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PAUL ROBESON - FREEDOM TRAIN - AND THE WELSH TRANSATLANTIC CONCERT 1. FREEDOM TRAIN 2. INTRODUCTION FROM WIL PAYNTER 3. PAUL ROBESON'S GREETINGS 4. DIDN'T MY LORD DELIVER DANIEL 5. ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6. THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE 7. ALLM EN ARE BROTHERS 8. SLUMBERLAND 9. THANKS FROM WIL PAYNTER 10. Y DELN AUR (THE GOLDEN HARP) 11. THANKS FROM PAUL ROBESON 12. WALES 13. WE'LL KEEP A WELCOME IN THE HILLSIDE
FREEDOM TRAIN PRESENTS BOOKENDS OF SINGING LEGEND PAUL ROBESON'S POLITICAL ACTIVISM TROUGH ART. THE ALBUM BEGINS W/ROBESON'S STIRRING 1947 READING OF THE LANGSTON HUGHES POEM "FREEDOM TRAIN" AND CONCLUDES W/A 1957 CONCERT GIVEN BY TELEPHONE FOR MINERS IN WALES WHEN THE US GOVERMENT DENIED ROBESON'S RIGHT TO TRAVEL DUE TO HIS POLITICAL BELIEFS.
