King Of The Delta Blues Singers Vols 1 + 2

Everything Robert Johnson ever recorded is gathered here in one essential set. These songs were cut in 1936 and 1937, when he was just 26 years old. A year later, he was dead, reportedly poisoned by a jealous husband.

Half a century on, the writer of standards like Love In Vain and Sweet Home Chicago had already passed into myth, and his recorded legacy had become the stuff of legend. The influence of Robert Johnson still runs through contemporary music, and these songs have been covered, and at times simply taken, by artists including Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones.