technological improvement and the tireless work of the producers; simply said, the songs sound better here than on any other release I have heard." The audio restoration was described by Greil Marcus in The Village Voice as "re-mastering I can only call profound. Performances you might think you knew sound as if you've never heard them before — never apprehended them." Ian Anderson in fRoots in reviewing the work added "you haven't really heard these tracks at all. Not like this. Forget bad dubs of worn-out 78s pressed on poor vinyl. The 'reverse engineering' transfers by Nicholas Bergh and subsequent restorations are so startlingly better, practically everything you will ever have experienced from this era can be discounted and CD is the best way to hear them. The clarity of group recordings where every instrument is well defined, and of solo artists where their instruments and voices suddenly sound real, will have you on the edge of your seat. And there's none of that fog of 78 surface noise which many people find too much of a distraction: suddenly, legendary artists are in the room with you". Track listing Digital download LP Personnel Robert Johnson – vocals, guitar (track 1) Will Shade – guitar, vocal (track 2) Ben Ramey – kazoo (track 2) Charlie Burse – guitar, vocals (track 2) Jab Jones – jug (track 2) Mississippi John Hurt – vocals, guitar (track 3) Walter Vinson – guitar, vocals (track 4) Lonnie Chatman – violin (track 4) Frank Stokes – vocals, guitar (track 5) Dan Sane – guitar (track 5) Charley Patton – vocals, guitar (track 6) Son House – vocals, guitar (track 7) Gus Cannon – banjo, jug, vocals (track 8) Hosea Woods – guitar, vocal, kazoo (track 8) Noah Lewis – harmonica (track 8) Booker T. Washington White – vocals, guitar (track 9) Geeshie Wiley – vocals, guitar (track 10) Garfield Akers – vocals, guitar (track 11) Joe Callicott – guitar (track 11) Mattie Delaney – vocals, guitar (track 12) Blind Willie McTell – vocals, guitar (track 13) Willie Brown – vocals, guitar (track 14) Tommy Johnson – vocals, guitar (track 15) Charlie McCoy – guitar (track 15) Skip James – vocals, guitar (track 16) Blind Willie Johnson – guitar, vocals (track 17) Allison McGourty – compiler, producer Bernard MacMahon – editor, producer Nicholas Bergh – 78rpm transfers, mastering Peter Henderson – restoration, mastering, producer Duke Erikson –