Pa. merchant finds rare Robert Johnson record

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — A record store owner has found what he calls “the holy grail of 78s” in a box of old albums he picked up for $50.

Jerry Weber said he discovered a copy of the second song ever recorded by Mississippi blues legend Robert Johnson, “I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom,” put to disc two years before Johnson’s mysterious death in 1938 at age 27.

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