Robert Johnson (Blues) - The Complete Recordings [Slipcase]

Artist:

Johnson, Robert

UPC:

074646491621

See Also:

Peter Green - The Robert Johnson Songbook [11/11] Big Head Blues Club/Big Head Todd & the Monsters - 100 Years of Robert Johnson

Description:

THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS includes a 48-page booklet with biographical notes, rare photos and a complete discography.
Solo performer: Robert Johnson (vocals, guitar).
Producer: Don Law.
Compilation producers: Stephen LaVere, Frank Driggs.
Recorded in San Antonio, Texas on November 23 & 26-27, 1936 and Dallas, Texas on June 19-20, 1937. Includes liner notes by Stephen LaVere, Keith Richards and Eric Clapton.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Noted blues historian Robert Palmer has called him "the Mississippi Delta`s first modern blues-man," and over the past 50 years Robert Johnson`s influence has reached out from beyond the grave. Though his recording output numbers fewer than 30 different songs, Johnson`s catalog has been a treasure trove picked clean by artists ranging from Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin and the Grateful Dead.
The beauty of THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS lies in its utter simplicity. Johnson`s reedy vocals, accompanied only by a steel-string guitar, evoke the very essence of the Deep South with its mystery and intrigue. It`s easy to see where the myth of Johnson going down to the crossroads to make a Faustian pact with Lucifer was first sown; it can be heard within the confines of "Cross Road Blues" and "Hellhound On My Trail." While the sound of Johnson`s recordings has a discernible hiss to it, the unadulterated emotion resonating in his voice goes straight to the marrow, making these sonic limitations seem like an afterthought.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Kindhearted Woman Blues
2. Kindhearted Woman Blues - (alternate take, alternate version)
3. I Believe I`ll Dust My Broom
4. Sweet Home Chicago
5. Rambling on My Mind
6. Rambling on My Mind - (alternate take, alternate version)
7. When You Got a Good Friend
8. When You Got a Good Friend - (alternate take, alternate version)
9. Come on in My Kitchen
10. Come on in My Kitchen - (alternate take, alternate version)
11. Terraplane Blues
12. Phonograph Blues
13. Phonograph Blues - (alternate take, alternate version)
14. 32-20 Blues
15. They`re Red Hot
16. Dead Shrimp Blues
17. Cross Road Blues
18. Cross Road Blues - (alternate take, alternate version)
19. Walking Blues
20. Last Fair Deal Gone Down

DISC 2:

1. Preaching Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)
2. If I Had Posession Over Judgment Day
3. Stones in My Passway
4. I`m a Steady Rollin` Man
5. From Four till Late
6. Hellhound on My Trail
7. Little Queen of Spades
8. Little Queen of Spades - (alternate take, alternate version)
9. Malted Milk
10. Drunken Hearted Man
11. Drunken Hearted Man - (alternate take, alternate version)
12. Me and the Devil Blues
13. Me and the Devil Blues - (alternate take, alternate version)
14. Stop Breakin` Down Blues
15. Stop Breakin` Down Blues - (alternate take, alternate version)
16. Traveling Riverside Blues
17. Honeymoon Blues
18. Love in Vain
19. Love in Vain - (alternate take, alternate version)
20. Milkcow`s Calf Blues
21. Milkcow`s Calf Blues - (alternate take, alternate version)

Album Information

Release Date:

10/08/1996

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Delta

Label:

Sony Music Distribution (USA)

Catalog Number:

64916

Original Release Year:

1990

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

Runtime:

104 : 53

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