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Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings (1990)

Album details
Label:     Ref#: blues-0005
Date: 1990   Category: blues
Length: 1:46:19    
Format: CD   Record Store Day:  
Audio: Stereo   Album Collection Title:  
Genre: Blues   Album Collection Disc Nbr:  

Notes/Reviews
This two-CD box contains all 41 recordings Johnson made, including 12 alternate takes, and each cut remains a classic. This set's release in 1990 caused quite a stir, selling more than 500,000 copies, and, on the basis of endorsements from Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, introduced a great number of rock fans to Delta blues. Amazingly, Johnson built his enormous legacy on the strength of just two recording sessions: the first session, in November of 1936, produced among others "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom," "Sweet Home Chicago," "Cross Road Blues," and "Walkin' Blues," making it perhaps the most influential single session in blues history. --Marc Greilsamer

Songs/Tracks
CD1:
1.   Kind Hearted Woman Blues [Take 1]  2:52
2.   Kind Hearted Woman Blues [Take 2]  2:30
3.   I Believe I'll Dust My Broom  2:59
4.   Sweet Home Chicago  2:58
5.   Ramblin' On My Mind [Take 1]  2:52
6.   Ramblin' On My Mind [Take 2]  2:23
7.   When You Got A Good Friend [Take 1]  2:38
8.   When You Got A Good Friend [Take 2]  2:52
9.   Come On In My Kitchen [Take 1]  2:51
10.   Come On In My Kitchen [Take 2]  2:44
11.   Terraplane Blues  3:01
12.   Phonograph Blues [Take 1]  2:40
13.   Phonograph Blues [Take 2]  2:33
14.   32-20 Blues  2:50
15.   They're Red Hot  2:59
16.   Dead Shrimp Blues  2:31
17.   Cross Road Blues [Take 1]  2:40
18.   Cross Road Blues [Take 2]  2:29
19.   Walkin' Blues  2:30
20.   Last Fair Deal Gone Down  2:37
CD2:
1.   Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)  2:51
2.   If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day  2:35
3.   Stones In My Passway  2:28
4.   I'm A Steady Rollin' Man  2:37
5.   From Four Until Late  2:24
6.   Hell Hound On My Trail  2:36
7.   Little Queen Of Spades [Take 1]  2:13
8.   Little Queen Of Spades [Take 2]  2:18
9.   Malted Milk  2:22
10.   Drunken Hearted Man [Take 1]  2:28
11.   Drunken Hearted Man [Take 2]  2:27
12.   Me And The Devil Blues [Take 1]  2:35
13.   Me And The Devil Blues [Take 2]  2:33
14.   Stop Breakin' Down Blues [Take 1]  2:17
15.   Stop Breakin' Down Blues [Take 2]  2:23
16.   Traveling Riverside Blues  2:46
17.   Honeymoon Blues  2:18
18.   Love In Vain Blues [Take 1]  2:25
19.   Love In Vain Blues [Take 2]  2:17
20.   Milkcow's Calf Blues [Take 1]  2:17
21.   Milkcow's Calf Blues [Take 2]  2:19

Recording/Credits

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