{"product_id":"robert-johnson-king-of-the-delta-blues-singers-vol-1-2-2lp","title":"Robert Johnson - King Of The Delta Blues Singers Vol. 1 \u0026 2 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e2018 Reissue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: Dol\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeluxe Gatefold Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHQ Virgin Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing all 32 of Robert Johnson's recorded tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsidered the most influential blues release ever!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album was originally released by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Columbia Records\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Columbia_Records\"\u003eColumbia Records\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1961 as a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Monoraul\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monoraul\"\u003emono\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"LP album\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LP_album\"\u003eLP\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAt the time of its release very little scholarship had been done on Johnson's life, and the album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Liner notes\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liner_notes\"\u003eliner notes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econtain some inaccuracies and false conclusions, and a speculative portrait of Johnson's personality. As the two surviving portraits of him were discovered a decade later, the cover painting depicts a faceless musician in field clothes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album was followed in 1970 by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_of_the_Delta_Blues_Singers,_Vol._II\"\u003eKing of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, including the remaining recordings at that time available by Johnson not on this record.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing of the Delta Blues Singers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas reissued on September 15, 1998 by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Legacy Records\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Legacy_Records\"\u003eLegacy Records\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esubsidiary label of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Sony\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sony\"\u003eSony\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCorporation, with a newly discovered alternate version of \"Traveling Riverside Blues\" appended as a bonus track. The original recording engineer was Vincent Liebler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Los Angeles Times\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Times\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewrote that Johnson's recordings for the albums \"revolutionized the Mississippi Delta style that became the foundation of the Chicago blues sound\".\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Wall Street Journal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Wall_Street_Journal\"\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewrote that \"when his album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing of the Delta Blues Singers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emade its belated way to England in the mid-1960s, it energized a generation of musicians\".\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEnglish\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Rock music\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rock_music\"\u003erock\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emusician\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Eric Clapton\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Clapton\"\u003eEric Clapton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecited\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing of the Delta Blues Singers\u003c\/i\u003e, along with its second volume, as an early inspiration on his recording career.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIn 1980,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing of the Delta Blues Singers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebecame the first album to be inducted by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Blues Foundation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blues_Foundation\"\u003eBlues Foundation\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einto the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Blues Hall of Fame\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blues_Hall_of_Fame\"\u003eBlues Hall of Fame\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Hartford Courant\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hartford_Courant\"\u003eThe Hartford Courant\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eselected\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing of the Delta Blues Singers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor its list of the 25 Pivotal Recordings That Defined Our Times (1999).\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIn 2020, the album was ranked number 374 on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Rolling Stone\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rolling_Stone\"\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emagazine's list of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time\"\u003ethe 500 Greatest Albums of All Time\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Mojo (magazine)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mojo_(magazine)\"\u003eMojo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emagazine ranked it number six on its list of 100 Records That Changed the World (2007).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e     \u003cstrong\u003e1.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e1. Crossroads Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e2. Terraplane Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e3. Come On In My Kitchen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e4. Walking Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e5. Last Fair Deal Gone Down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e6. 32-20 Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e7. Kindhearted Woman Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e8. If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e9. Love In Vain Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e10. When You Got a Good Friend\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e11. Rambling On My Mind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e12. Stones In My Passway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e13. Traveling Riverside Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e14. Milkcow's Calf Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e15. Me and the Devil Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e16. Hellhound On My Trail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e     \u003cstrong\u003e2.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e1. Kind Hearted Woman Blues (Alternate take)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e2. I Believe I'll Dust My Broom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e3. Sweet Home Chicago\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e4. Rambling On My Mind (Alternate take)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e5. Phonograph Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e6. They're Red Hot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e7. Dead Shrimp Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e8. Preachin' Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e9. I'm a Steady Rollin' Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e10. From Four Till Late\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e11. Little Queen of Spades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e12. Malted Milk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e13. Drunken Hearted Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e14. Stop Breakin' Down Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e15. Honeymoon Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-ydp-c29=\"\"\u003e16. 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