Record Details

Artist:	Robert Johnson
Title:	The Centennial Collection
Format:	2xCDReissue
Label:	Columbia / Legacy
Cat No:	88697 85907 2
Released:	2011
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Genres:	Delta Blues
Condition	Mint
Status	Have
Added To List	14th September 2026

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Johnson's complete recordings, newly remastered for the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Johnson's birth. Issued in a jewel case for 2 discs with a clear tray and 28-page booklet This is a US release pressed in Mexico. For the US Sony DADC Pressing of this release go to [r2921006]. [Booklet] CD 1 1. mx. SA 2580-1, rec. 11/23/36 • Vocalion 03416 2. mx. SA 2581-1, rec. 11/23/36 • Vocalion 03475 3. mx. SA 2582-1, rec. 11/23/36 • Vocalion 03601 4. mx. SA 2583-2, rec. 11/23/36 • Vocalion 03519 5. mx. SA 2584-1, rec. 11/23/36 6. mx. SA 2585-1, rec. 11/23/36 • Vocalion 03563 7. mx. SA 2586-1, rec. 11/23/36 • Vocalion 03416 8. mx. SA 2587-1, rec. 11/23/36 9. mx. SA 2616-2, rec. 11/26/36 • Vocalion 03445 10. mx. SA 2627-1, rec. 11/27/36 • Vocalion 03563 11. mx. SA 2628-2, rec. 11/27/36 • Vocalion 03475 12. mx. SA 2629-1, rec. 11/27/36 • Vocalion 03519 13. mx. SA 2630-1, rec. 11/27/36 • Vocalion 03601 14. mx. SA 2631-1, rec. 11/27/36 • Vocalion 03445 15. mx. SA 2632-1, rec. 11/27/36 • Vocalion 04630 16. mx. SA 2633-1, rec. 11/27/36 17. mx. SA 2580-2, rec. 11/23/36 • Vocalion 03416 18. mx. SA 2583-1, rec. 11/23/36 19. mx. SA 2584-2, rec. 11/23/36 20. mx. SA 2585-1, rec. 11/23/36 21. mx. SA 2587-2, rec. 11/23/36 22. mx. SA 2629-2, rec. 11/27/36 CD 2 1. mx. DA 377-2, rec. 6/19/37 • Vocalion 03723 2. mx. DAL 378-1, rec. 6/19/37 • Vocalion 03723 3. mx. DAL 379-1, rec. 6/19/37 • Vocalion 03623 4. mx. DAL 394-2, rec. 6/20/37 • Vocalion 03623 5. mx. DAL 395-1, rec. 6/20/37 • Vocalion 04108 6. mx. DAL 396-1, rec. 6/20/37 • Vocalion 03665 7. mx. DAL 397-1, rec. 6/20/37 8. mx. DAL 398-1, rec. 6/20/37 • Vocalion 04108 9. mx. DAL 399-2, rec. 6/20/37 • Vocalion 04002 10. mx. DAL 400-1, rec. 6/20/37 11. mx. DAL 401-1, rec. 6/20/37 • Vocalion 04002 12. mx. DAL 402-2, rec. 6/20/37 • Vocalion 04630 13. mx. DAL 403-2, rec. 6/20/37 • Vocalion 03665 14. mx. DAL 395-2, rec. 6/20/37 15. mx. DAL 397-2, rec. 6/20/37 16. mx. DAL 398-2, rec. 6/20/37 17. mx. DAL 399-1, rec. 6/20/37 18. mx. DAL 400-2, rec. 6/20/37 19. mx. DAL 402-1, rec. 6/20/37 20. mx. DAL 403-3, rec. 6/20/37 24-Bit disc to digital transfer and initial CEDAR CAMBRIDGE restoration*: Venice, California *Except Track 2-10: Transfer courtesy of the Library of Congress Additional digital restoration and final assembly of masters-Seth B. Winner Sound Studios, Inc., Merrick, N.Y. Original source material provided by Stephen C. LaVere, Richard Nevins, John Tefteller and Alan Jabbour, Library of Congress, Archive of Folk Song Photography: Cover: Robert Johnson Studio Portrait, Hooks Bros., Memphis, circa 1935, © 1989 Delta Haze Corporation. Inside tray card: Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. Page 2: © 1986 Delta Haze Corporation. Page 3: Stephen C. LaVere, © 1974, 1990 Delta Haze Corporation. Pages 6-7, 13, 15, 21 (left): courtesy photo archive, Delta Haze Corporation. Page 8: Stephen C. LaVere, © 1969 (House), 1973 (Brown), 1974 (Robson), 1990 (Brown, Robson, Zinermon) Delta Haze Corporation. Others, courtesy photo archive, Delta Haze Corporation. Page 11: Stephen C. LaVere, © 1974, 2011 Delta Haze Corporation. Page 14: Stephen C. LaVere © 1972 (Taylor), 1991 (Townsend) Delta Haze Corporation. Pete Welding (Edwards) and all others, courtesy photo archive, Delta Haze Corporation. Page 16: courtesy Delta Haze Corporation. Page 17: Bureau of Vital Statistics, Jackson, Mississippi, courtesy Delta Haze Corporation archive. Page 21, right: courtesy Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum. Page 23, top: The Institute of Texan Cultures, The San Antonio Light Collection, courtesy photo archive, Delta Haze Corporation; bottom: Label provided courtesy record archive, Delta Haze Corporation. Page 28: Record card provided by Sony Music Archives. Page 14: David "Honeyboy" Edwards quote from the book The World Don't Owe Me Nothing- David Honeyboy Edwards, as told to Janis Martinson and Michael Robert Frank-Published by Chicago Review Press © 2011 Sony Music Entertainment / Originally released 1937, 1938, 1939, 1961, 1970, 1990, 1998. Compilation ℗ 2011 Sony Music Entertainment Distributed by Columbia Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment [Back] © 2011 Sony Music Entertainment / Originally released 1937, 1938, 1939, 1961, 1970, 1990, 1998. Compilation ℗ 2011 Sony Music Entertainment / Distributed by Columbia Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment / Made in Mexico. [Discs] © 2011 Sony Music Entertainment / Originally released 1937, 1938, 1939, 1961, 1970, 1990, 1998. Compilation ℗ 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

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