Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall is a live double album

Double album

A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....

 album by Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte

Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s...

. It is the second of two Belafonte Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....

 albums, and was recorded May 2, 1960. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard

Billboard charts

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 Pop albums charts.

Belafonte shares the stage in this live recording with The Belafonte Folk Singers, Odetta

Odetta

Odetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals...

, The Chad Mitchell Trio

Chad Mitchell Trio

The Chad Mitchell Trio were a North American vocal group who became known during the 1960s. They performed folk songs, some of which were traditionally passed down and some of their own compositions. Unlike many fellow folk music groups, none of the trio played instruments...

 and Miriam Makeba

Miriam Makeba

Miriam Makeba , nicknamed Mama Africa, was a Grammy Award winning South African singer and civil rights activist....

.

It was reissued on CD by Mobile Fidelity.

Track listing

1. "Jump Down Spin Around" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 2:14
2. "Suzanne" - Harry Belafonte - 5:50
3. "A Little Lyric of Great Importance" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 1:29
4. "Chickens" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 3:10
5. "Vaichazkem" - The Chad Mitchell Trio
   Chad Mitchell Trio
   The Chad Mitchell Trio were a North American vocal group who became known during the 1960s. They performed folk songs, some of which were traditionally passed down and some of their own compositions. Unlike many fellow folk music groups, none of the trio played instruments...
   
    - 1:34
6. "I Do Adore Her" - The Chad Mitchell Trio
   Chad Mitchell Trio
   The Chad Mitchell Trio were a North American vocal group who became known during the 1960s. They performed folk songs, some of which were traditionally passed down and some of their own compositions. Unlike many fellow folk music groups, none of the trio played instruments...
   
    - 3:18
7. "The Ballad of Sigmund Freud" - The Chad Mitchell Trio
   Chad Mitchell Trio
   The Chad Mitchell Trio were a North American vocal group who became known during the 1960s. They performed folk songs, some of which were traditionally passed down and some of their own compositions. Unlike many fellow folk music groups, none of the trio played instruments...
   
    - 3:28
8. "I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain" - Odetta
   Odetta
   Odetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals...
   
    - 2:20
9. "Water Boy" - Odetta
   Odetta
   Odetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals...
   
    - 4:35
10. "A Hole In the Bucket" - Harry Belafonte and Odetta - 5:19
11. "The Click Song" - Miriam Makeba
    Miriam Makeba
    Miriam Makeba , nicknamed Mama Africa, was a Grammy Award winning South African singer and civil rights activist....
    
     and The Belafonte Folk Singers - 3:46
12. "One More Dance" - Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba
    Miriam Makeba
    Miriam Makeba , nicknamed Mama Africa, was a Grammy Award winning South African singer and civil rights activist....
    
     - 3:43
13. "The Ox Drivers" - Belafonte Folk Singers - 2:59
14. "The Red Rosy Bush" - Belafonte Folk Singers - 2:51
15. "Didn't It Rain" - Belafonte Folk Singers - 5:27
16. "Hene Ma Tov
    Hine ma tov
    Hine Ma Tov is a Jewish hymn traditionally sung at Shabbat feasts.-Lyrics and translation:The lyrics, in Hebrew, read: .הִנֵּה מַה טוֹב וּמַה נָּעִים שֶׁבֶת אָחִים גַּם יַחַדIn Romanized Hebrew:Hine ma tov u’ma-nayim...
    
    " - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 3:46
17. "I Know Where I'm Going" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 3:27
18. "Old King Cole" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 4:59
19. "La Bamba" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 8:04

The CD release from RCA 09026-62690-2 has alternate takes on the songs Jump Down, Spin Around, Hené Ma Tov, I Know Where I'm Going and La Bamba.

Personnel

• Harry Belafonte – vocals
• The Belafonte Folk Singers – vocals
• Chad Mitchell Trio
  Chad Mitchell Trio
  The Chad Mitchell Trio were a North American vocal group who became known during the 1960s. They performed folk songs, some of which were traditionally passed down and some of their own compositions. Unlike many fellow folk music groups, none of the trio played instruments...
  
   – vocals
• Odetta
  Odetta
  Odetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals...
  
   – vocals
• Miriam Makeba
  Miriam Makeba
  Miriam Makeba , nicknamed Mama Africa, was a Grammy Award winning South African singer and civil rights activist....
  
   – vocals
• Danny Barrajanos – bongos, conga
• Ernie Calabria – guitar
• Walter Raim – guitar
• Millard Thomas – guitar
• Robert De Cormier
  Robert De Cormier
  Robert DeCormier is an American musical conductor, arranger, and director, and a graduate of the Juilliard School. He has arranged music for many singers and groups, including Harry Belafonte and Peter, Paul, and Mary, and has worked with Milt Okun. DeCormier is perhaps most famous for his...
  
   – conductor
• Milton Okun – conductor

Production notes

• Bob Bollard – producer, liner notes
• John Pfeiffer – reissue producer
• Bob Simpson – engineer
• Digital Remastering by Nate Johnson and Thomas MacCluskey
• Photography by Roy DeCarava
  Roy DeCarava
  Roy Rudolph DeCarava was an American photographer. DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes collaborated on a notable 1955 book on life in Harlem, The Sweet Flypaper of Life...
  
  , Peter Perri and Jay Maisel
  Jay Maisel
  Jay Maisel is an American color photographer. His awards include the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Society of Media Photographers, and the Infinity Award of the International Center of Photography...