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name: "Robert Johnson's \"Come On In My Kitchen\" Restored"
subtitle: "Nick Dellow's digitization of rare 1936-37 Robert Johnson test pressings"
date: 2026-05-30
link: https://www.openculture.com/2026/05/hear-robert-johnsons-come-on-in-my-kitchen-in-remarkably-restored-audio.html
linkText: "openculture.com"
source: "Open Culture"
topics:
  - general-delight
tags: [music, blues, archive, restoration]
description: "Audio restorer Nick Dellow digitized rare test pressings of Robert Johnson's 1936-37 sessions — clearer than any prior release, with the slide guitar and voice finally separable."
---

Robert Johnson recorded 29 songs in two sessions (San Antonio 1936, Dallas 1937) and died young; everything we have of him sits in those takes. Most reissues have come from worn-out commercial pressings. Audio restorer Nick Dellow digitized rare test pressings — closer to the master than anything before — and "Come On In My Kitchen" emerges with the slide guitar and voice finally separable. Surfaced via Open Culture.