Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers (Ltd. Turquoise vinyl)

NATIONAL ALBUM DAY LP

LTD. TURQUOISE VINYL.

ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1961, THIS COLUMBIA COMPILATION OF 16 SIDES RECORDED BETWEEN 1936-1937 BY THE NOW LEGENDARY MR. JOHNSON BECAME A RECORD THAT GAVE THE 1960'S BRITISH BLUES BOOM IT'S INSPIRATIONAL IGNITION IN SO MANY WAYS WITH THE LIKES OF - THE ROLLING STONES, JOHN MAYALL'S BLUES BREAKERS, CREAM, THE ANIMALS, LED ZEPPLIN AND FLEETWOOD MAC TO NAME BUT A FEW, OFTEN USING IT AS A FOUNDATION TO BUILD CAREERS UPON. IT'S INFLUENCE GOES BEYOND THE FAR AND WIDE WITH THE LIKES OF DYLAN, WAITS, BEEFHEART, THE BAND AND HENDRIX ABSORBINGTHE MUSIC OF GREAT ROBERT JOHNSON.

THE MYTHS, THE LEGENDS, ONE OF THE HOLY GRAIL'S, IT'S STILL REGARDED AS BEING IN THE HIGHEST ORDER OF BLUES EVER RECORDED, OR AS A MATTER OF FACT OF ANY MUSIC EVER COMMITED TO WAX. 

Tracklist:

1. Cross Road Blues #1
2. Terraplane Blues
3. Come on in My Kitchen
4. Walkin' Blues
5. Last Fair Deal Gone Down
6. 32-20 Blues
7. Kindhearted Women Blues
8. If I Hid Possession Over Judgement Day
9. Preaching Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)
10. When You Got a Good Friend
11. Ramblin' on My Mind
12. Stones in My Passway
13. Traveling Riverside Blues
14. Milkcow's Calf Blues (Take 2)
15. Me and the Devil Blues
16. Hellhound on My Tail