Robert Johnson - Mississippi Blues, Vol. 4

Title: Mississippi Blues, Vol. 4 Artist: Robert Johnson Release Date: 10/9/2007 Label: Document Duration: 62:06 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 714298568226 Genre: Blues Styles: Chicago Blues, Acoustic Blues, Electric Delta Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Delta Blues, Pre-War Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Regional Blues Moods: Eerie, Gloomy, Intense, Plaintive, Searching, Somber, Spooky, Tense/Anxious, Bleak, Brooding, Fiery, Gritty, Intimate, Ominous, Passionate, Visceral, Angst-Ridden, Earnest, Earthy, Irreverent, Organic, Reflective Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Little Girl in Rome
2. Bad Notion Blues
3. Got the Blues About Rome
4. Seven Year Itch
5. Ramblin' on My Mind
6. Come on in My Kitchen
7. Terraplane Blues
8. Phonograph Blues
9. Cross Road Blues
10. Walkin' Blues
11. Little Queen of Spades
12. Drunken Hearted Man
13. Stop Breakin' Down Blues
14. Traveling Riverside Blues
15. Love in Vain
16. Black Spider Blues
17. I'm Gonna Train My Baby
18. Little Boy Blue
19. Take a Little Walk with Me
20. I'm Gonna Dig Myself a Hole
21. Dust My Broom
22. Aw Aw Baby
23. Sweet Woman from Maine

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD Document 5682

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A sort of odds and ends collection that was originally issued on LP in 1987, Mississippi Blues, Vol. 4 gathers several alternate takes from Robert Johnson recorded between November 1936 and June 1937, including versions of "Cross Road Blues" and "Love in Vain," eight rare sides recorded by Robert Lockwood, Jr. between 1941 and 1955, and the complete recorded works of Otto Virgil (his actual last name appears to have been "Virgial"), which consists of four sides recorded in Chicago on Halloween in 1925. This set sort of unintentionally traces the migration and changes of the delta blues as it moved north out of Mississippi and on to cities like Chicago. The Lockwood tracks are actually probably the rarest here, since the Johnson material is all included in the Columbia box, and Virgil's sides show up as single tracks on various other anthologies. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alex Atkins Sax (Alto) Alfred Elkins Bass Alfred Wallace Drums Gary Atkinson Compilation Producer, Audio Production, Series Compilation, Liner Notes, Remastering, Series Producer John Tefteller Cover Photo Johnny Parth Audio Production, Series Compilation, Compilation Producer, Series Producer Kevin Witt Graphic Design Otto Virgil Guitar, Vocals Robert Colin Johnson Guitar, Vocals Robert Lockwood, Jr. Guitar, Vocals