Mercury Records Collection: MG-20879: We Shall Overcome

MG-20879: We Shall Overcome / The Freedom Singers

Label Type :	black Mercury type B
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 20879A M1 RR I
	SIDE-B	MG 20879B M1 RR RI

Comments

with original Mercury inner sleeve.

Inside The Groove

A Capella performance by the famous African-Ameciran chorus group.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

The Freedom Singers was very famous with their singing of a protest song “We Shall Overcome” - they sang a song at 1963 Newport Folk Festival with Pete Seeger, Peter Paul & Mary and Bob Dylan.

A heart-moving Gospel-oriented folk a capella live in person (or psudo live version with audience's applause overdubbed - any information needed).

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

7 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	1-29410	Dogs (James Bevel - B. Lafayette)	2:42
A-2	1-29411	Woke Up (Arranegd and adapted by The Freedom Singers)	2:37
A-3	1-29412	I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow (Arranged and adapted by The Freedom Singers)	2:15
A-4	1-29413	Sylvie (Huddie Ledbetter - Paul Campbell)	3:01
A-5	1-29414	Pick A Bale Of Cotton (Huddie Ledbetter - John & Alan Lomax)	2:02
A-6	1-29461	We Shall Overcome (Zilphia Horton - Frank Hamilton - Guy Caravan - Pete Seeger)	2:33
SIDE-B
B-1	1-29415	Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around (Arranged and adapted by The Freedom Singers)	2:22
B-2	1-29392	We Shall Not Be Moved (Arranged and adapted by The Freedome Singers)	2:31
B-3	1-29416	Cotton-Eyed Joe (Arranged and adapted by The Freedom Singers)	2:24
B-4	1-29417	Get On Board (Arranged and adapted by The Freedom Singers)	2:17
B-5	1-29418	Freedom Train (Arranged and adapted by The Freedom Singers)	3:32
B-6	1-29419	This Little Light Of Mine (Arranged and adapted by The Freedom Singers)	2:14

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

Ruppli's disco says its studio recording, while it sounds like live recording in person. Any information welcome.

The Freedome Singers:
Rutha Harris (vo), Bernice Johnson (vo), Cordell Hull Reagon (vo), Charles Nublett (vo), Bertha Gober (vo).
Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL
maybe in October 7 1963 (A-6, B-2) and maybe in October 15 1963 (all the rest).