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The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music (Box Set) (CD)

By: Various Artists

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DISC 1 for The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music (Box Set) (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Ose Yie - Asafoiatse Nettey (Ashanti War Chant)
2   Sakadougou - Kandia (Mannika Ballad)
3   Ake - (Yoruba Work Chant)
4   Kufidi M'Pala Bituta - Toko Mzobe (Baluba)
5   Ayilongo - Emmaunel N'Suba (Ghenya Boatmen)
6   Oba Oba-Homage To A King - (Yoruba)
7   Oaikoi-Harvest Ceremony - (Ga)
8   Agiee Tatale - Betty Clotty/The African Children's Chorus (Ga Play Song)
9   Aja Aja O - Betty Clotty/The African Children's Chorus (Yoruba Fable)
10   Falle-well Shisha Maley - (Transitional Hymn)
11   Amazing Grace - Bessie Jones/Sorrell Booke
12   How Do You Do Ev'rybody? - Nannie McNeil/Ella Jenkins (Greeting Shout)
13   O, Lord, I'm Waitin' On You - Valentine Pringle (Spiritual)
14   Prayer - Bessie Jones (Spiritual)
15   Kneebone Bend - Bessie Jones (Prayer Shout)
16   Hark 'E Angel - Harry Belafonte
17   Yonder Comes Day - Bessie Jones (New Year Shout)
18   Goodbye Ev'rybody - Valentine Pringle (Farewell Shout)
 
DISC 2 for The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music (Box Set) (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Tombeau, Tombeau
2   Je M'en Vais Finir Mes Jours
3   Dans Un Brigatoire
4   Pour La Belle Layotte - William "Billy" Eaton
5   Fomme La Dit, Mo Malheure
6   Miche Banjo - Robert Henson/Danny Barker
7   Good Mornin', Good Mornin' - Hamilton Grandison ("John Canoe" Processional)
8   All Roun' De Glory Manger - Ezerline Jenkins/Joe Crofford
9   Mary, What You Call Yo' Baby? - Carrie Suter
10   Wonderful Councillor - Harry Belafonte
11   Follow The Gourd - Leon Bibb
12   Steal Away To Jesus
13   Meetin' Here Tonight - Joe Crofford
14   Many Thousan' Gone
15   Colored Volunteer, The - Harry Belafonte
16   We Look Like Men Of War - Earl Baker/Milt Grayson
17   Song Of The First Arkansas Volunteers-Glory Hallelujah - Harry Belafonte
18   Free At Las' - Joe Crofford
 
DISC 3 for The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music (Box Set) (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Ol' Lady From Brewster - Vincent Esposito/Kevin Featherstone/Gregory Sneed/Children's Chorus (Children's Song)
2   Hallie, Come On! - Miriam Burton (Woman's Field Holler)
3   Run Squirrel, Whoa Mule - Thelma Drayton (Game Song)
4   Fox Chase - Sonny Terry/Brownie McGhee (Mouth Organ)
5   Chickens Done Crowed - Valentine Pringle (Sunrise Holler)
6   'Way Go Lily - Children's Chorus (Children's Song)
7   Shine On - Ned Wright (Graveyard Holler)
8   Grey Goose - Bessie Jones (Ballad)
9   Pick A Bale O' Cotton - Sonny Terry/Brownie McGhee
10   Li'l Gal, Li'l Gal - Bessie Jones (Game Song)
11   Go To Sleepy - Harry Belafonte/Al Shackman (Lullaby)
12   I Got 'Em - Valentine Pringle (Street Cry)
13   Hambone, Hambone - Tyrone Cooper (Children's Pattin)
14   Watermelon Man - Ned Wright (Blues)
15   Fare Thee Well, Oh Honey - Gloria Lynne (Blues)
16   Blackberry Woman - Lillian Heyman (Street Cry)
17   Easy Rider Blues - Joe Williams/Al Shackman (Blues)
18   Oh, Johnny Brown - Sharon G. Williams (Ring Game)
19   I Got 'Em - Valentine Pringle (Street Cry)
20   Black Woman - Brownie McGhee (Blues)
21   Watermelon Man - Ned Wright (Street Cry)
 
DISC 4 for The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music (Box Set) (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Let The Deal Go Down - Godfrey Cambridge/Joe Crofford/Brownie McGhee
2   Betty And Dupree - Joe Williams/Brownie McGhee/Herman Foster
3   Eas' Man - Leon Bibb
4   John Henry - Valentine Pringle
5   Boll Weevil - Harry Belafonte/Al Shackman
6   Stagolee - Cortez Franklin/Lennie Pogan
7   Joe Turner Blues - Gloria Lynne/Herman Foster
8   Honey Take A Whiff On Me - Ben Carter/Lennie Pogan
9   Go 'Long Muley
10   My Baby In A Guinea Blue Gown
11   Dat Liar - Milton Grayson
12   Finale
 
DISC 5 for The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music (Box Set) (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Ho Boys Cancha Line 'Em - Valentine Pringle
2   Good Ir'n - Harry Belafonte
3   Go On Ol' Gator
4   Doncha Hear Yo' Po' Mother Callin'?
5   River Sounding Chant - Charles Colman/William Eaton
6   Nobody's Business Lord But Mine - Harry Belafonte
7   My God Is A Rock - Harry Belafonte
8   We Are Climbin' Jacob's Ladder
9   I Am So Glad - Harry Belafonte
10   I'll Never Turn Back, No Mo' / Speech - Irving Barnes/Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - (excerpt)
11   Lord, I Don't Feel Noways Tired - Howard Roberts
 

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Review

The Wire (8/02, p.56) - "...THE LONG ROAD is a testament to its producers' attention to engineering detail..."
Mojo (Publisher) (9/02, p.119) - "These 5 CDs offer a formidable picture of the pain, injustice and religious conviction at the heart of the US black experience."

Title Note

Contains 5 CDs, 1 DVD and a 140 page hard-bound book.

THE LONG ROAD TO FREEDOM was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Awards for Best Boxed Recording Package, for Best Album Notes and for Best Historical Album.

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