The Complete Blind Willie Johnson

~ Release by Blind Willie Johnson (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

The woman accompanying Johnson on the first five tracks of Disc 2 is yet unknown.
It was believed to be his first wife Willie B. Harris but proven wrong. Biographers now thinks it could be one of his later wives.

Remastered, Repress,
All tracks Mono

Annotation last modified on 2022-11-04 04:45 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
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1I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
recording of:
I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
Blind Willie Johnson
53:05
2Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
recording of:
Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
version of:
Jesus Goin' A-Make Up My Dying Bed
3:14
3It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1991)
recording of:
It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine (Blind Willie Johnson song) (on 1927-12-03)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
previously attributed to:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:11
4Mother’s Children Have a Hard Time
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
recording of:
Mother's Children Have a Hard Time (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:24
5Dark Was the Night – Cold Was the Ground
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar and other vocals [humming and moaning]:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
publisher:
Harmony (20s/30s US)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1999)
recording of:
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3.753:22
6If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
recording of:
If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:10
7I’m Gonna Run to the City of Refuge
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1928-12-05)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1928-12-05) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
recording of:
I’m Gonna Run to the City of Refuge (on 1928-12-05)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:25
8Jesus Is Coming Soon
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1928-12-05)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1928-12-05) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
recording of:
Jesus Is Coming Soon (on 1928-12-05)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:13
9Lord I Can’t Just Keep From Crying
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1928-12-05)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1928-12-05) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
recording of:
Lord I Just Can’t Keep From Crying (on 1928-12-05)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:03
10Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1928-12-05)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1928-12-05) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
recording of:
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning (on 1928-12-05)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
is based on:
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
3:05
11Let Your Light Shine on Me
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-10)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-10)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-10)
recording of:
Let Your Light Shine on Me (on 1929-12-10)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:11
12God Don’t Never Change
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-10)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-10)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-10)
recording of:
God Don't Never Change (on 1929-12-10)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
2:59
13Bye and Bye I’m Goin’ to See the King
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-10)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-10)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-10)
recording of:
Bye and Bye We’re Going to See the King (on 1929-12-10)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
2:54
14Sweeter as the Years Roll By
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-10)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-10)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-10)
cover recording of:
Sweeter as the Years Roll By (on 1929-12-10)
writer:
Leila Naylor Morris (in 1912)
2:47
▼ CD 2
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1You’ll Need Somebody on Your Bond
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-11)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1929-12-11) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
recording of:
You'll Need Somebody on Your Bond (on 1929-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:08
2When the War Was On
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-11)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1929-12-11), Angeline Johnson (on 1929-12-11) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1991)
recording of:
When the War Was On (on 1929-12-11)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:05
3Praise God I’m Satisfied
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-11)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1929-12-11) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
recording of:
Praise God I'm Satisfied (on 1929-12-11)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:13
4Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-11)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1929-12-11) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
recording of:
Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There (on 1929-12-11)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
arrangement of:
Leave It There
2:58
5Take Your Stand
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-11)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1929-12-11) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
recording of:
Take Your Stand (on 1929-12-11)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:03
6God Moves on the Water
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-11)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
recording of:
God Moves on the Water (on 1929-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:01
7Can’t Nobody Hide From God
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
Can’t Nobody Hide From God (on 1930-04-20)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:23
8If It Had Not Been for Jesus
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
If It Had Not Been for Jesus (on 1930-04-20)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:25
9Go to Me With That Land
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
Go to Me With That Land (on 1930-04-20)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:06
10The Rain Don’t Fall on Me
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
The Rain Don't Fall on Me (on 1930-04-20)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:21
11Trouble Will Soon Be Over
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
Trouble Will Soon Be Over (on 1930-04-20)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:09
12The Soul of a Man
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
The Soul of a Man (on 1930-04-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:16
13Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right (on 1930-04-20)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:07
14Church, I’m Fully Saved To‐Day
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day (on 1930-04-20)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:09
15John the Revelator
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20), Angeline Johnson (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
John the Revelator (on 1930-04-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6701)
43:19
16You’re Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
You'll Need Somebody on Your Bond (on 1930-04-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
3:10

Credits

Release

art direction and design:Howard Fritzson
liner notes:Samuel Charters
miscellaneous support:Adam Block (President of Legacy Recordings) (task: project director)
Gina Campanaro (task: packaging coordination)
executive producer:Lawrence Cohn
Gary Pacheco
producer:Lawrence Cohn
remastering:David Mitson
illustration:Dalton Portella
artwork:Paul M. Martin (task: computer graphic arts)
remastered at:Sony Music Studios (Los Angeles) in Santa Monica, California, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/1236367 [info]
ASIN:US: B0000028QB [info]