Belafonte at Carnegie Hall

Belafonte at Carnegie Hall
Live album by Harry Belafonte
Released October 1959
Recorded April 19 and 20, 1959 at Carnegie Hall
Length 71:24
Label RCA Victor
Producer Bob Bollard
Harry Belafonte chronology
Love is a Gentle Thing
(1959)		 Belafonte at Carnegie Hall
(1959)		 Porgy and Bess
(1959)
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Belafonte at Carnegie Hall is a live double album by Harry Belafonte. It is the first of two Belafonte Carnegie Hall albums, and was recorded on April 19 and April 20, 1959. The stereo version of the album was released on the RCA Victor label, in the "Living Stereo" series. The concerts were benefits for The New Lincoln School and Wiltwyck School, respectively.

Contents

CD issued track listing

  1. "Introduction/Darlin'" – 3:59
  2. "Sylvie" – 4:54
  3. "Cotton Fields" – 4:18
  4. "John Henry" – 5:11
  5. "The Marching Saints" – 2:50
  6. "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)" – 3:40
  7. "Jamaica Farewell" – 5:10
  8. "Mama Look a Boo Boo" – 5:24
  9. "Come Back Liza" – 3:06
  10. "Man Smart (Woman Smarter)" – 4:23
  11. "Hava Nagila" (Traditional) – 4:03
  12. "Danny Boy" – 5:21
  13. "Cucurrucucu Paloma" – 3:50
  14. "Shenandoah" – 3:48
  15. "Matilda" – 11:27

Original LP track listing

"ACT I-MOODS OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO"

Side one

  1. "Introduction/Darlin' Cora"
  2. "Sylvie"
  3. "Cotton Fields"
  4. "John Henry"
  5. "Take My Mother Home"

Side two

  1. "The Marching Saints"

"ACT II-IN THE CARIBBEAN"

  1. "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)"
  2. "Jamaica Farewell"
  3. "Man Piaba"
  4. "All My Trials"

Side three

  1. "Mama Look a Boo Boo"
  2. "Come Back Liza"
  3. "Man Smart (Woman Smarter)"

"ACT III-ROUND THE WORLD"

  1. "Hava Nagila"
  2. "Danny Boy"
  3. "Merci Bon Dieu"

Side four

  1. "Cucurrucucu Paloma"
  2. "Shenandoah"
  3. "Matilda"

As of April 2008, the tracks in bold are only available on releases in Germany and Japan. The album was nominated for Album of the Year at the 1961 Grammy Awards.

Personnel

Production notes:

References

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External links

Harry Belafonte
Studio albums
Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites (1954)  • Belafonte (1956)  • Calypso (1956)  • An Evening with Belafonte (1957)  • Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)  • To Wish You a Merry Christmas (1958)  • Belafonte Sings the Blues (1958)  • Love Is a Gentle Thing (1959)  • My Lord What a Mornin' (1959)  • Swing Dat Hammer (1960)  • Jump Up Calypso (1961)  • Midnight Special (1962)  • The Many Moods of Belafonte (1962)  • Streets I Have Walked (1963)  • Ballads, Blues and Boasters (1964)  • In My Quiet Room (1966)  • Calypso in Brass (1966)  • Belafonte on Campus (1967)  • Belafonte Sings of Love (1968)  • Homeward Bound (1970)  • Belafonte by Request (1970)  • The Warm Touch (1971)  • Calypso Carnival (1971)  • Play Me (1973)  • Turn the World Around (1977)  • Loving You Is Where I Belong (1981)  • Paradise in Gazankulu (1988)
Live albums
Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (1959)  • Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (1960)  • Belafonte at The Greek Theatre (1964)  • En Gränslös Kväll På Operan (1966)  • Belafonte...Live! (1972)  • Belafonte Concert in Japan (1974)  • Belafonte '89 (1989)  • An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends (1997)
Compilations
Very Best of Harry Belafonte (2001)  • The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music (2001)  • The Essential Harry Belafonte (2005)
Collaborations
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