Artist: Robert Johnson
Title: The Complete Recordings
Year Of Release: 1990/2014
Label: Columbia/Legacy
Genre: Blues, Acoustic Blues
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:44:23
Total Size: 244 mb
Tracklist:CD1
1. Robert Johnson - Kind Hearted Woman Blues (Take 1)
2. Robert Johnson - Kind Hearted Woman Blues (Take 2)
3. Robert Johnson - I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
4. Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago
5. Robert Johnson - Ramblin' On My Mind (Take 1)
6. Robert Johnson - Ramblin' On My Mind (Take 2)
7. Robert Johnson - When You Got a Good Friend (Take 1)
8. Robert Johnson - When You Got a Good Friend (Take 2)
9. Robert Johnson - Come On In My Kitchen (Take 1)
10. Robert Johnson - Come On In My Kitchen (Take 2)
11. Robert Johnson - Terraplane Blues
12. Robert Johnson - Phonograph Blues (Take 1)
13. Robert Johnson - Phonograph Blues (Take 2)
14. Robert Johnson - 32-20 Blues
15. Robert Johnson - They're Red Hot
16. Robert Johnson - Dead Shrimp Blues
17. Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues (Take 1)
18. Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues (Take 2)
19. Robert Johnson - Walkin' Blues
20. Robert Johnson - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
CD2
1. Robert Johnson - Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)
2. Robert Johnson - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
3. Robert Johnson - Stones In My Passway
4. Robert Johnson - I'm a Steady Rollin' Man
5. Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late
6. Robert Johnson - Hellhound on My Trail
7. Robert Johnson - Little Queen of Spades (Take 1)
8. Robert Johnson - Little Queen of Spades (Take 2)
9. Robert Johnson - Malted Milk
10. Robert Johnson - Drunken Hearted Man (Take 1)
11. Robert Johnson - Drunken Hearted Man (Take 2)
12. Robert Johnson - Me and the Devil Blues (Take 1)
13. Robert Johnson - Me and the Devil Blues (Take 2)
14. Robert Johnson - Stop Breakin' Down Blues (Take 1)
15. Robert Johnson - Stop Breakin' Down Blues (Take 2)
16. Robert Johnson - Traveling Riverside Blues
17. Robert Johnson - Honeymoon Blues
18. Robert Johnson - Love in Vain (Take 1)
19. Robert Johnson - Love in Vain (Take 2)
20. Robert Johnson - Milkcow's Calf Blues (Take 1)
21. Robert Johnson - Milkcow's Calf Blues (Take 2)
A double-disc box set containing everything Robert Johnson ever recorded, The Complete Recordings is essential listening, but it is also slightly problematic. The problems aren't in the music itself, of course, which is stunning and the fidelity of the recordings is the best it ever has been or ever will be. Instead, it's in the track sequencing. As the title implies, The Complete Recordings contains all of Johnson's recorded material, including a generous selection of alternate takes. All of the alternates are sequenced directly after the master, which can make listening to the album a little intimidating and tedious for novices. Certainly, the alternates can be programmed out with a CD player or mp3 player, but the set would have been more palatable if the alternate takes were presented on a separate disc. Nevertheless, this is a minor complaint -- Johnson's music retains its power no matter what context it is presented in. He, without question, deserves this kind of deluxe box set treatment.
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