All Through The Night- Paul Robeson

[paulcirc]

Paul Robeson was a graduate of Rutgers University - The State University of New Jersey. During my several years there - undergrad and grad - I never heard his name. I started college in the early '60's, not so long after the anti-communist debacle in the US. His political leanings persisted and a state university depends on public funding. In any case, this man's voice should have earned him a prominent place among our alumni.

[Hugs4Michael]

I love the old record player, my mum + dad had one like that! Plus 78's etc. Ah happy memories of watching Paul Robeson films with mum + dad :-) Thankyou. xx

[ifuliki]

Ar hyd y nos

Hyfryd iawn

Robeson was very popular in wales...and England

Aled

[alfonzdcato]

Thank you for this video.  Everything about it is achingly beautiful..............Hollis

[83pgm]

I loved the antique phonograph almost as much as i loved the song.

[jerrygreg2]

That's Fantastic! The atmosphere of the music, the room,the gramophone...all caught on a moving camera. Great stuff.

[ellloydy9]

great affection for paul here in wales! a good man of the people. socialist through and through. rip brother

[CyanCygnus]

What a beautiful voice! Also was a great Othello.

[mahargsaxet]

Thank you!

[acheciny]

A pleasure to hear Paul Robeson sing this Welsh traditional song. When in London, performing during the Great Depression, he became a great champion of Welsh working men. I would like to hear his performance of this song in the the film PROUD VALLEY.

Cheers,

Arthur

[Larkin1907]

It is being released on DVD in October according to Amazon.

[soprano2k]

Thank you so much for posting this. Of all the selections in his repertoire, this is my favorite.

[FenceThis]

One of my paul Robeson classic favourites ! That´s a real rare antique grammophone you´ve got there,serves as a decorative piece of furniture aswell.Interesting hearing this rendition more or less in it´s supposedly original soundquality,but doesn´t it make your heart bleed everytime you put down the needle in that delicate plate of shellac ? 5/5 !

[lskarin]

Those of us with stylus-based rare recordings should work at getting what remains into digital form. Those of us at a certain age are obliged to become archivists.

Thanks for the posting.

[83pgm]

@lskarin Even at 17 I realize the importance of what You are saying. I'm slowly copying my collection of antique records into digital form.