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King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II

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King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II
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Compilation album by
Robert Johnson
Released1970 (1970)
Recorded
Genre Delta blues
Length41:00
Label Columbia
Producer
Robert Johnson chronology
King of the Delta Blues Singers
(1961)		King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II
(1970)		 The Complete Recordings
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [1]
The Hartford Courant (favorable) [2]
Los Angeles Times (favorable) [3]
New York Times (favorable) [4]
PopMatters (favorable) [5]
Rolling Stone (favorable) [6]
Sing Out! (favorable) [7]
Stereo Review (favorable) [8]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [9]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings (2004 reissue) Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg + “crown” [10]

King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II is a compilation album by American blues musician Robert Johnson, released in 1970 by Columbia Records. In 2003, the album was ranked number 424 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. [11]

Contents

Music

The album collects sixteen recordings, ten of which were previously available as 78 rpm records on the Vocalion label and were originally recorded during five sessions in 1936 and 1937. Through the course of the 1960s, blues music had become more visible in the popular music landscape of the day. Songs from Johnson's first album had been covered by popular rock artists in the late sixties, including Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones.

Based on the success of that album, Columbia decided it was time to issue another Johnson album with Frank Driggs, the legendary producer and music historian, once again producing. They scoured the vaults again and came up with nine additional Vocalion masters, three unreleased alternate takes and two unreleased tracks (a matrix was made for "Drunken Hearted Man" in 1937 but it seems it was never released). Likely finding no further acceptable recordings, to bring the number of tracks to the same sixteen as on Volume I, "Ramblin' On My Mind" and "Preachin' Blues" from the earlier LP were issued again.

Although not quite as popular or influential as its predecessor, it includes recordings of two Johnson songs that have become blues standards, "Sweet Home Chicago" and "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom." In contrast to the deeply emotive songs released on the 1961 album, many of the tracks on Volume II display Johnson's lighter side.

King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II was reissued on August 10, 2004 by the Legacy Records subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment, with the master version of "Ramblin' On My Mind" added as a bonus track.

Track listing

Side one

TrackSong titleRecordedCatalogueReleasedTime
1."Kind Hearted Woman Blues"November 23, 1936Vocalion 341619372:28
2."I Believe I'll Dust My Broom"November 23, 1936Vocalion 347519372:57
3."Sweet Home Chicago"November 23, 1936Vocalion 360119372:57
4."Ramblin' On My Mind"November 23, 1936Columbia LP-165419612:50
5."Phonograph Blues"November 23, 1936previously unreleased19702:38
6."They're Red Hot"November 27, 1936Vocalion 356319372:56
7."Dead Shrimp Blues"November 27, 1936Vocalion 347519372:29
8."Preaching Blues"November 27, 1936Vocalion 463019392:49

Side two

TrackSong titleRecordedCatalogueReleasedTime
1."I'm a Steady Rollin' Man"June 19, 1937Vocalion 372319372:35
2."From Four Till Late"June 19, 1937Vocalion 362319372:20
3."Little Queen of Spades"June 20, 1937unreleased alternate take19702:16
4."Malted Milk"June 20, 1937Vocalion 366519372:20
5."Drunken Hearted Man"June 20, 1937previously unreleased19702:26
6."Stop Breakin' Down Blues"June 20, 1937unreleased alternate take19702:21
7."Honeymoon Blues"June 20, 1937Vocalion 400219382:16
8."Love in Vain"June 20, 1937unreleased alternate take19702:20

2004 reissue bonus track

TrackSong titleRecordedCatalogueReleasedTime
17."Ramblin' on My Mind"November 23, 1936Vocalion 351919372:23

Notes

  1. ↑ Greenberg, Adam. Review: King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II. Allmusic. Retrieved on August 7, 2009.
  2. ↑ Starger, Steve. "Review: King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II". The Hartford Courant : 8. April 10, 1971.
  3. ↑ MH. "Review: King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II". Los Angeles Times : M50. December 20, 1970.
  4. ↑ Marcus, Greil. "Review: King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II". The New York Times : 506. November 22, 1970.
  5. ↑ Cober-Lake, Justin. Review: King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II. PopMatters. Retrieved on August 7, 2009.
  6. ↑ Goodwin, Michael. Review: King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II. Rolling Stone . Retrieved on August 7, 2009.
  7. ↑ Tearson, Michael. "Review: King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II". Sing Out! : January 1, 2005.
  8. ↑ Columnist. "Review: King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II". Stereo Review : v. 26. 1971.
  9. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  10. ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. pp. 328–329. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
  11. ↑ Columnist. RS500: 424) King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on August 7, 2009.

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