King of the Delta Blues Singers

~ Release by Robert Johnson (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

Remaster of the 1961 album, includes one additional, previously unreleased track

Annotation last modified on 2005-09-19 17:00 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Rating Length
1 Cross Road Blues
2:31
2 Terraplane Blues
3:03
3 Come On in My Kitchen
2:54
4 Walkin' Blues
2 2:32
5 Last Fair Deal Gone Down
2:41
6 32-20 Blues
2:52
7 Kind Hearted Woman Blues
2:53
8 If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
2:38
9 Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)
2:54
10 When You Got a Good Friend
2:40
11 Ramblin' on My Mind
2:53
12 Stones in My Passway
2:30
13 Traveling Riverside Blues
2:49
14 Milkcow's Calf Blues
2:19
15 Me and the Devil Blues
2:36
16 Hell Hound on My Trail
2:40
17 Traveling Riverside Blues (alternate take)
2:40

Credits

CD 1

recorded in:
San Antonio, Texas, United States (1936-11-23) (track 2)
guitar:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (1937-06-20) (tracks 13, 16–17)
composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (tracks 1–16)
lyricist:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (tracks 1–16)
performer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (track 16)
producer:
Don Law (tracks 1–17)
recording engineer:
Don Law (1936-11-23) (tracks 2–3, 7, 10–11)
Don Law (1936-11-26) (track 6)
Don Law (1936-11-27) (tracks 1, 4–5, 8–9)
Don Law (1937-06-19) (track 12)
Don Law (1937-06-20) (tracks 13–17)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (1937-06-20) (tracks 13, 16–17)
publisher:
King of Spades Music (track 3)
is the basis for:
Hellhound (track 16)
Preachin' the Blues (track 9)
later translated versions:
Kuchl (track 3)
later versions:
Come On in My Kitchen (track 3)
Corrina, Corrina (tracks 6, 12, 15–16)
Going To New Orleans (track 6)
Travelling Riverside Blues (Led Zeppelin version) (track 13)
recording of:
32‒20 Blues (track 6)
Come On in My Kitchen (track 3)
Cross Road Blues (aka 'Crossroads') (track 1)
Hellhound on My Trail (track 16)
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day (track 8)
Kind Hearted Woman (track 7)
Last Fair Deal Gone Down (track 5)
Me and the Devil Blues (track 15)
Milkcow’s Calf Blues (track 14)
Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil) (track 9)
Ramblin’ on My Mind (track 11)
Stones in My Passway (track 12)
Terraplane Blues (track 2)
Traveling Riverside Blues (track 13)
Walking Blues (track 4)
When You Got a Good Friend (track 10)

Release

guitar: Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
editor: Frank Driggs
engineer: Vincent Liebler
lead vocals: Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
lyricist: Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
mastering: Robert Vosgien
Stanley Weiss
producer: Frank Driggs
Stephen C. LaVere
Don Law
ASIN: UK: B000023ZO5 [info]
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/1893225 [info]
purchase for mail-order: http://www.legacyrecordings.com/Robert-Johnson/King-Of-The-Delta-Blues-Singers.aspx [info]