Angola Prison Spirituals [sound recording]
date: label: Date
content: 1959
name: label: recorder
content: Oster, Harry
label: performer
content: Osbornes, Benjamin E
label: performer
content: Mosely, Andy
label: performer
content: Williams, Robert Pete 1914-1980
label: performer
content: Welchams, Robert
label: performer
content: James, Edward
label: performer
content: Brown, Ollis
label: performer
content: Rafus, Willy
label: performer
content: Dutson, Tom
label: performer
content: Charles, Roosevelt 1919-
label: performer
content: Maxey, Hogman 1917-
label: performer
content: Joe, Willy
notes: label: Notes
content: Spirituals; collected by Harry Oster. Production notes: Recorded at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.
label: Table of contents
content: I'm on my way --Church on fire with the word of God --What shall I do --Brother Norah --Little school song --Dyin' soul -- Let my people go --So much is happenin' in the news -- Dig my grave with a silver spade --Brother Mosely crossed the water --I'm stranded on the banks of Jordan --I'm goin' back with Him when He comes --The old ship of Zion
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content: 101 I'm On My Way / Andy Mosely
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content: 102 Church on Fire with the Word of God / Robert Pete Williams
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content: 103 What Shall I Do / Robert Welchams
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content: 104 Brother Norah / Edward James, Ollis Brown, Willy Rafus
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content: 105 Little School Song / Robert Pete Williams, Tom Dutson
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content: 106 Dyin' Soul / Robert Pete Williams
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content: 107 Let My People Go / Roosevelt Charles
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content: 201 So Much is Happenin' in the News / Robert Pete Williams
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content: 202 Dig My Grave With a Silver Spoon / Robert Pete Williams, Tom Dutson
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content: 203 Brother Mosely Crossed the Water / Andy Mosely, Hogman Maxey
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content: 204 I'm Stranded on the Banks of Jordan / Edward James, Roosevelt Charles, Willy Joe
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content: 205 I'm Goin' Back With Him When He Comes / Robert Pete Williams
label: Track information
content: 206 The Old Ship of Zion / Benjamin E. Osbornes
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Louisiana
topic: label: Topic
content: Prisoners' songs
label: Topic
content: Folk songs
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: African American
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: Folklyric.6
label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-LP-3014
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in