Peace Arch Concerts [Live]

Paul Robeson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 13, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Folk Era Records
• ASIN: B00000183H
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #428,677 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Peace Arch Introduction

2. Opening Remarks By Harvey Murphy

3. Paul Robeson's Welcoming Remarks

4. Every Time I Feel The Spirit

5. Intro To Joe Hill By Harvey Murphy

6. Joe Hill

7. Loch Lomond

8. Intro. To No More Auction Block

9. No More Auction Block

10. Oh No, John

11. Love Will Find A Way

12. Ol' Man River

13. Introductory Speech

14. Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel

15. Go Down Moses

16. Jacob's Ladder

17. Theme From Beethoven's 9th Symphony

18. Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes

19. Joe Hill

20. Oh Thou Silent Autumn Night

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Valuable recording, August 1, 2002

By 

Fosdick Fong (Calgary, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peace Arch Concerts (Audio CD)

What attracted my attention was the Chinese song sung by Robeson in this album. While I have no idea why Robeson called it "Chin Chin", I can tell it's actually the current anthem of Mainland China. The original name of the song is "March of the Volunteers" which was originally composed by Nie Er in 1935 as the theme song for the Chinese movie "Feng Yun Er Nu". Hence it was then chosen to be the anthem of Mainland China some 50+ years ago. This inspirational song about awakening the spirit has great significance to the Chinese people especially during the World War II. Like "Rose, Rose, I Love You", this is one of the few Chinese songs that were performed outside China decades ago. While the event of the Peace Arch concert is historic, the inclusion of this Chinese song is truly a valuable historic evidence that witnessed the cultural exchange of "West meets East". The recording in this CD is remastered but it still contains too much wow and flutter as well as background noise which I believe could be done better with today's technology.