Thanks to Niki for this tidbit.
"Either the recordings were accidentally speeded up when first committed to 78, or else they were deliberately speeded up to make them sound more exciting. Whatever, the common consensus among musicologists is that we've been listening to Johnson at least 20% too fast. "
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2010/06/03/127404458/robert-johnson-we-heard-you-all-wrong
The article it refers to complete with MP3's is here:
http://www.touched.co.uk/press/rjnote.html
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