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May 2, 2010

Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues Singers,Columbia

Robert Johnson, Slower Version, front, cd size

If you’re into blues, Robert Johnson can’t be absent in your
collection. Thousands of blues songs have been based on these
simple recordings. Back in 1936 they were made in a hotelroom,
used as a recordingstudio. Just Robert Johnson and his guitar, on
a wooden chair in an empty room. Just about 30 songs have
been saved. Johnson, who had womentrouble all the time was
poisoned by one of them, not even 25 years old. His music inspired
big singers like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker.
Check the backsleeve notes for a longer and fascinating story.

tracks;

1 Crossroads blues
2 Terraplane blues
3 Come on in my kitchen
4 Walking blues
5 Last fair deal gone down
6 32-20 blues
7 Kindhearted woman blues
8 If I had posession over judgment day
9 Preaching blues
10 When you got a good friend
11 Rambling on my mind
12 Stones in my passway
13 Traveling riverside blues
14 Mikcow’s calf blues
15 Me and the devil blues
16 Hellhound on my trail

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34 Comments

  1. Anonymous 3 May 2010 at 00:12 - Reply

    Yes indeed – this is a killer recording – a true historical milestone. I’d love to give it a proper listen but the link doesn’t seem to take me to the download page. Could you check that Moos – many thanks as always Mambo Pete

  2. Anonymous 3 May 2010 at 00:12 - Reply

    Yes indeed – this is a killer recording – a true historical milestone. I’d love to give it a proper listen but the link doesn’t seem to take me to the download page. Could you check that Moos – many thanks as always Mambo Pete

  3. Anonymous 3 May 2010 at 12:34 - Reply

    Hi Moos,

    The link is not working….

    Ed

  4. Anonymous 3 May 2010 at 12:34 - Reply

    Hi Moos,

    The link is not working….

    Ed

  5. moos 3 May 2010 at 14:15 - Reply

    sorry guys, fixed it..

  6. moos 3 May 2010 at 14:15 - Reply

    sorry guys, fixed it..

  7. Anonymous 3 May 2010 at 19:52 - Reply

    Link is fixed – I got it now.
    Thanks again Moos
    Mambo Pete

  8. Anonymous 3 May 2010 at 19:52 - Reply

    Link is fixed – I got it now.
    Thanks again Moos
    Mambo Pete

  9. Louis 4 May 2010 at 00:41 - Reply

    Gracias Sir

  10. Louis 4 May 2010 at 00:41 - Reply

    Gracias Sir

  11. joe 4 May 2010 at 03:43 - Reply

    Very nice indeed! Thanks Moos!

  12. joe 4 May 2010 at 03:43 - Reply

    Very nice indeed! Thanks Moos!

  13. joe 4 May 2010 at 03:43 - Reply

    Very nice indeed! Thanks Moos!

  14. Anonymous 4 May 2010 at 04:42 - Reply

    Always a good thing to revisit some roots. Figured you’d fix the link.
    Much thanks.Do you have Dub Syndicate “pounding System” or the Dr Pablo album? I would love a 320 kbs rip of that.
    Maybe the Ramdog site would be the place to post that.
    Cheers.
    joh no

  15. Anonymous 4 May 2010 at 04:42 - Reply

    Always a good thing to revisit some roots. Figured you’d fix the link.
    Much thanks.Do you have Dub Syndicate “pounding System” or the Dr Pablo album? I would love a 320 kbs rip of that.
    Maybe the Ramdog site would be the place to post that.
    Cheers.
    joh no

  16. Anonymous 4 May 2010 at 04:42 - Reply

    Always a good thing to revisit some roots. Figured you’d fix the link.
    Much thanks.Do you have Dub Syndicate “pounding System” or the Dr Pablo album? I would love a 320 kbs rip of that.
    Maybe the Ramdog site would be the place to post that.
    Cheers.
    joh no

  17. Owl Qaeda 4 May 2010 at 08:16 - Reply

    howdy moos, always luv’d global grooves & have referred many friends here over the years for things like the dark city sisters, juju roots, orchetre du mopti… the list goes on & on. a good half of my hardrive space consists of downloads from your benevolent blog alone.just link’d u over at my new bloggish endeavor. kindly feel free to do likewise if u deem my efforts worthy.
    thx ;D
    owl

  18. Owl Qaeda 4 May 2010 at 08:16 - Reply

    howdy moos, always luv’d global grooves & have referred many friends here over the years for things like the dark city sisters, juju roots, orchetre du mopti… the list goes on & on. a good half of my hardrive space consists of downloads from your benevolent blog alone.just link’d u over at my new bloggish endeavor. kindly feel free to do likewise if u deem my efforts worthy.
    thx ;D
    owl

  19. Owl Qaeda 4 May 2010 at 08:16 - Reply

    howdy moos, always luv’d global grooves & have referred many friends here over the years for things like the dark city sisters, juju roots, orchetre du mopti… the list goes on & on. a good half of my hardrive space consists of downloads from your benevolent blog alone.just link’d u over at my new bloggish endeavor. kindly feel free to do likewise if u deem my efforts worthy.
    thx ;D
    owl

  20. Goofy 4 May 2010 at 16:39 - Reply

    Ok, now we’re getting serious. RJ is the man as far as blues goes. Thanks again Moos!!

  21. Goofy 4 May 2010 at 16:39 - Reply

    Ok, now we’re getting serious. RJ is the man as far as blues goes. Thanks again Moos!!

  22. Goofy 4 May 2010 at 16:39 - Reply

    Ok, now we’re getting serious. RJ is the man as far as blues goes. Thanks again Moos!!

  23. legrandmaitre 4 May 2010 at 21:48 - Reply

    Moos – it’s widely agreed now that all of Johnson’s 78s were speeded up. If you’ve some means of slowing the LP down – like a direct drive turntable – you’ll suddenly find yourself listening to a sexy young black guy with a cool guitar sound – less of paranoid gabbler, more of a human being.

  24. legrandmaitre 4 May 2010 at 21:48 - Reply

    Moos – it’s widely agreed now that all of Johnson’s 78s were speeded up. If you’ve some means of slowing the LP down – like a direct drive turntable – you’ll suddenly find yourself listening to a sexy young black guy with a cool guitar sound – less of paranoid gabbler, more of a human being.

  25. legrandmaitre 4 May 2010 at 21:48 - Reply

    Moos – it’s widely agreed now that all of Johnson’s 78s were speeded up. If you’ve some means of slowing the LP down – like a direct drive turntable – you’ll suddenly find yourself listening to a sexy young black guy with a cool guitar sound – less of paranoid gabbler, more of a human being.

  26. moos 5 May 2010 at 06:19 - Reply

    That is incredible Legrandmaitre,
    I never knew. I am listening the way you say right now and it’seems true, somehow it sounds much more natural in a slower version. Can you tell us why they did speed it up ? If anyone is interested I could make a slower rip aswell..

  27. moos 5 May 2010 at 06:19 - Reply

    That is incredible Legrandmaitre,
    I never knew. I am listening the way you say right now and it’seems true, somehow it sounds much more natural in a slower version. Can you tell us why they did speed it up ? If anyone is interested I could make a slower rip aswell..

  28. moos 5 May 2010 at 06:19 - Reply

    That is incredible Legrandmaitre,
    I never knew. I am listening the way you say right now and it’seems true, somehow it sounds much more natural in a slower version. Can you tell us why they did speed it up ? If anyone is interested I could make a slower rip aswell..

  29. Anonymous 7 May 2010 at 10:56 - Reply

    Moos,

    Please make a slower rip, I am not in the possession of such technology, so the slower rip will be much appreciated!

    Ed

  30. Anonymous 7 May 2010 at 10:56 - Reply

    Moos,

    Please make a slower rip, I am not in the possession of such technology, so the slower rip will be much appreciated!

    Ed

  31. Anonymous 7 May 2010 at 10:56 - Reply

    Moos,

    Please make a slower rip, I am not in the possession of such technology, so the slower rip will be much appreciated!

    Ed

  32. Anonymous 23 May 2010 at 06:41 - Reply

    Audacity, which I believe is a free download, can slow things down either with or without altering the pitch. Probably nobody is going to read this, now that the new version has been posted. But maybe…

  33. Anonymous 23 May 2010 at 06:41 - Reply

    Audacity, which I believe is a free download, can slow things down either with or without altering the pitch. Probably nobody is going to read this, now that the new version has been posted. But maybe…

  34. Anonymous 23 May 2010 at 06:41 - Reply

    Audacity, which I believe is a free download, can slow things down either with or without altering the pitch. Probably nobody is going to read this, now that the new version has been posted. But maybe…

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