Tag Archives: The Record Store of the Mind
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SF label Tompkins Square marks decade of crate-digging for lost masterpieces
Josh Rosenthal of Tompkins Square Records, Courtesy. Robert Johnson is well-known as a seminal bluesman now, but the musician, who lived from 1911 to 1938, was just another forgotten master until Columbia Records reissued a compilation of his work in 1990. The album was certified Gold, unheard of for…