[78-L] Paul Robeson question

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Tue Jan 8 20:58:54 PST 2013


Time to pose this one again. I particularly need info on the two Russian lps.

 > Does anyone have a comprehensive Paul Robeson discography? I have a few Russian
 > > and Czech recordings to try and document, 78s and lps, as well as a couple of
 > > reissues on Le Chant du Monde and Supraphon which give no indication as to 
source,
 > > date, recording location. And one of the Russian lps has only cyrillic on the
 > > labels.
 > >
 > > USSR LPS (both 10-inch):
 > >
 > > 2723/2724 (all in Cyrillic)
 > > 2864/2865 (Western lettering, names and titles still phonetic Russian)
 > >
 > > USSR 78:
 > > 16192/17080: Water Boy/Ol' Man River (this side may come from lp 2864/5)
 > >
 > > SUPRAPHON 78:
 > > 40156: ANGLICKA PISEN/SPI, ME BABY (pianist is A. Jerochin)
 > >
 > > 12" lps are
 > > SUPRAPHON 11 0417-1. 1989 issue, 1955-58 recordings; Alan Booth is pianist for
 > > most cuts, Lawrence Brown plays on one, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (spelled
 > > McChee) are on one track
 > >
 > > LE CHANT DU MONDE LDX-S 4338..may be some duplication with Supraphon; Alan 
Booth
 > > and Lawrence Brown, pianists (not specified as to which tracks)
 > >
 > > Thanks!
 > > DL


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