Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings
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Artist: Robert JohnsonEdition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 1996-10-08
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues (take 1)
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues (take 2)
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Ramblin' On My Mind (take 1)
- Ramblin' On My Mind (take 2)
- When You Got A Good Friend (take 1)
- When You Got A Good Friend (take 2)
- Come On In My Kitchen (take 1)
- Come On In My Kitchen (take 2)
- Terraplane Blues
- Phonograph Blues (take 1)
- Phonograph Blues (take 2)
- 32-20 Blues
- They're Red Hot
- Dead Shrimp Blues
- Cross Road Blues (take 1)
- Cross Road Blues (take 2)
- Walkin' Blues
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down
- Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
- If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day
- Stones In My Passway
- I'm A Steady Rollin' Man
- From Four Until Late
- Hell Hound On My Trail
- Little Queen Of Spades (take 1)
- Little Queen Of Spades (take 2)
- Malted Milk
- Drunken Hearted Man (take 1)
- Drunken Hearted Man (take 2)
- Me And The Devil Blues (take 1)
- Me And The Devil Blues (take 2)
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues (take 1)
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues (take 2)
- Traveling Riverside Blues
- Honeymoon Blues
- Love In Vain Blues (take 1)
- Love In Vain Blues (take 2)
- Milkcow's Calf Blues (take 1)
- Milkcow's Calf Blues (take 2)
Free Music Notes for The Complete Recordings
Free Music Review: Elijah Wald & I Have Something to Add to the Johnson Legend
Hit: 5 Stars
What else can I add that hasn't already been said about Robert Johnson? Actually, there is a lot of information and observations that have long been ignored by the Blues community and magazines and newspapers like Rolling Stone and The New York Times. He was a lyrical and musical genius who, as Elijah Wald has pointed out in "Escaping the Delta", perfectly crafted his songs. In other words, his songs were intended to reach mass audiences and were not necessarily expressions of his torment as a black man living in Mississippi. At any rate, "Crossroads Blues", "Stones In My Passway", "Love In Vain" and "Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped The Devil" are masterful. There is one important thing to keep in mind, though. It is something that so-called Blues fans often forget. Johnson consciously imitated Kokomo Arnold, Son House, Scrapper Blackwell, Skip James, Leroy Carr, Peetie Wheatstraw and others. He was a synthesis of all that had come before him. Another artist he greatly admired was Lonnie Johnson, even going so far as to tell people that he was related to the man. "Malted Milk" and "Drunken Hearted Man" are closely related to Lonnie Johnson's style of playing during this period. Unfortunately, Johnson died at the age of twenty seven, and just as unfortunate is the fact that a man of equal brilliance, Johnny Shines, has never been given his due as a brilliant slide player, lyricist, and much better singer than Robert Johnson. People who say they love Robert Johnson's music and believe that he made a deal with the Devil should honestly look into Johnson's roots and realize that men like Willie McTell, Lonnie Johnson and Johnny Shines were just as talented as young Robert.
The Complete Recordings Poster
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 GreilsamerBlues Music CDs
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