First-Time Buyers Guide To American Negro Spirituals

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Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
Paul Robeson3:02
2Witness
Paul Robeson2:28
3Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
Dixie Jubilee Singers2:43
4Blow, Gabriel, Blow
Fisk University Jubilee Singers2:10
5Deep River
Marian Anderson3:17
6Go Down Moses
Roland Hayes2:22
7Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
Dorothy Maynor3:19
8God Shall Wipe All Tears Away
Mahalia Jackson3:07
9If You See My Saviour
recording of:
If You See My Savior
lyricist and composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
Thomas A. Dorsey2:54
10Twelve Gates To The City
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-26)
guitar:
Blind Gary Davis (on 1935-07-26) and Reverend Gary Davis (on 1960-08-24)
vocals:
Blind Gary Davis (on 1935-07-26) and Reverend Gary Davis (on 1960-08-24)
Reverend Gary Davis3:11
11Wade In The Water
Charioteers2:47
12Let Your Light Shine On Me
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-10)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-10)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-10)
recording of:
Let Your Light Shine on Me (on 1929-12-10)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3:14
13I Stood On De Ribber Ob Jordan
Ellabelle Davis3:06
14Climbing Jacob's Ladder
New Orleans University Glee Club3:05
15Let The Church Roll On
Southern University Quartet2:30
16Old Ship Of Zion
Kenneth Spencer/Hall Johnson Negro Choir3:10
17Hear De Lambs A Cryin'/ Plenty Good Room
Roland Hayes4:46
18The Prodigal Son
The Heavenly Gospel Singers2:50
19Crucifixion
Marian Anderson4:40
20The Black Diamond Express To Hell
Rev. A.W. Nix5:53
▶CD 2