Robert Johnson : The Complete Recordings

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 The Complete Recordings

 is a compilation album

 by American

 Delta blues musician

 Robert Johnson 

The 41 songs were recorded

 in two sessions

 in Dallas

 and

 San Antonio, Texas,

 for the American 

Record Company 

(ARC) 

during 

1936 and 1937. 

Most were

 first released on 

78 rpm records

 in 1937. 

The Complete Recordings, 

released

 August 28, 1990, 

by Columbia Records,

 contains every recording

 Johnson is known 

to have made, 

except an 

alternate take of 

"Traveling Riverside Blues".

The Complete Recordings

 peaked at number 80

 on the

 Billboard 200 chart. 

The album sold 

more than a million copies

 and won a

 Grammy Award

 in 1991 for

 "Best Historical Album."

 In 1992, 

the Blues Foundation

 inducted the album

 into the 

Blues Hall of Fame. 

The National Recording

 Preservation Board 

also included it in the

 Library of Congress's 

National Recording Registry

 in 2003. 

Eric Clapton

 and 

Keith Richards

 contributed to the

 album's liner notes 

with essays on

 Johnson's influence

 on their music.

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