Haha no worries, man.

Just checking Robert Johnson out for the first time. I'm liking what I am hearing so far!

What a man of talent

as yet again

the question doth beggeth

what's there not to appreciate?

the man was a virtuoso and basically invented rock as we know it

I was really skeptical when I first heard about Robert Johnson. I mean, it felt like a few famous guitar players preached about him so everybody just followed suit. I was so very wrong! That guitar playing...and that voice kills me! I should have listened to em sooner.

A side note, I think that my copy of his Complete Recordings box is the most expensive vinyl album I've bought so far. Not that it was THAT much...I just don't buy a lot of expensive stuff.

It's not original is it? If it was I bet it was THAT expensive.

I've never thought to check because for the amount of music I was getting it seemed worth it. I mean, it's not one of the 2-LP reissues that I see around these days. Its a 3-LP box with booklets and ad inserts. It was around 50 bucks because I got during a used vinyl sale (they originally wanted 100). So I guess it's original. It has been worth every penny, regardless.

I doubt it's original if it came with booklets and inserts. Those things are pretty much impossible to find. More so than any rare Beatles album.

Haha if they are that rare than yeah I'm sure it's not. I think I prefer it not to be , though, since I don't need to feel guilty when I go and play it. Keep it cheap, keep it simple. Regardless, it's an awesome set.

So is it true there has been another alternate take unearthed since that collection? I put minimal effort to find info about it upon overheard somebody talk about it at a record store, but I couldn't find any. Like, what's it an alternate take of?

I haven't heard anything about this alternate take. I know he has alternate takes of a bunch of his songs, is that what you're talking about?

And ya, I ltd be great if you had an original. I have no idea what that would be worth. A LOT. Is it really heavy, More so than more modern records? Really old records are noticeably heavier than newer ones, and by newer I mean even originals from the sixties.

^^The Complete Recordings has all the original "singles" plus alternate takes

Robert Johnson`s Collection can be found here.

Robert Johnson | Official Robert Johnson Site | Robert Johnson Blues Foundation

I think I see where the confusion is here. I thought you meant an original pressing of the 1990 boxset I got, while you obviously mean just one of his originally released 78s, right? For some reason I didn't catch that.

And what I meant was that outside of the currently released 41 recordings that another one had been unearthed at some point. But I know nothing and maybe that was just hear-say.

I starting listening to Rory Block (she was mentioned a good number of pages back for her Robert Johnson covers). She seems very great to me so far.

I was introduced to him a few years back by a friend. Have collected The Complete Recordings since then.

Awesome guitar work... though the lyrics/theme are a tad too dark for my liking.

He sold his soul to the devil, what do you expect? :laughing:

He mentions beating his woman a few times

^^that's what he alleged

who knows?

I was just kidding. Maybe he did sell his soul, who knows.

He is a Legend
 

Amzing artist I must say

The best explanation Ive heard before, is that Johnson was simply using the claim of selling his soul to the devil in order to disguise his true genius as an artist.

I don't actually believe it. But ****, maybe He knew something we didn't.

Well I am sure that alot of people did actually dabble in voo doo back in the 30s, especially in the deep south. And most crossroads were notorious places for mischief back then. It must have been a spooky place to be at night.

I've heard that he used to practice in graveyards at night. I believe I heard that on the documentary about him hosted by John Hammond.

i think Screaming Jay Hawkins was more into that voodoo **** than any other musician

Please tell me you're joking.

Please tell me all of the horribly misinformed comments about Voodoo in past few posts have been jokes.

^^and what would be an informed opinion?

That Voodoo is a hybrid religion of west African Vodun and Christianity which has nothing to do with selling your soul to the devil. And that Screamin' Jay Hawkins dressing up in campy costumes doesn't make him a practitioner of that religion any more than Sunn0))) dressing up in robes makes them druid priests.

Hahaha... Yeah, blues has virtually nothing to do with voodoo. If there was any selling of souls going on, it was to the Christian devil.

What does your wiki post have to do with Robert Johnson, or the culture concerning the southern states during the 30s? Are you drinking while on the job again Janszoon?

Er... what? You brought up Voodoo, I was just responding to the ignorant comments. And how is that a "wiki post" out of curiosity?

I think he was emphasizing that Robert Johnson didn't practice voodoo.

How so?

That's what I got from it.

Either way...he didn't.

And if he did, it would have had no connection to the whole "devil at the crossroads" myth.

Exactly.

Has anyone else listened to the Radiolab podcast about Robert Johnson? It's pretty interesting, and as always with them, very well presented. Definitely worth a listen if you enjoy a good and informative story.

Voodoo was really only mentioned once. Not much was said about it.

It was mentioned in the context of selling one's soul to the devil, and then again in a claim that Screamin' Jay Hawkins was a practitioner, presumably because he used to dress in a campy way that was arguably inspired by American stereotypes about Voodoo. And all I said was I hoped those comments were jokes.

I see. Well maybe dr. John is a practitioner of voodoo as well. :laughing:

Sure. And maybe Peter Criss is a cat.