Slavery in America: Redemption Songs 1914–1972

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Exactly as on booklet except belows, see edit history for questions
2.5 Missing accent on artist name
3.4 Removing comma in artist name

Annotation last modified on 2021-01-14 11:05 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Slavery
2▼CD: Songs of Freedom
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Macumba de Oxóssi
Zé Espinguela e Grupo Do Rae Alufá2:25
2La famille li fait ca
Lena Hibbert1:48
3Voodoo Blues
Red Saunders and His Orchestra3:01
4Coté yo, coté yo
Libera Bordereau1:06
5Tele Mina for Chango
Mongo Santamaría3:02
6If Death Has Power
Marcus Garvey0:54
7Zombie Jamboree
The Talbot Brothers2:27
8This Little Light of Mine
Michel Larue1:41
9Moses
recorded in:
St. Simons, Georgia, United States (on 1960-04-11)
lead vocals:
John Davis (40s/50s US blues/gospel artist)
vocals:
Peter Davis (US Gospel/Blues musician), Bessie Jones, Henry Morrison (US gospel singer) and Willis Proctor
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1960-04-11)
John Davis and The Spiritual Singers of Georgia4:18
10Better Day A‐coming
Michel Larue1:05
11Turkle Dove
recorded in:
St. Simons, Georgia, United States (on 1960-04-11)
recording engineer and field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1960-04-11)
lead vocals:
Bessie Jones (on 1960-04-11)
vocals:
John Davis (40s/50s US blues/gospel artist) (on 1960-04-11), Peter Davis (US Gospel/Blues musician) (on 1960-04-11), Henry Morrison (US gospel singer) (on 1960-04-11) and Willis Proctor (on 1960-04-11)
Bessie Jones and The Spiritual Singers of Georgia1:44
12Live Humble
recorded in:
St. Simons, Georgia, United States (on 1959-10-12)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
lead vocals:
John Davis (40s/50s US blues/gospel artist) (on 1959-10-12)
vocals:
Joe Armstrong (Gospel singer from Georgia Sea Islands) (on 1959-10-12), Jerome Davis (American gospel singer) (on 1959-10-12), Peter Davis (US Gospel/Blues musician) (on 1959-10-12), Bessie Jones (on 1959-10-12), Henry Morrison (US gospel singer) (on 1959-10-12), Willis Proctor (on 1959-10-12) and Ben Ramsay (American gospel singer) (on 1959-10-12)
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1959-10-12)
John Davis and The Spiritual Singers of Georgia3:50
13Summertime / Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Mahalia Jackson6:43
14Massa’s in the Cold Cold Ground
The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet2:50
15Shadrack
recording of:
Shadrack
writer:
R. McGimsey
Louis Armstrong2:48
16March On
Michel Larue1:19
17See Aunt Dinah
recorded in:
St. Simons, Georgia, United States (in 1960-04)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
lead vocals:
Bessie Jones (in 1960-04)
vocals:
Cornelia Hunter (gospel singer), John Davis (40s/50s US blues/gospel artist) (in 1960-04), Henry Morrison (US gospel singer) (in 1960-04) and Alberta Ramsay (US gospel singer) (in 1960-04)
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1960-04)
Bessie Jones and The Spiritual Singers of Georgia3:07
18Link O’Day
Michel Larue1:17
19The Underground Railroad
Anne Grimes1:04
20Abolitionist Hymn
Hermes Nye1:27
21Marching Song (of the First Arkansas Negro Regiment)
Tennessee Ernie Ford3:02
22Lincoln and Liberty
Hermes Nye1:25
23Babylon Gone
Winston and Roywith Count Ossie on the African Drums2:11
24Freedom
Clancy Eccles2:56
25Freedom Day
Max Roach6:10
26Free
The Paul Bley Quintet with Ornette Coleman5:41
3▶CD: Racial Segregation & Modern Slavery