Paul Robeson ‎– Sings 20 Favourite Songs / Transatlantic Exchange Concert

From the liner notes:

The story of how the tapes of the 20 songs recorded in March of 1954 came to be “re-discovered” is interesting. They were originally given by Paul Robeson to the late Peter Blackman, a man of Barbadian descent who was an active trade unionist and socialist poet in England. He is best remembered for his pamphlet of poems “My song is for all men”, and it is obvious that there was a close affinity between him and Paul Robeson on many counts. On his passing, his son, also named Peter Blackman, found the tapes among his belongings, and loaned them to Mike Lewis a retired BBC engineer who is the brother of Roger Lewis, Secretary of the South Wales Miners’ Eisteddfod. Mike’s connection with the tapes go further, as he was a member of the Treorchy Male Voice Choir which sang at Porthcawl’s Grand Pavilion on October 5th, 1957, when Paul Robeson made his historic and defiant “Transatlantic Exchange” broadcast.

This CD contains the 20 tracks included on those tapes given by Paul Robeson to Peter Blackman, and also a new version of the actual Transatlantic Exchange concert itself. The songs sung by Paul Robeson during that historic event are taken from the tapes recorded during the broadcast in the studio in New York, rather than the version heard over the telephone in the Grand Pavilion, which explains why they are “cleaner” than any version issued before now. We are extremely grateful to Mike Price for the professional work he made on all these tracks, to ensure they can now be enjoyed in optimum conditions.


1 Didn'T My Lord Deliver Daniel?
2 Kevin Barry
3 Ode To Joy
4 There'S A Man Going Round Takin' Names
5 Song Of The Warsaw Ghetto
6 The Volga Boat Song
7 John Brown's Body
8 Madrid
9 The Ballad Of Joe Hill
10 Ol' Man River
11 Crimson Petal
12 Spanish Lullaby
13 Night
14 All Through The Night
15 Oh Mistress Mine
16 Turn Ye To Me
17 The Minstrel Boy
18 Riddle Song
19 What Is America To Me?
20 Danny Boy
21 Introduction
22 Will Paynter
23 Greetings From New York
24 Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?
25 All Through The Night
26 This Little Light Of Mine
27 Ode To Joy
28 Lullaby
29 Will Paynter
30 Y Delyn Aur
31 Paul Robeson - Thanks
32 Land Of My Fathers
33 We'll Keep A Welcome
34 John Humphrys - End Piece

Paul Robeson ‎– Sings 20 Favourite Songs / Transatlantic Exchange Concert

(320 kbps, front cover included)