Robert Johnson’s Crossroad Blues 💫

 

Listen to this! Posted to YouTube a few days ago, this is an extremely rare shellac master "test pressing" of the unissued (on 78) take 2 of "Cross Road Blues" (a.k.a. "Crossroad Blues") by famed delta blues singer and guitarist Robert Johnson, recorded in 1936.

Sound restorer Nick Dellow got his hands on a a shellac master test pressing of blues legend Robert Johnson. This disk had been made in 1940 from the original metal parts, which had been acquired by Columbia Records, and left forgotten in the company’s storage facility in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The sound quality is stunning. — Credit Ted Gioia for the tip: https://www.honest-broker.com/p/blues-legend-robert-johnson-like and to Chad Kassem’s Acoustic Sounds 🖖