Preaching Blues 85% speed - Robert Johnson - as he was meant to be heard

Robert Johnson's recordings were apparently sped up past their original speed, raising the pitch aswell. Many listeners may have been listening to him at the incorrect pitch and speed. Listen for yourself. I personally think that this song sounds more natural at this pitch, and much bluesier giving a lot of credit to the story.

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• speed
• Delta
• 85%

[vooltoo]

Think about this, If his recording were speed up his fellows Son House, Willie Brown, Sonny Boy II etc would have mentioned that in interviews where they talked about Robert and his music. Think about that guys....

[MegaGriffTits]

@vooltoo

Which interviews are you refering to?

[CoonMike]

@vooltoo His voice sounds so much more natural in here...the other vocals seem more childish than this gritty soulful voice

[jsibs856]

wait. no. look how fuckin long my dudes fingers are though O.o.. the man was meant to be an amazing guitarist!!

[QuintinPenola]

what type of slid eu think hes using, i think him and charlie patton uses some type of knife and were experts of course.

[MrAlcull]

Chuck Berry's songs were sped up by Marshall Chess, because he wanted Chuck to sound "whiter" ...I always pitch down the audio from film that was shot for the cinema and transferred to video ...Cinema film runs at 24 fps and here in Australia TV runs at 25 fps...so the voices sound normal.

[darmp64]

yip...thats it

[zdkezios]

Yeah, this sounds more bluesy, and the voice sounds more natural for your average black male in his late twenties. this makes sense to me because the original story for why they sped it up was because it wasn't recorded at the right rpm, so they had to speed it up to fit the songs on the record.

[TSaxman74]

At any speed, I still think the same way Keith Richards did the first time he heard it: "Must be two guys."

[vooltoo]

@MegaGriffTits Not all but many hit mid high tenor notes and very good voice got to have bass in it even if is a high note. You already must know but listen to Skip James and Johnny Shines.

We will never know either they were or not speed up. They both sound great!! Thanks for sharing this

[MegaGriffTits]

@vooltoo

The fact is, no blues musicians have 'mid high voices'. This is what makes Robert Johnson stand out from the crowd - he often sounds like a chipmunk compared to Son House and other Delta Musicians. His guitar too sounds plucky and highly strung. If you slow down a select few of his recordings then he begins to sound amazing. This version of the song sounds so damn bluesy that surely there is no other way it would've been played.