ROBERT JOHNSON“King of the Delta Blues Singers”MoNo M-

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ROBERT JOHNSON “King of the Delta Blues Singers” Columbia MoNo lp M-

1963/Cdn/Columbia CL 1654…… here’s a clean original mono pressing of this essential blues lp. The cover is in VG condition, there is moderate ring wear top and bottom on the front, light corner wear, heavy corner wear lower right with some paper loss, lower seam wear, top  seam wear, small sticker tear/residue top right corner, the white back shows light aging/shelf wear, no splits or delete. The vinyl is in M- condition and shines like new! The "GUARANTEED HIGH FIDELITY" labels are clean with no  spindle marks. Please check my auctions for other folk, rock and psych lp’s. Good luck and thanks for looking!

Track listing

Side one

Track

Recorded

Catalogue

Released

Song Title

1.

11/27/36

Vocalion 3519

1937

Cross Road Blues

2.

11/23/36

Vocalion 3416

1937

Terraplane Blues

3.

11/23/36

Vocalion 3563

1937

Come On In My Kitchen

4.

11/27/36

Vocalion 3601

1937

Walkin' Blues

5.

11/27/36

Vocalion 3445

1937

Last Fair Deal Gone Down

6.

11/26/36

Vocalion 3445

1937

32-20 Blues

7.

11/23/36

Vocalion 3416

1937

Kind Hearted Woman Blues

8.

11/27/36

previously unreleased

If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day

Side two

Track

Recorded

Catalogue

Released

Song Title

1.

11/27/36

Vocalion 4630

1939

Preachin' Blues

2.

11/23/36

previously unreleased

When You Got A Good Friend

3.

11/23/36

Vocalion 3519

1937

Ramblin' On My Mind

4.

6/19/37

Vocalion 3723

1937

Stones in My Passway

5.

6/20/37

previously unreleased

Traveling Riverside Blues

6.

6/20/37

Vocalion 3665

1937

Milkcow's Calf Blues

7.

6/20/37

Vocalion 4108

1938

Me and the Devil Blues

8.

6/20/37

Vocalion 3623

1937

Hellhound on My Trail

The album compiles sixteen mono recordings, thirteen of which were previously available as 78s on the Vocalion label, originally recorded during two sessions in 1936 and 1937. The records sold well in their target market of the American south and southwest, with "Terraplane Blues" something of a regional hit, but their sales figures were never beyond 5000 or so in total. By the time this album appeared, Johnson was mostly rumor, if known at all, except to a small group of collectors and those who had purchased the original 78s. An advance copy of the album was given by its instigator, John Hammond, to his newest signing to Columbia, Bob Dylan, who had never heard of Johnson and became mesmerized by the intensity of the recordings.  

Hammond, who had initially searched for Johnson in 1938 to include him on the bill for the first of his From Spirituals to Swing concerts, prodded Columbia to assemble this record during the height of the folk revival. It was the first of the retrospective albums for folk, country, and blues artists of the 1920s and 1930s rediscovered in the wake of that revival, some of whom would be located and invited to appear at events such as the Newport Folk Festival. Nevertheless, Johnson's LP failed to make the charts, but the quality of Johnson's music was recognized and Johnson's reputation grew. The album became a badge of hip taste in the 1960s, evidenced by its appearance in the album cover photo to Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home amid various emblems of bohemian life. Songs from the album were repeatedly covered throughout the decade by many artists, notably Eric Clapton who recorded "Ramblin' On My Mind" on John Mayall's 1966 classic Bluesbreakers album, and "Cross Road Blues" with his own power trio Cream on the 1968 album Wheels of Fire. Clapton would later record an entire disc of Johnson's songs, Me and Mr. Johnson

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MINT: as stated with no defects

M- or Mint Minus, very clean with no defect to sound or visual appearance, one scuff or mark may be permitted but it will be mentioned in the description, a near Mint record looks and plays very clean. Same for the cover. Very clean with no delete or other issues.

EXCELLENT: between VG++ and M- , still very collectable, visually and sonicly clean.

VG++ still a very nice copy with minimal wear, the vinyl will retain it's original gloss and can have some minor scuffs/scratches that don't affect play very much.

VG+ the vinyl will still retain much original gloss with a bit more scuffs and/or scratches I may list a very rare or desirable item with a lower grade, I will try to list all defects.

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