Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

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An album titled Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, by Paul Robeson, Columbia Masterworks, MM 819. The album contains four LPs, (2011.21.3a-d). 2011.21.3a-d: Four records from the Swing Low, Sweet Chariot set. Each record has a blue Columbia Masterworks label with silver lettering at center. Each label has the songs for that side and the Columbia logo. 2011.21.4e: The album jacket cover is red cardboard with black and white print. The cover depicts a pair of hands reaching towards the top of the cover to a smaller depiction of a church. 2011.4f: The album also contains a paper holder for all four LPs. The paper holder has four sections held together by binding on the proper right edge. Red writing on the cover reads: [Size 10 - Record / Speed - 78].

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