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After hearing and reading about this musician forever, I decided I needed to hear his work when I started playing blue style ukulele. This CD presents his original recordings in as close to original form as is possible. Quite frankly, although it's great as a learning tool to hear the naked guitar versions of this music, it is not as interesting to listen to (in my humble opinion) as the numerous remakes of Mr. Johnson's work. He has been redone by the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, The Blues Brothers, and dozens of others in the years since his premature death. That so many other huge names feel the need to honor his work speaks for itself - It's worth doing over and over! But for me, maybe I'm too accustomed to the more complex electrifies orchestrations of Rock music, and more modern blues. This music seems a little too basic for a casual listen, but a good teaching tool for the student of blues guitar.Read full review
LOVE THIS RECORD...ROBT JOHNSON IS GREAT BUT IN THE PAST THE HISS, SCRATCH, & POOR RECORDING NOISE FACTORS ON HIS WORK WAS INTOLERABLE... BUT IT WAS CLEANED UP BY SONY AND IS NOW GREAT... AKIN TO RECORDED MATERIAL OF THE EARLY 60'S AS KEITH RICHARDS HAS SITED, ROBT JOHNSON WROTE ALL THE BLUES SONGS EVER...WE JUST COPY IT & IF YOU DON/T KNOW HIS WORK HE ONLY WROTE LESS THAN 30 SONGS AT APPROX 20YOA AND NO ONE HAS SURPASED HIS GUITAR PLAYING IN THESE LAST 70 YRS & HIS VOICE HAUNTS BOTH IN ITS RANGE AND HIS PHRASING...HE PACKS BOTH GOOD AND EVIL IN EACH AND EVERY SONG... YOU CAN/T GO WRONG WITH THIS ALBUM...BUT REMEMBER ITS ONLY 1/2 OF THE SET, THIS ONE RELEASED IN THE LATE 90'S AND ANOTHER IN 2004'ISH...WITH ONLY A FEW OVERLAPS IN SONGS BUT COLLECTIVELY THESE 2 ALBUMS MAKE THE PERFECT COMPLETE COLLECTION OF ROBERT JOHNSON AND FINALLY SAMPLE THE FOLLOWING FOR THE FLAVOR OF THE ERA, CHECK OUT ''32-20'' ON YOUTUBE VIA KEITH RICHARDS ENJOY...IN JOY...JACKIE BECKETTRead full review
Old recordings with Robert joinson singing & playing guitar. Lots of original tunes.
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It is just what I expected and wanted !
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nice sounds
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