Christmas Spirituals

Christmas Spirituals is the name of two albums recorded by the American folk singer Odetta. The first was released in 1960 on Vanguard Records. The second, a new recording of mostly the same songs, produced by Rachel Faro at White Crowe Audio in Burlington, Vermont, was originally released in 1987 on Alcazar Records and was reissued digitally in 2007 on Ashe Records. Both albums have Bill Lee, Spike Lee's father on double bass. The cover of the second Christmas Spirituals album, by the artist Coleen Patterson, depicts a Black Madonna by the River Jordan with the Three Kings in attendance. She says these songs are traditional spirituals that emerged from the sufferings of slavery as a catharsis for the terrible wrongs that were committed.

Christmas Spirituals
Studio album by
Odetta
Released1960
RecordedCarnegie Hall
GenreSpirituals, Gospel, Christmas
Length29:06
LabelVanguard
ProducerRachel Faro
Odetta chronology
Odetta at Carnegie Hall
(1960)		 Christmas Spirituals
(1960)		 Odetta and The Blues
(1962)
Alternative cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

1960 track listing
  1. "Virgin Mary Had One Son" – 2:44
  2. "Somebody's Talking About Jesus" – 2:49
  3. "Ain't That A-Rocking" – 2:04
  4. "Mary Had A Baby" – 1:47
  5. "Go Tell It On The Mountain" – 2:07
  6. "Beautiful Star" – 2:42
  7. "Poor Little Jesus" – 2:23
  8. "Shout For Joy" – 1:42
  9. "Oh, Jerusalem" – 1:27
  10. "Rise Up Shepherd And Follow" – 1:49
  11. "If Anybody Asks You" – 2:35
  12. "What Month Was Jesus Born In?" – 2:04
  13. "Children, Go Where I Send Thee" – 6:59

1987 track listing

All songs traditional unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Rise up, Shepherd, and Follow" – 1:45
  2. "What Month Was Jesus Born In?" – 2:25
  3. "Mary Had a Baby" – 1:52
  4. "Somebody Talking 'Bout Jesus" – 2:05
  5. "Virgin Mary Had One Son" – 3:08
  6. "Go Tell It on the Mountain" – 2:01
  7. "Shout for Joy" – 2:31
  8. "Poor Little Jesus" – 1:56
  9. "O Jerusalem" (with new lyrics by Rachel Faro) – 2:51
  10. "Ain't That A-Rockin'" – 3:20
  11. "If Anybody Asks You" (Odetta Gordon) – 2:00
  12. "Beautiful Star" (Gordon) – 2:54
  13. "Children Go Where I Send Thee" – 2:45

Personnel

(* denotes 1987 personnel)

References
  1. Allmusic review


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