File:Crossroads.ogg

Crossroads.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 47 s, 50 kbps, file size: 288 KB)

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Robert Johnson - Crossroads Blues (sample clip, fair use)

Seminal recording made in 1937 for the American Record Corporation; Copyright holder is Columbia Records.

Fair use rationale for blues, Delta blues, Cross Road Blues and Robert Johnson:

Tremendous historical impact on the history of the blues
Cannot be replaced with a free version
Does not hamper the profitability of the original recording

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	15:36, 3 November 2007		47 s (288 KB)	Graham87 (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 03:24, 10 February 2004, not fair use

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Delta blues

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Format	Bitrate	Download	Status	Encode time
MP3	84 kbps		Completed 03:37, 25 December 2017	1.0 s

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Software used	Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20020717