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相信許多樂迷在接觸一個歌手或一個樂團的音樂﹐大多會從精選入手﹐然後再從專輯中慢慢把他們的歌曲消化﹐深入認識。不過買唱片多年﹐怕麻煩的筆者可能會偷步﹐乾脆賭一局﹐來一個 Boxset好了。

筆者很喜歡 Boxset﹐因為外國出版的﹐會有詳細的文案解說﹐而且歌曲可能會跨越不同唱片的錄音版權﹐或收錄 Alternative Track或 Unreleased Track ﹐對於認識一個歌手或樂團會來得直接及詳盡。

Delta Blues代表人物 Robert Johnson一生灌錄歌曲不多﹐1990年 Columbia就把他於1936-1937年間所有在 Vocalion廠牌灌錄的歌曲一次收錄於一套2CD的Boxset中﹐41首歌曲﹐其中12首重覆收錄了 Alternative Take。這樣方便﹐一了百了﹐當然是因為 Robert Johnson灌錄唱片的時期不長﹐加上他英年早逝﹐故此留下的錄音不多。隨 Boxset附送一本48頁的解說﹐包括歌詞﹑罕有照片﹑Robert Johnson Discography﹑Rolling Stones樂團成員Keith Richards 與 Eric Clapton講述如何受他的歌曲影響﹐資料極為詳盡。

Robert Johnson The Complete Recordings (1990/Columbia) Track List:
Disc: 1
01 Kind Hearted Woman Blues (take 1)
02 Kind Hearted Woman Blues (take 2)
03 I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
04 Sweet Home Chicago
05 Ramblin' On My Mind (take 1)
06 Ramblin' On My Mind (take 2)
07 When You Got A Good Friend (take 1)
08 When You Got A Good Friend (take 2)
09 Come On In My Kitchen (take 1)
10 Come On In My Kitchen (take 2)
11 Terraplane Blues
12 Phonograph Blues (take 1)
13 Phonograph Blues (take 2)
14 32-20 Blues
15 They're Red Hot
16 Dead Shrimp Blues
17 Cross Road Blues (take 1)
18 Cross Road Blues (take 2)
19 Walkin' Blues
20 Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Disc: 2
01 Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
02 If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day
03 Stones In My Passway
04 I'm A Steady Rollin' Man
05 From Four Until Late
06 Hell Hound On My Trail
07 Little Queen Of Spades (take 1)
08 Little Queen Of Spades (take 2)
09 Malted Milk
10 Drunken Hearted Man (take 1)
11 Drunken Hearted Man (take 2)
12 Me And The Devil Blues (take 1)
13 Me And The Devil Blues (take 2)
14 Stop Breakin' Down Blues (take 1)
15 Stop Breakin' Down Blues (take 2)
16 Traveling Riverside Blues
17 Honeymoon Blues
18 Love In Vain Blues (take 1)
19 Love In Vain Blues (take 4)
20 Milkcow's Calf Blues (take 2)
21 Milkcow's Calf Blues (take 3)

據稱他有生之年﹐最成功的單曲便是“Terraplane Blues”﹐不過他的音樂影響了無數後來的知名流行樂手﹐而 Robert Johnson的其他歌曲也得以更發揚光大﹐翻唱者包括Eric Clapton﹑Rolling Stones﹑Cream﹑Muddy Waters﹑Steve Miller Band﹑Fleetwood Mac及Simply Red 等。

Terraplane Blues (Edited Short Version)
(Robert Johnson)



Come On In My Kitchen (Edited Short Version)﹕翻唱版本包括Steve Miller Band (Joker專輯/1973/Capitol)﹑Simply Red (Something Got Me Started EP/1991/EastWest) 及Eric Clapton (Me and Mr. Johnson專輯/2004/Warner) 等。
(Robert Johnson)



Crossroad Blues (Edited Short Version)﹕此曲其中一段歌詞被用 Crossroads 一曲之中﹐Eric Clapton 早於Powerhouse樂團時期已灌錄 (What's Shakin' 合輯/1966/Elektra) ﹐其後他的另一隊樂團Cream 也有灌錄 (Wheels Of Fire 專輯/1968/Polydor)。
(Robert Johnson)


Crossroads - Cream



Walkin' Blues (Edited Short Version)﹕翻唱版本包括 Muddy Waters (Rollin' Stone Single/1950/Chess) 及Eric Clapton (Unplugged 專輯1992/MTV/Reprise) 等。
(Robert Johnson)



Hellhound On My Trail (Edited Short Version)﹕ 著名翻唱版本有 Peter Green 時期的 Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac專輯/1968/Blue Horizon)。
(Robert Johnson)


Hellhound On My Trail - Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac



Love In Vain Blues (Edited Short Version)﹕此曲靈感來自 Robert Johnson的其中一名女友Willie Mae Powell﹐兩人交往只有數月﹐著名翻唱版本有 Rolling Stone (Let It Bleed專輯/1969/Decca)。
(Robert Johnson)


Love In Vain - Rolling Stone




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