Tracks:

Disc 1
1. Kind Hearted Woman Blues 2:49
2. Kind Hearted Woman Blues (alternate take) 2:31
3. I Believe I'll Dust My Broom 2:56
4. Sweet Home Chicago 2:59
5. Rambling on My Mind 2:51
6. Rambling on My Mind (alternate take) 2:20
7. When You Got a Good Friend 2:37
8. When You Got a Good Friend (alternate take) 2:50
9. Come On in My Kitchen 2:47
10. Come On in My Kitchen (alternate take) 2:35
11. Terraplane Blues 3:00
12. Phonograph Blues 2:37
13. Phonograph Blues (alternate take) 2:35
14. 32-20 Blues 2:51
15. They're Red Hot 2:56
16. Dead Shrimp Blues 2:30
17. Cross Road Blues 2:39
18. Cross Road Blues (alternate take) 2:29
19. Walkin' Blues 2:28
20. Last Fair Deal Gone Down 2:39

Disc 2
1. Preaching Blues (Up Jumped the Devil) 2:50
2. If I Had Possession over Judgment Day 2:34
3. Stones in My Passway 2:27
4. I'm a Steady Rollin' Man 2:35
5. From Four Till Late 2:23
6. Hellhound on My Trail 2:35
7. Little Queen of Spades 2:11
8. Little Queen of Spades (alternate take) 2:15
9. Malted Milk 2:17
10. Drunken Hearted Man 2:24
11. Drunken Hearted Man (alternate take) 2:19
12. Me and the Devil Blues 2:37
13. Me and the Devil Blues (alternate take) 2:29
14. Stop Breakin' Down Blues 2:16
15. Stop Breakin' Down Blues (alternate take) 2:21
16. Traveling Riverside Blues 2:47
17. Honeymoon Blues 2:16
18. Love in Vain 2:28
19. Love in Vain (alternate take) 2:19
20. Milkcow's Calf Blues 2:14
21. Milkcow's Calf Blues (alternate take) 2:20

The forty-one tracks Robert Johnson recorded in Dallas and San Antonio in 193~37-his entire known recorded legacy collected by Columbia on two discs-provide the astonishment of seeing the Taj Mahal float by on a purple cloud. His tenor and falsetto tell you of the complicated emotions harbored by an acutely perceptive blues musician in the denigratory South; so does his guitar playing, which amazingly often mixes leads with chords. Johnson's thematic lyrics-further bespeaking his restlessness, fatalism, and defiance-are stately in their imagery. Twelve alternate takes are as stunning as the originals. The music, somehow, further benefits from the digital restoration and engineering of one Frank Abbey. Incidentally, the value of the forty-two-page accompanying booklet is subject to debate.