Harry Belafonte‎– My Lord What A Mornin'

"My Lord What a Mornin' " is an album by Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor in 1960. The album was reissued in 1995 with additional bonus tracks.

With this album, Belafonte moved into his most artistically productive period. The LPs he made into the mid-'60s were all concept albums zeroing in on specific folk music themes. "My Lord What a Mornin'" was the first of two albums that featured the choir known as the Belafonte Folk Singers, conducted by Bob Corman, who were by then recording as a group in their own right for RCA Victor.

The album consists of traditional Negro spirituals, delivered by Belafonte, who combined his acting and singing abilities with his deep understanding of the subject matter, thanks to his growing interest in his African American heritage and the civil rights movement. Noted poet Langston Hughes penned the liner notes, describing in detail the history of spirituals. This is an emotional, satisfying album, although not quite as powerful as "Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall".               


Tracklist:

1. "Wake up Jacob" (Harry Belafonte, Gene Corman, Milton Okun) – 1:55
2. "My Lord, What a Mornin'" (Belafonte, Corman, Okun) – 4:27
3. "Ezekiel" (Traditional) – 3:41
4. "'Buked and Scorned" (Belafonte, Corman) – 4:45
5. "Stars Shinin' (By 'N By)" (Belafonte, Corman, Okun) – 1:38
6. "Oh, Freedom" (Belafonte, Corman, Okun) – 3:22
7. "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?" (Traditional) – 4:38
8. "Oh, Let Me Fly" (Belafonte, Corman, Okun) – 2:11
9. "Swing Low" (Traditional) – 4:02
10. "March Down to Jordan" (Belafonte, Okun, Ned Wright) – 3:28
11. "Steal Away" – 3:47

    1995 reissue bonus tracks:

12. "All My Trials" (Traditional, Carter, Greene) – 4:04
13. "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" (Traditional) – 3:59
14. "Go Down Emanuel Road" (Irving Burgie) – 3:12
15. "In My Father's House" – 3:37
16. "Goin' Down Jordan" (Theophilus Woods) – 3:38

Harry Belafonte‎– My Lord What A Mornin'
(320 kbps, cover art included)