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| Name = The Robert Johnson Songbook
| Type = [[Album]]
| name = The Robert Johnson Songbook
| Artist = [[Peter Green Splinter Group]]
| type = Album
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| artist = [[Peter Green Splinter Group]]
| Released = 1998
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| Genre = [[Blues]]
| Length =
| recorded = September 1997
| Label = [[Snapper Music]]
| venue =
| Producer = Kenny Denton, Nigel Watson & Peter Green
| studio = KD's Studio, [[Acton, London|Acton]], London
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| genre = [[Blues]]
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| Last album = ''[[Peter Green Splinter Group (album)|Peter Green Splinter Group]]'' <br> (1997)
| length = 53:25
| This album = ''The Robert Johnson Songbook'' <br>(1998)
| label = [[Snapper Music]]<br />[[Artisan]]<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000006PYU Amazon.com] Product Details</ref>
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| Next album = ''[[Soho Session]]'' <br> (1999)
| producer = Kenny Denton, Nigel Watson & Peter Green
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| prev_title = [[Peter Green Splinter Group (album)|Peter Green Splinter Group]]
| prev_year = 1997
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| next_title = [[Soho Session]]
| next_year = 1999
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'''''The Robert Johnson Songbook''''' is an album by the [[British blues]] band the [[Peter Green Splinter Group]], led by [[Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]]. Released in 1998, this was their second album. Green was the founder of [[Fleetwood Mac]] and a member of that group from 1967–70, before a sporadic solo career during the late 1970s and early 1980s.


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The album consists of songs composed by legendary blues artist [[Robert Johnson]], and featured a guest appearance by [[Paul Rodgers]], ex-lead vocalist of [[Free (band)|Free]] and [[Bad Company]], who later worked with [[Queen (band)|Queen]].
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'''''The Robert Johnson Songbook''''' is an [[album]] by the [[Great Britain|British]] [[blues]] band the [[Peter Green Splinter Group]], led by [[Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]]. Released in [[1998 in music|1998]], this was their second album. Green was the founder of [[Fleetwood Mac]] and a member of that group from 1967-70, before a sporadic solo career during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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The album consisted entirely of songs composed by legendary blues artist [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]], and featured a guest appearance by [[Paul Rodgers]], ex-lead vocalist of [[Free (band)|Free]] and [[Bad Company]], who has lately been working with [[Queen (band)|Queen]].


This was the first Splinter Group album to feature Roger Cotton and Larry Tolfree, after the departure of [[Cozy Powell]] and [[Spike Edney]]. The album won a WC Handy Award in 1999 for "Best Comeback Album".
This was the first Splinter Group album to feature Roger Cotton and Larry Tolfree, after the departure of [[Cozy Powell]] and [[Spike Edney]]. The album won a WC Handy Award in 1999 for "Best Comeback Album".


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
#"When You Got a Good Friend"
#"[[When You Got a Good Friend]]"
#"32-20 Blues"
#"[[32-20 Blues]]"
#"Phonograph Blues"
#"Phonograph Blues"
#"Last Fair Deal Gone Down"
#"[[Last Fair Deal Gone Down]]"
#"Stop Breakin' Down Blues"
#"Stop Breakin' Down Blues"
#"[[Terraplane Blues]]"
#"[[Terraplane Blues]]"
#"Walkin' Blues"
#"[[Walkin' Blues]]"
#"[[Love in Vain|Love in Vain Blues]]"
#"[[Love in Vain|Love in Vain Blues]]"
#"Ramblin' on My Mind"
#"[[Ramblin' on My Mind]]"
#"Stones in My Passway"
#"Stones in My Passway"
#"Me and the Devil Blues"
#"Me and the Devil Blues"
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#"[[Sweet Home Chicago]]"
#"[[Sweet Home Chicago]]"


*All tracks written by Robert Johnson.
*All tracks written by [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]].
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*Track 16 recorded at Lartington Hall Studios by Andrew Scarth


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
===Splinter Group===
*[[Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]] - [[guitar]]s, [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Nigel Watson (musician)|Nigel Watson]] - guitars, vocals
* [[Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]] – [[guitar]]s, [[Singing|vocals]], [[harmonica]]
* [[Nigel Watson]] – guitars, vocals
*[[Neil Murray (British musician)|Neil Murray]] - [[bass guitar]]
* [[Neil Murray (British musician)|Neil Murray]] – [[bass guitar]]
*Roger Cotton - [[piano]]
* [[Roger Cotton]] – [[piano]]
*Larry Tolfree - [[Drum kit|drums]]
* Larry Tolfree – [[Drum kit|drums]]
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* [[Paul Rodgers]] – vocals (track 16)
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* Street Angels '98 – [[backing vocals]]


===Technical===
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*[[Paul Rodgers]] - vocals on track 16
* Kenny Denton – [[music producer|producer]]
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*Street Angels '98 - backing vocals
* Andrew Scarth – [[audio engineer|engineer]]
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* Tonic Communications – design


==Production==
==References==
{{reflist}}
*Recorded at KD's Studio, [[Acton, London]]

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*Track 16 recorded at Lartington Hall Studios by Andrew Scarth
{{Peter Green}}
{{Robert Johnson}}


{{Authority control}}
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*Design by Tonic Communications


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[[Category:1998 albums]]
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Latest revision as of 05:53, 22 July 2024

The Robert Johnson Songbook
Studio album by
Peter Green Splinter Group
Released19 May 1998[1]
RecordedSeptember 1997
StudioKD's Studio, Acton, London
GenreBlues
Length53:25
LabelSnapper Music
Artisan[2]
ProducerKenny Denton, Nigel Watson & Peter Green
Peter Green Splinter Group chronology
Peter Green Splinter Group
(1997) 		The Robert Johnson Songbook
(1998) 		Soho Session
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

The Robert Johnson Songbook is an album by the British blues band the Peter Green Splinter Group, led by Peter Green. Released in 1998, this was their second album. Green was the founder of Fleetwood Mac and a member of that group from 1967–70, before a sporadic solo career during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The album consists of songs composed by legendary blues artist Robert Johnson, and featured a guest appearance by Paul Rodgers, ex-lead vocalist of Free and Bad Company, who later worked with Queen.

This was the first Splinter Group album to feature Roger Cotton and Larry Tolfree, after the departure of Cozy Powell and Spike Edney. The album won a WC Handy Award in 1999 for "Best Comeback Album".

Track listing

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  1. "When You Got a Good Friend"
  2. "32-20 Blues"
  3. "Phonograph Blues"
  4. "Last Fair Deal Gone Down"
  5. "Stop Breakin' Down Blues"
  6. "Terraplane Blues"
  7. "Walkin' Blues"
  8. "Love in Vain Blues"
  9. "Ramblin' on My Mind"
  10. "Stones in My Passway"
  11. "Me and the Devil Blues"
  12. "Honeymoon Blues"
  13. "Kind Hearted Woman Blues"
  14. "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom"
  15. "If I Had Possession over Judgment Day"
  16. "Sweet Home Chicago"
  • All tracks written by Robert Johnson.
  • Track 16 recorded at Lartington Hall Studios by Andrew Scarth

Personnel

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Splinter Group

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Technical

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  • Kenny Denton – producer
  • Andrew Scarth – engineer
  • Tonic Communications – design

References

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  1. ^ Discography of Fleetwood Mac members
  2. ^ Amazon.com Product Details
  3. ^ Griggs, Tim. "The Robert Johnson Songbook - Peter Green Splinter Group | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
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