Robert Johnson, "King of the Delta Blues Singers Vol II" -- 1970 -- SEALED
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Dr. John's Spin Factory wishes you the happiest and most musical of New Years! And here to help your effort toward musical happiness in 2026 is a new, SEALED copy of Robert Johnson, "{King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II." If you love the blues, if R&R is in your fast lane, and especially if you're a Stones, Zeppelin, Clapton, or Steve Miller fan, then you simply must own this record. Here's why (taken from Allmusic.com):
"If the blues has a truly mythic figure, one whose story hangs over the music the way Charlie Parker's does over jazz or Hank Williams' does over country, it's Robert Johnson, certainly the most celebrated figure in the history of the blues. Of course, his legend is immensely fortified by the fact that Johnson also left behind a small legacy of recordings that are considered the emotional apex of the music itself. These recordings have not only entered the realm of blues standards ("Love in Vain," "Crossroads," "Sweet Home Chicago," "Stop Breaking Down"), but were adapted by rock & roll artists as diverse as the Rolling Stones, Steve Miller, Led Zeppelin, and Eric Clapton. As a singer, composer, and guitarist of considerable skills, Johnson produced some of the genre's best music and the ultimate blues legend. Doomed, haunted, driven by demons, a tormented genius dead at an early age -- all of these add up to making him a character of mythology who -- if he hadn't actually existed -- would have to be created by some biographer's overactive romantic imagination."
Yes, Robert Johnson was and remains that special.
Regarding Mr. Johnson's tragically tiny recorded legacy, the current album for sale, "King of the Delta Blues, Volume II," marks the last of it. There will never be a Volume III. In 1961 Columbia released "King of the Delta Blues, Vol. I." Combine the contents of that album with that of Volume II and you're got it, the entirety of Mr. Johnson's recorded gifts to the world. Thirty-four songs, in total. (By contrast, Franz Schubert wrote close to 1000 songs or 'lieder.")
The current copy you now have the opportunity to own is not only an original, 1970 first release, it is SEALED, hence brand new inside...
Life is short...Enjoy music that moves you today! Best, Dr. John
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