson - Recital". 18 November 1961 – via www.discogs.com.
  33. ^ "Paul Robeson - At Carnegie Hall Vol. 2". 18 November 1963 – via www.discogs.com.
  34. ^ "Paul Robeson - In Live Performance". 4 July 2016 – via www.discogs.com.
  35. ^ "Paul Robeson - Spirituals And A Robeson Recital Of Popular Favorites". 18 November 1949 – via www.discogs.com.
  36. ^ "Robeson - Ballad For Americans / Carnegie Hall Concert, Vol. 2". 18 November 1965 – via www.discogs.com.
  37. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (13 November 1965). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  38. ^ 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.
  39. ^ "Paul Robeson - Songs Of Free Men • Spirituals". 18 November 1968 – via www.discogs.com.
  40. ^ "Paul Robeson - The Essential Paul Robeson". 18 November 1974 – via www.discogs.com.
  41. ^ "Paul Robeson - The Essential Paul Robeson [Vanguard] Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  42. ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson Sings "Ol' Man River" And Other Favorites". 18 November 1987 – via www.discogs.com.
  43. ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson Sings "Ol' Man River" & Other Favorites Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.