[Magdalen] Show Boat.

[Roger Stokes]

On 23/10/2015 19:29, M J [Mike] Logsdon wrote:
> Ol' Man River, Robeson:  Well, the same year (1928) as Bing's Whiteman recording is Robeson's first, also with Paul:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKvQUT65WT4
>
> (This is the recording that 20 years ago I had an intermediary-facilitated "disagreement" with the King of Thailand about whether or not Bix is on this recording.  His Majesty insisted he was.  He isn't.  I won :-)=
>

Far better with less instrumentation and the varying tempo than the 
Crosby version.  Paul Robeson had the appropriate timbre and depth to 
his voice whereas Crosby skated over the top of what I would regard as 
authentic for the context and words.

Roger