John Lee Hooker - The Charcot Sessions (2 CD)

Album: The Charcot Sessions
Size: 117,2 + 111,9MB
Time: 50:54 + 48:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024/2025
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
1. My Name Is Ringing (5:17)
2. Baby, Don't You Want To Go (3:07)
3. Hey Baby (3:58)
4. Going Home (3:04)
5. Things I Tell You To Do (3:57)
6. I Feel Good (4:08)
7. Mean Woman Blues (3:45)
8. We Are Cooking (6:23)
9. Dazie Mae (4:34)
10. What's The Matter Baby? (4:30)
11. Baby, Baby (4:28)
12. Call It The Night (3:38)

CD 2:
1. Bury My Body (1:14)
2. Come Back Baby (5:15)
3. Talk To Your Daughter (4:46)
4. Bottle Of Wine (5:15)
5. You Move Me (4:53)
6. I Wanna Dance All Night (3:48)
7. Baby, Don't Do Me Wrong (5:03)
8. Why Put Me Down? (2:49)
9. Stand By (5:03)
10. Roll And Tumble (5:07)
11. Looking Back Over My Day (5:20)

Discover the complete October 1969 recordings from Studio Charcot in Paris, never before released in their entirety. This historic session features John Lee Hooker, accompanied by renowned blues musicians Lowell Fulson, Carey Bell, and S.P. Leary, as they craft an electrifying collection of blues and boogie tracks during a one-night-only recording at the iconic French studio. These recordings capture the essence of John Lee Hooker's natural country blues, showcasing why he earned the title of "The King of Boogie". /Amazon

Personnel: John Lee Hooker (vocals, guitar); Lowell Fulson (guitar); Carey Bell (bass); S.P. Leary (drums).

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John Lee Hooker - The Standard School Broadcast Recordings

Album: The Standard School Broadcast Recordings
Size: 134,1 MB
Time: 58:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Bad Boy (9:28)
2. Hard Times (7:55)
3. Rock With Me (7:06)
4. Should Have Been Gone (6:36)
5. I Hate The Day I Was Born (9:02)
6. When My First Wife Left Me/Hobo Blues (7:56)
7. Sally Mae (Bonus Track) (4:43)
8. Coast Recorders Jam (Bonus Track) (5:29)

A long-lost treasure trove of recordings is finally seeing the light of day. Taped in 1973 for the award-winning educational radio series The Standard School Broadcast, this collection captures Hooker and a hand-picked trio of musicians at their most intimate and inspired. Decades later, the full session has been unearthed, offering fans an unparalleled glimpse into the artistry of one of the blues’ greatest pioneers.

Founded in 1928, The Standard School Broadcast was a groundbreaking educational program sponsored by Standard Oil (later Exxon). Dedicated to music appreciation and American history, the series reached schools across the Western United States via the NBC network and specialized in creating custom vinyl LPs for classroom use. In one of its many explorations of musical genres, the program invited John Lee Hooker to represent the blues, resulting in an unforgettable studio session at San Francisco’s Coast Recorders. Hooker was joined by his trusted rhythm section of bassist Gino Skaggs and drummer Ken Swank, along with his 20-year-old son, Robert Hooker, on piano. Over the course of the session, the group recorded eight tracks, only three of which were ever broadcast. The remaining five tracks have remained unheard - until now.

This newly released collection showcases Hooker’s unfiltered genius, recorded live with no overdubs, edits, or significant mixing. It captures a moment in time when Hooker’s music was at its most personal and profound, reflecting both his deep connection to the blues tradition and his willingness to innovate within it. The set features reimagined versions of Hooker classics like “Sally Mae” and “Hard Times” alongside spontaneous creations and medleys that exemplify his unique approach to storytelling through song. “I just go by the natural blues. I just play it as I feel it,” Hooker once said. That philosophy is evident throughout the session, where free-form slow blues intertwine with bursts of raw emotion and improvisation. The music transcends entertainment, functioning as exorcism, prayer, and self-revelation. Themes of regret, redemption, and resilience permeate the lyrics, offering listeners an intimate portrait of a man wrestling with his own humanity.

Hooker’s son, Robert, delivers a standout performance on piano, seamlessly complementing his father’s voice and guitar. Whether laying down a deep groove or providing delicate flourishes, Robert’s intuitive playing is a testament to his deep musical connection with his father. Together with Skaggs and Swank, the ensemble creates a sonic landscape that is both hauntingly beautiful and profoundly moving. Had this collection been released at the time of its recording, it would undoubtedly have been hailed as one of Hooker’s classic albums. Now, half a century later, it serves as both a historical artifact and a timeless piece of art. This is John Lee Hooker at his most raw, vulnerable, and transcendent - a true healer, healing himself through the power of the blues.

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John Lee Hooker - Endless Boogie

Album: Endless Boogie
Size: 167,7 MB
Time: 72:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1971/1991
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. (I Got) A Good 'Un (5:14)
2. House Rent Boogie (6:23)
3. Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U (Blues For Jimi And Janis) (6:43)
4. Standin' At The Crossroads (6:07)
5. Pots On, Gas On High (11:24)
6. We Might As Well Call It Through (8:04)
7. Doin' The Shout (3:31)
8. A Sheep Out On The Foam (6:30)
9. I Don't Need No Steam Heat (4:18)
10. Sittin' In My Dark Room (5:38)
11. Endless Boogie, Parts 27 And 28 (8:44)

The black blues legends playing with the white up-and-comers. A dark, slow-moving collection of grooves in Hooker's one-of-a-kind style. The highlight is definitely his anti-drug sermon in the middle of "Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U (Blues For Jimi & Janis)", but the whole thing slinks around being cool the way any good John Lee Hooker music does. A host of rock musicians make special guest appearances.

This album falls distinctly into the former class John Lee Hooker, a 54-year-old blues legend in his own right, is sympathetically accompanied by the likes of Jesse Davis, Carl Radle, Steve Miller, Gino Scaggs and Mark Naftalin and the end product is a double-album set of unadulterated Hooker portraits in blues.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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John Lee Hooker - Early Recordings: Detroit And Beyond Vol. 1

Album: Early Recordings: Detroit And Beyond Vol. 1
Size: 193,4 MB
Time: 82:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1973/2018
Styles: Blues, acoustic blues
Art: LP Ffront & back

1. Come Back Baby (2:56)
2. Forgive Me (3:14)
3. Streets Filled With Women (3:12)
4. Moon Is Rising (2:49)
5. Whistle Down Blues (3:10)
6. Turnin' Gray Blues (2:48)
7. She Was In Chicago (2:57)
8. Lord Taketh My Baby Away (3:02)
9. Just Like A Women (2:59)
10. Throw This Old Dog A Bone (3:04)
11. Johnny Lee's Mood (3:03)
12. Miss Eloise, Miss Eloise (2:40)
13. Crying All Night (2:44)
14. Welfare Blues (2:58)
15. Johnny Lee's Original Boogie (2:53)
16. She Left Me By Myself (2:50)
17. Out The Door I Went (3:01)
18. My Baby She's Long And Tall (3:03)
19. No Mortgage On My Soul (3:16)
20. I Come To You Baby (2:46)
21. I Rule My Den (2:48)
22. The Great Disaster Of 1936 (3:04)
23. The Winding Highway (2:54)
24. She Quit Me (2:51)
25. How Long Can This Go On (2:53)
26. Can I Say Hello (3:09)
27. I Had A Dream (3:00)
28. Me And A Woman (2:40)

The first reissue of John Lee Hooker's groundbreaking and rare Detroit and Beyond recordings on vinyl since their first release in 1973, these tracks were announced by many fans as his best overall recording and some of his earliest, apart from the 6 recordings of Bernie Besman in 1961. Divided into two double LP volumes and remastered with original master recordings from Detroit's legendary United Sound Systems (not even 2 miles from Third Man Detroit!), these collections are a must-have for blues and music lovers. Volume 1 contains the killer track "Johnny Lee's Original Boogie (Boogie Chillen)".

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John Lee Hooker - Early Recordings: Detroit And Beyond Vol. 2

Album: Early Recordings: Detroit And Beyond Vol. 2
Size: 189,9 MB
Time: 81:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1973/2018
Styles: Blues, acoustic blues
Art: LP front & back

1. Throw My Money Around (2:41)
2. Well I Got To Leave (2:54)
3. I Gotta Be Comin' Back (2:42)
4. I Don't Be Welcome Here (3:01)
5. Two Voice Original Mood (3:07)
6. Three Voice Original Mood (2:43)
7. Johnny Says Come Back (3:17)
8. The Story Of A Married Woman (2:48)
9. Snap Them Fingers Boogie (3:02)
10. Lord What More Can I Do (2:52)
11. Baby Please Don't Go (2:19)
12. I'm Going Away (3:02)
13. Hummin' The Blues (3:07)
14. Johnny Lee And The Thing (2:45)
15. Slow Down Your Chatter Baby (2:55)
16. I Did Everything (3:23)
17. Someone To Love (Take 1) (2:47)
18. Someone To Love (Take 2) (3:01)
19. There's A Day Comin' Baby (3:05)
20. I Was Beggin' My Baby (2:15)
21. Nobody To Talk To Me (3:06)
22. I'm Gonna Whip Ya Baby (2:58)
23. It's A Crime And A Shame (2:49)
24. I Met The Grindin' Man (3:01)
25. Louisiana Blues For You (2:51)
26. Long, Long Way From Home (2:50)
27. Sometime (2:59)
28. T.B.'s Killin' Me (2:56)

The first reissue of John Lee Hooker's groundbreaking and rare Detroit and Beyond recordings on vinyl since their first release in 1973, these tracks were announced by many fans as his best overall recording and some of his earliest, apart from the 6 recordings of Bernie Besman in 1961. Divided into two double LP volumes and remastered with original master recordings from Detroit's legendary United Sound Systems (not even 2 miles from Third Man Detroit!), these collections are a must-have for blues and music lovers. Volume 2 includes the amazing "Baby Please Don't Go" and "Two Voice Original Mood (I'm In The Mood)".

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John Lee Hooker - Burnin' (Expanded Edition)

Size: 159.9 MB
Time: 68:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1962
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Boom Boom (Stereo) (2:35)
02. Process (Stereo) (3:50)
03. Lost A Good Girl (Stereo) (2:53)
04. A New Leaf (Stereo) (2:31)
05. Blues Before Sunrise (Stereo) (3:52)
06. Let's Make It (Stereo) (2:30)
07. I Got A Letter (Stereo) (2:46)
08. Thelma (Stereo) (3:34)
09. Drug Store Woman (Stereo) (2:49)
10. Keep Your Hands To Yourself (Stereo) (2:13)
11. What Do You Say (Stereo) (2:33)
12. Thelma (Alt. Take) (Stereo) (3:44)
13. Boom Boom (Mono) (2:35)
14. Process (Mono) (3:51)
15. Lost A Good Girl (Mono) (2:53)
16. A New Leaf (Mono) (2:31)
17. Blues Before Sunrise (Mono) (3:52)
18. Let's Make It (Mono) (2:30)
19. I Got A Letter (Mono) (2:46)
20. Thelma (Mono) (3:33)
21. Drug Store Woman (Mono) (2:49)
22. Keep Your Hands To Yourself (Mono) (2:13)
23. What Do You Say (Mono) (2:30)

In late 1961, John Lee Hooker stepped into a Chicago studio for a single-day session with Motown's tight, swinging house band—which by then had propelled hits by Stevie Wonder, The Temptations and Marvin Gaye—and went electric. The menacing bluesman, who had established his brand as a bad-ass with a bad, if occasionally regretful, attitude, had been releasing country blues records for more than a decade, the kind that showcased his ability to wrestle with his psyche and channel those emotions through a helpless acoustic guitar and barked-out mumble of a voice. Armed with the outfit that became the Funk Brothers (guitarist Larry Veeder, bassist James Jamerson, keyboardist Joe Hunter and drummer Benny Benjamin), Hooker banged out eleven hardened, gripping electric blues songs that came out in 1962 as Burnin'. Those tracks were echoed in Bob Dylan's similar electric turn three years later and their spirit resonated through the proto-metal of Cream and Led Zeppelin.

How scary is Hooker on Burnin'? The first verse of the first song, "Boom Boom," opens with him cracking four vocal gunshots—"boom boom boom boom"––and declaring, "I'm gonna shoot you down/ Right off your feet/ Take you home with me/ Put you in my house." Unless his shots are metaphors for Cupid's arrows, the "boom boom boom boom" that ends the verse connotes something much darker. Creepy? Upsetting? That's Hooker all over Craft Recordings' expanded and newly remastered version of Burnin', which also includes an alternate take of "Thelma" and both the stereo and the mono versions of the album's original eleven tracks. Granted, Hooker does reveal a more vulnerable side from time to time ("Lost a Good Girl," "Let's Make It"). But as anyone who's binged true crime shows knows, when a man says, "Now look, buddy/ Keep your hands down/ To yourself/ 'Cause she's all mine/ All my property," as Hooker does on "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," someone's going to be in jail by sunrise and nobody's hitting the hay without some serious blues.

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John Lee Hooker - ....And Seven Nights (vinyl)

Size: 148 MB
Time: 40:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1966
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Bad Luck and Trouble (4:02)
2. Waterfront (4:13)
3. No One Pleases Me But You (2:24)
4. It's Raining Here (3:22)
5. It's a Crazy MIxed Up World (4:16)
6. Seven Days and Seven Nights (3:39)
7. Mai Lee (3:29)
8. I'm Losing You (3:53)
9. Little Girl Go Back to School (3:52)
10. Little Dreamer (4:19)
11. Don't Be Messin' With My Bread (3:20)

John Lee Hooker backed by The Groundhogs, recorded in June 1964 or May/June 1965, released in 1965 or 1967, recorded live or in a studio - such are the uncertainties found in the John Lee Hooker discography. To make matters worse there are numerous issues of this album with different names, different covers, the same 11 tracks but sometimes in a different order with different titles - the 1970 Wand release dubbed in some horns, the 1972 release claimed John Mayall was there (he wasn't). So if you are looking around for old John Lee Hooker albums be careful or you could end up with a pile of albums that turn out to be the same thing. I don't know that much about The Groundhogs - a British blues band that stuck with the blues while others were gaining greater fame by joining in with the first wave of Britpop. There were a number of collaborations between the older American bluesmen and young British worshipers recorded in the 1960s and they don't seem to be generally liked by blues aficionados - but I enjoy this, without thinking it's one of Hooker's great moments. Maybe there is nothing particularly distinctive about The Groundhogs, but they play with respect, professionalism and a love for the music. On the quicker tracks they thump along and I can't help feeling they are not the best band to be backing Hooker - his voice isn't the strongest blues voice, its power is gained through its intimacy, a storyteller whispering in your ear, so against the raucousness of the band he looses much. And he is not one of the great blues guitarists, but he is one of the great accompanists, the beauty of his playing being in the way it interacts with his voice - and a lot is lost here in the general noise. But the slower tracks are better, they breed an intensity. The beauty of this album is that the faster numbers tend to be at the beginning and it gradually slows down, so it is as though the musicians start off tentatively, a little uncertain, knock off a few numbers to check each other out, but them as the evening goes on they relax, maybe have a few drinks between songs: they begin to feel the songs, be part of them. The first side is O.K., the second is much, much better.

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John Lee Hooker - On The Waterfront

Album: On The Waterfront
Size: 93,4 MB
Time: 40:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1970/2012
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, tray

1. Don't Want Nobody Else (2:24)
2. Storming On The Deep Blue Sea (3:13)
3. Losing You (3:54)
4. Go Back To School Little Girl (3:38)
5. Don't Be Messin' With My Bread (3:19)
6. Mai Lee (3:22)
7. I Cover The Waterfront (4:00)
8. Crazy Mixed Up World (4:20)
9. Seven Days (3:49)
10. Little Dreamer (4:19)
11. Lost Everything (3:51)

John Lee Hooker - The Guitarist - The Singer. John Lee Hooker the Bluesman. To a lot of people this means nothing but on the other hand, to a lot more people, this means life. Life then and now, good and bad, mean and ugly. Here is a guy who's been around more than half a century, and yet he preaches a nitty-gritty sermon that's happening today. He takes a song - like " I Cover The Waterfront" and makes you believe it, and the only way to come across this good is to believe it yourself. A believer John Lee Hooker is. He knows what it's all about, and he's been where it's at. Without further rap, I take a break to give you the chance to find out - if you don't already know. /Original LP liner notes by Joshua Pridgen

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John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom: 60 Essential Recordings (3 CD)

Album: Boom Boom: 60 Essential Recordings
Size: 137,2+27,8+133,9 MB
Time: 58:38+54:33+57:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

CD 1:
1. Boom Boom (2:33)
2. Crawlin' King Snake (3:01)
3. Hobo Blues (3:03)
4. Huckle Up Baby (2:48)
5. Howlin' Wolf (2:39)
6. Who's Been Jiving You? (3:11)
7. Whistlin' And Moanin' Blues (3:11)
8. Burning Hell (2:40)
9. Weeping Willow Boogie (2:51)
10. Canal Street Blues (2:47)
11. Let Your Daddy Ride (2:40)
12. The Moon Is Rising (2:50)
13. House Rent Boogie (2:44)
14. Catfish (3:10)
15. Four Women In My Life (3:14)
16. Louise (3:06)
17. Leave My Wife Alone (2:49)
18. I'm In The Mood (3:08)
19. Walkin' The Boogie (2:46)
20. Sugar Mama (3:18)

CD 2:
1. Boogie Chillen (3:10)
2. Don't Go Baby (3:17)
3. Ground Hog Blues (2:58)
4. Hoogie Boogie (2:57)
5. Rock House Boogie (2:53)
6. No More Doggin' (2:43)
7. Gonna Boogie (2:22)
8. Shake, Holler And Run (2:40)
9. Hug And Squeeze You (2:37)
10. Time Is Marchin' (3:02)
11. Baby Lee (2:58)
12. Every Night (2:54)
13. Everybody Rockin' (2:41)
14. I'm So Excited (2:54)
15. Little Wheel (2:37)
16. Bundle Up And Go (2:14)
17. Maudie (2:22)
18. I Wanna Walk (2:09)
19. I'll Know Tonight (2:42)
20. Goin' To California (2:13)

CD 3:
1. Dimples (2:12)
2. I Love You Honey (2:35)
3. No Shoes (2:26)
4. Whiskey And Wimmen (2:45)
5. Run On (2:12)
6. Solid Sender (2:29)
7. Dusty Road (2:13)
8. Five Long Years (3:37)
9. Tupelo (Live) (3:24)
10. I Need Some Money (2:25)
11. Want Ad Blues (2:14)
12. I'm Goin' Upstairs (2:55)
13. Hard Headed Woman (2:30)
14. I'm Mad Again (2:40)
15. Thelma (3:31)
16. Lost A Good Girl (2:52)
17. Blues Before Sunrise (3:50)
18. Drug Store Woman (2:47)
19. Blues For Big Town (3:12)
20. Shake It, Baby (Live) (4:13)

60 key recordings from one of the greatest and most influential Blues musicians that ever lived, a man revered by the likes of The Stones, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and countless others who followed in his footsteps.

(Note: Low-budget compilation without any info on recording dates or personnel included.)

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John Lee Hooker - Four Classic Albums: Second Set

Album: Four Classic Albums: Second Set
Size: 184,3 + 186,7 MB
Time: 79:29 + 80:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

CD 1:
1. Wondering Blues (3:18)
2. I'm Gonna Kill That Woman (3:05)
3. Heart Trouble Blues (3:02)
4. Don't You Remember Me (2:48)
5. Slim's Stomp (3:02)
6. The Numbers (3:12)
7. Nightmare Blues (2:57)
8. Moaning Blues (3:04)
9. Don't Go Baby (3:15)
10. Thinking Blues (3:01)
11. Late Last Night (2:57)
12. Devil's Jump (2:55)
13. Black Snake (3:35)
14. How Long Blues (2:16)
15. Wobblin' Baby (2:53)
16. She's Long, She's Tall, She Weeps Like A Willow (2:48)
17. Pea Vine Special (3:12)
18. Tupelo Blues (3:24)
19. I'm Prison Bound (4:00)
20. I Rowed A Little Boat (3:28)
21. Water Boy (3:02)
22. Church Bell Tone (3:45)
23. Bundle Up And Go (2:15)
24. Good Mornin' Lil' School Girl (3:41)
25. Behind The Plough (4:22)

Tracks 1-12 from "Sings Blues" (1960).
Tracks 13-25 from "The Country Blues Of John Lee Hooker" (1959).

CD 2:
1. I Need Some Money (2:27)
2. Come On And See About Me (3:10)
3. I'm Wonderin' (5:18)
4. Democrat Man (3:29)
5. I Want To Talk About You (3:04)
6. Gonna Use My Rod (4:22)
7. Wednesday Evenin' Blues (3:36)
8. No More Doggin' (2:47)
9. One Of These Days (4:10)
10. I Believe I'll Go Back Home (3:44)
11. You're Leavin' Me, Baby (3:55)
12. That's My Story (4:38)
13. Walkin' The Boogie (2:44)
14. Love Blues (3:01)
15. Union Station Blues (2:58)
16. It's My Own Fault (2:59)
17. Leave My Wife Alone (2:48)
18. Ramblin' By Myself (3:21)
19. Sugar Mama (3:16)
20. Down At The Landing (2:56)
21. Louise (3:05)
22. Ground Hog Blues (2:58)
23. High Priced Woman (2:44)
24. Women And Money (2:54)

Tracks 1-12 from "That's My Story - John Lee Hooker Sings The Blues" (1960).
Tracks 13-24 from "House Of The Blues" (1960).

AVID Roots continues with its Four Classic Roots Albums series with a re-mastered 2 CD second release from John Lee Hooker complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. Following the incredible success of our AVID Roots series which includes such classic blues names as Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Lightnin’ Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, T. Bone Walker, Lonnie Johnson, Reverend Gary Davis and B.B King we thought it was time to add another collection by the legendarily prolific John Lee Hooker. For our second look at the work of John Lee Hooker we have gone back to the very early days for our first selection.

Under the name Texas Slim we present a collection or early singles from 1949-50 John made for the King label and released in 1960 under the title “Sings Blues”. This is raw Hooker as you will not have heard him before but in our opinion all the better for it! (Please note due to timing constraints we have omitted the four tracks by Earl Hooker originally featured on this collection). Accompanying this early collection are three more classic Hooker sets, House Of The Blues is again early recordings from 1951-54 while “The Country Blues” and “That’s My Story - John Lee Hooker Sings The Blues” are from 1959 and 1960 respectively.

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John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983 & 1990 (2 CD)

Album: Live At Montreux 1983 & 1990
Size: 151,9 + 140,3 MB
Time: 65:48 + 60:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

CD 1 - Montreux 1983:
1. It Serves Me Right To Suffer (3:54)
2. I Didn't Know (3:18)
3. Hi-Heel Sneakers (4:39)
4. If You Take Care Of Me, I'll Take Care Of You (7:20)
5. Boom Boom (4:33)
6. Worried Life Blues (3:29)
7. I'm Jealous (4:10)
8. Crawlin' King Snake (3:52)
9. Little Girl Go Back To School (4:43)
10. Boogie Chillen' (Jam Session) (17:09)
11. Boogie Chillen' (Encore) (8:37)

CD 2 - Montreux 1990:
1. Introduction Jam (3:18)
2. Mabel (6:49)
3. I'm In The Mood (4:08)
4. Crawlin' King Snake (6:10)
5. Baby Lee (4:19)
6. It Serves Me Right To Suffer (5:57)
7. Boom Boom (4:59)
8. Boogie Chillen' (16:15)
9. The Healer (Encore) (4:26)
10. Boogie Chillen' (Reprise) (4:23)

Four-time Grammy Award winner and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient John Lee Hooker will forever be hailed as a legend of the blues genre. His storied career continues its impact on modern music even today – with fans spanning generations and transcending borders. Hooker was responsible for molding the blues into a sound that was entirely his own, dispensing with 12-bar blues in favor of an intensely deep, funky groove.

Located in Switzerland, the Montreux Jazz Festival is one of the world’s biggest and longest-running jazz festivals. Live at Montreux witnesses John Lee Hooker deliver two blistering performances filmed at the festival in 1983 and 1990. He was joined by The Coast to Coast Blues Band, covering an impressive set of hits from across his storied career including “Boom Boom”, “Crawlin’ King Snake” and his very first single “Boogie Chillen” – the latter expanded to an epic 13-person jam on the 1983 set, featuring guitarist Luther Allison, harmonica legend Sugar Blue, and a horn section. For his triumphant return to Montreux in 1990, Hooker added an additional guitar and sax to the line-up, as well as female vocalist Vala Cupp. “The Hook” infuses his set with songs from his 1989 Grammy winning album, The Healer, including the hypnotic title track.

John Lee Hooker’s first single, “Boogie Chillen” rose to #1 on the R&B chart in 1949, selling over a million copies. Hooker was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. In 2008, “Boogie Chillen” was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library Of Congress as a song that is “culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform(s) or reflect(s) life in the United States.” “Boogie Chillen” and “Boom Boom” were both inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame and both songs are also included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s list of The 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.

Known to music fans around the world as the “King of the Boogie,” John Lee Hooker endures as one of the true superstars of the blues genre, the ultimate beholder of cool. His work is widely recognized for its impact on modern music – his simple, yet deeply effective songs transcend borders and languages around the globe. Each decade of Hooker’s long career brought a new generation of fans and fresh opportunities for the ever-evolving artist. He never slowed down either: As John Lee Hooker entered his 70s, he suddenly found himself in the most successful era of his career – reinvented yet again, and energized as ever, touring and recording up until his passing in 2001.

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John Lee Hooker - Jealous

Size: 89,1 MB
Time: 37:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1986/1996
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Jealous (3:30)
02. Ninety Days (3:26)
03. Early One Morning (4:03)
04. When My First Wife Left Me (4:33)
05. Boogie Woman (4:28)
06. Well Well (4:48)
07. I Didn't Know (3:02)
08. We'll Meet Again (3:59)
09. Worried Life Blues (2:29)
10. Ninety Days (Reprise) (3:20)

Jealous, recorded in 1982 but not released until 1986, put Hooker on the comeback trail that culminated in the 1989 GRAMMY-winner The Healer. In contrast to the parade of guest stars who grace most of his late-period career album, Jealous is a down-and-dirty effort from Hooker's seasoned tour band. Despite its humble origins, it was nominated for a GRAMMY, won a W.C. Handy Award, and remains a vital work from a genuine blues master.

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John Lee Hooker - Documenting The Sensation Recordings 1948-52

John Lee Hooker's 1948-1952 recordings made in Detroit, Michigan by Bernard Besman. Includes 19 previously unissued versions. Ace acquired a lot of John Lee Hooker sides when we purchased the Sensation label from Bernard Besman. Bernie had also sold some sides to United Artists and to Greene Bottle before then. However, no-one has carried out a forensic investigation into exactly what we had bought, until now.

These three CDs contain all of the Ace-owned Besman John Lee Hooker sides gathered in one place for the first time. Also included is the Little Eddie Kirkland RPM single with John Lee Hooker on second guitar and vocal. There has been meticulous tape research for best sources, so the mastering far exceeds anything presented before, as anyone who has the ‘Boogie Chillen’’/‘Boogie Chillen’ #2’ 10-inch 78 we recently issued can attest. 19 different, previously unreleased versions of songs appeared in the research for the project, including extended takes and alternative versions.

The collection comes as a 3 CD digipak box set. The accompanying booklet features an introductory note from Peter Guralnick, a comprehensive overview of the music from Dr Wayne Goins, Director of Jazz Studies at Kansas State University, and a sessionography covering all the tracks on the CDs. These early Hooker recordings are akin to jazz as much as the blues, with an improvisatory feel, harking back to the pre-war era, but with a very distinct approach and a unique sound presaging the blues that was to come.

Album: Documenting The Sensation Recordings 1948-52
Year: 2020
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:17+64:05+66:19
Size: 168,3+149,4+154,7 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

CD 1:
1. Sally Mae (Alt. Take) (3:12)
2. War Is Over (Goodbye California) (Extended Take) (3:23)
3. War Is Over (Goodbye California) (Alt. Take) (3:10)
4. War Is Over (Goodbye California) (Alt. Extended Take) (2:58)
5. Boogie Chillen' (3:10)
6. Henry's Swing Club (3:11)
7. Drifting From Door To Door (3:01)
8. Hobo Blues (Alt. Take) (3:04)
9. Numbers Blues (aka She Ain't Good For Nothin') (Alt. Take) (2:56)
10. Alberta (3:06)
11. Alberta (Alt. Take) (3:04)
12. Howlin' Wolf (aka I'm A Howlin' Wolf) (2:39)
13. Crawlin' King Snake (3:02)
14. Hoogie Boogie (Instrumental) (2:58)
15. Hastings Street Boogie (Extended Take) (3:05)
16. Build Myself A Cave (aka The World Is In A Tangle) (Take 1) (2:55)
17. Build Myself A Cave (aka The World Is In A Tangle) (Take 2) (2:55)
18. Build Myself A Cave (aka The World Is In A Tangle) (Take 3) (2:59)
19. Build Myself A Cave (aka The World Is In A Tangle) (Intercut Of Takes 2&3) (2:58)
20. Graveyard Blues (2:49)
21. Momma Poppa Boogie (2:58)
22. Burnin' Hell (2:41)
23. Sailing Blues (aka Drifting Blues) (2:49)
24. Black Cat Blues (3:01)

CD 2:
1. Weeping Willow Boogie (aka Weeping Willow) (2:52)
2. Miss Sadie Mae (2:45)
3. Sail On Little Girl (2:16)
4. Alberta Part 2 (2:44)
5. Wednesday Evening (aka She Left Me On Bended Knee) (2:59)
6. Canal Street Blues (2:45)
7. Huckle Up Baby (2:48)
8. Let Your Daddy Ride (2:41)
9. Goin' On Highway #51 (2:29)
10. My Baby's Got Something (2:49)
11. Boogie Chillen' #2 (Take 1) (2:43)
12. Boogie Chillen #2 (Take 2) (2:51)
13. Boogie Chillen' #2 (aka Jump Chillun) (Extended Take 4) (2:45)
14. Boogie Chillen # 2 (aka I Gotta Be Comin' Back) (Extended Take) (2:46)
15. Boogie Chillen' #2 (aka 21 Boogie) (Alt. Extended Take) (2:52)
16. Roll 'N' Roll (Alt. Take) (2:45)
17. Rollin' Blues (2:42)
18. Three Long Years Today (3:05)
19. Strike Blues (Extended Take) (3:02)
20. Do My Baby Think Of Me (2:55)
21. Give Me Your Phone Number (Alt. Take) (2:43)
22. The Story Of A Married Woman (Alt. Take) (2:38)
23. Moon Is Rising (Alt. Take) (2:58)

CD 3:
1. John L's House Rent Boogie (aka House Rent Boogie) (Alt. Take) (2:50)
2. John L's House Rent Boogie (Alt. Take I/T) (1:10)
3. Queen Bee (2:35)
4. Grinder Man (3:12)
5. Walkin' This Highway (2:17)
6. Women In My Life (aka Goin' Away Baby) (3:15)
7. Tease Me Baby (aka Tease Your Daddy) (3:04)
8. I Need Lovin' (aka Tease Me Over Baby) (Alt. Take) (2:55)
9. How Can You Do It (2:44)
10. I'm In The Mood (3:10)
11. I'm In The Mood (Humming Overdub) (3:07)
12. I'm In The Mood (Harmonica Overdub) (3:07)
13. I'm In The Mood (Alt. Take - aka Original One Voice) (3:00)
14. Turn Over A New Leaf (3:10)
15. It Hurts Me So (w. Little Eddie Kirkland) (2:47)
16. It Hurts Me So (w. Little Eddie Kirkland) (Alt. Take) (2:38)
17. I Got Eyes For You (2:39)
18. I Got Eyes For You (Alt. Take 2 or 5) (2:50)
19. Key To The Highway (2:34)
20. I Got The Key (Key To The Highway) (Alt. Take) (2:44)
21. Blue Bird Blues (2:44)
22. That's All Right (w. Little Eddie Kirkland) (2:19)
23. It's Time For Lovin' To Be Done (w. Little Eddie Kirkland) (2:57)
24. That's All Right Boogie (w. Little Eddie Kirkland) (2:19)

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John Lee Hooker - The Legendary Modern Recordings 1948-1954

Year: 1994
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:16
Size: 166,5 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Boogie Chillen (3:11)
2. Sally Mae (3:13)
3. Hoogie Boogie (2:58)
4. Hobo Blues (3:04)
5. Weeping Willow Boogie (2:52)
6. Drifting From Door To Door (3:02)
7. Crawling Kingsnake (3:02)
8. Women In My Life (3:15)
9. Howlin' Wolf (2:39)
10. Playing The Races (3:16)
11. Let Your Daddy Ride (2:41)
12. Queen Bee (2:37)
13. Wednesday Evening (2:59)
14. I'm In The Mood (3:10)
15. Tease Me Baby (3:04)
16. Turn Over A New Leaf (3:09)
17. Rock House Boogie (2:55)
18. Too Much Boogie (3:01)
19. Need Somebody (3:01)
20. Gotta Boogie (2:25)
21. Jump Me One More Time (2:32)
22. Down Child (2:54)
23. Bad Boy (3:06)
24. Please Take Me Back (2:58)

From the beginning of his career, John Lee Hooker recorded prolifically, sometimes for several labels at once, sometimes under a number of pseudonyms. That makes his discography a bit difficult for the collector to sort out, but if you want just one document of his early years, this is the anthology of choice, containing 24 sides from 1948 to 1954 that were issued on the Modern label. These, more than any other, are the recordings that did the most to establish the Hooker prototype - the over-amplified electric guitar, the moody boogies, the stomping foot rhythms performed without a rhythm section (some sides feature accompaniment by Eddie Kirkland on second guitar).

Contains his two most massive early hits, "Boogie Chillen" and "I'm in the Mood," as well as his oft-covered "Crawling Kingsnake." This one can get a bit similar-sounding over the course of two dozen tracks, but little other post-war electric blues can match the stark power here. /Richie Unterberger, AllMusic

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John Lee Hooker - The Unknown John Lee Hooker: 1949 Recordings

Size: 141,9 MB
Time: 59:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Detroit Blues, Delta Blues
Art: Full

01. Guitar Blues Instrumental (3:17)
02. Two White Horses (3:19)
03. Trouble In Mind (3:55)
04. Catfish Blues (2:49)
05. John Henry (3:07)
06. How Long Blues (3:29)
07. Ezekiel Saw The Wheel (2:58)
08. Jack O' Diamonds (2:45)
09. Water Boy (3:52)
10. Six Little Puppies And Twelve Shaggy Hounds (4:18)
11. In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down (4:36)
12. Old Blind Barnabas (2:28)
13. Moses Smote The Water (1:54)
14. Spoken Interlude (0:31)
15. Rabbit On The Log (4:00)
16. Come And See About Me (2:12)
17. 33 Blues (2:02)
18. She's Real Gone (2:10)
19. I Wonder (2:43)
20. Untitled Slow Blues (3:02)

In 1949, Hooker played for a private gathering in the Detroit dining room of cartoonist, animator, and music fan Gene Deitch. Deitch had the foresight to record the performance on a portable machine. That acoustic performance -- together with four tracks made a few days later in another casual gathering of music fans -- was retrieved from Deitch's archives 50 years later for this hour-long, 20-cut CD. Hooker at this time had only just become a recording artist, and with the exception of four early 1949 sides done for Elmer Barbee, The Unknown John Lee Hooker represents the only known acoustic recordings by Hooker prior to the late '50s. Deitch and his friends asked Hooker to play older and more traditional songs, resulting in a set that included a greater concentration of country blues, spirituals, and folk tunes than Hooker was doing in his commercial recordings of the time. "Two White Horses," "Trouble in Mind," "John Henry," and "Jack O' Diamonds" are all here, for instance. Still, it's really not too far removed from what he was doing in the studio, given the inimitable Hooker stamp by his trademark omnipresent foot stomps and idiosyncratic rhythms. As both singer and guitarist Hooker, in this informal setting, sounds just as committed and inspired as he was on his studio dates; "Trouble in Mind," for instance, has guitar work as distinctive (and, at times, irregularly patterned and dissonant) as anything he did in the period. Nevertheless, this is primarily of historical interest, particularly as Hooker did do a wealth of similar folk/blues crossover sessions in the late '50s and early '60s that were captured in much better fidelity. The sound on this disc is listenable and certainly okay given the conditions of 1949 home recordings, but still a little hissy and muffled. This means that studio acoustic albums such as 1959's The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker are more highly recommended. ~Richie Unterberger

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VA - The Hot Spot (Soundtrack)

Size: 95,9 MB
Time: 40:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1990
Styles: Blues, Soundtrack
Art: Full

01. John Lee Hooker - Coming To Town (3:11)
02. Taj Mahal - Empty Bank (2:23)
03. John Lee Hooker - Harry's Philosophy (2:48)
04. Taj Mahal - Dolly's Arrival (1:20)
05. John Lee Hooker - Harry And Dolly (2:53)
06. John Lee Hooker - Sawmill (3:07)
07. Taj Mahal - Bank Robbery (4:37)
08. John Lee Hooker - Moanin' (3:24)
09. Miles Davis - Gloria's Story (3:27)
10. John Lee Hooker - Harry Sets Up Sutton (1:45)
11. John Lee Hooker - Murder (4:14)
12. Miles Davis - Blackmail (2:13)
13. Miles Davis - End Credits (5:22)

A return look and listen to this historical and breathtaking collaboration between two of the great figures of modern music should naturally be prefaced by a few key facts. Although this album presents itself as the soundtrack to the film The Hot Spot, like many such releases it bares little relation to the music that was actually used in the film -- not that much of this music was actually used. All one really needs to know about the film itself, other than the fact that it was directed by Dennis Hopper, is that it is awful, even by bad film standards. That it was the impetus for this marvelous music to be made is something listeners should be thankful for, particularly fans of either Miles Davis or John Lee Hooker. Anyone who grew up with the former artist during his electric transfusions of the '60s and '70s probably wondered why he wasn't playing with John Lee Hooker the whole time, since they both seemed headed in the same direction. In fact, one wonders why it took this crummy film and the personal appeal of its director to bring these two musical giants together. That they didn't seek to do something like this on their own can be looked at as a character flaw, one that can only be forgiven after listening to how wonderfully they interact here. An important aspect of the magic is their individual genius in the art of playing blues music in such utterly personal ways. There is no mistaking the sound of either Hooker or Davis for anyone else, with layer upon layer of detail backing that up -- the actual sound of their instruments is distinctive, their choices of notes and timing completely unusual and impossible to imitate, and they both have a knack for casually making even the most basic sort of band track sound as if it is a style of music that has never been played before. No matter how many times one may have heard a bar band break into what they think is a Hooker boogie, a brief recovery period will still be required after first exposure to the tracks here. Often during his recording career, Hooker was able to get a particularly scintillating rhythm section sound going with whatever pros had been assembled for the occasion. This is one of these sessions, but it indeed makes it seem like a royal visit to have Davis blowing over the top of these grooves. There are other dignitaries as well. Blues guitarist Roy Rogers adds some tasteful slide guitar, and it could be said that it presents another melodic direction for the interaction. But when one has a choice to hear Hooker or Davis instead, most listeners will simply wish Rogers had ridden off into the sunset on his faithful horse instead of coming to this session. Taj Mahal, on the other hand, adds nice textures with his dobro, an instrument that is wonderfully versatile yet so often overlooked in anything other than bluegrass music or straight-ahead country blues. The latter genre, unfortunately, has too much of a sway over this performer's choice of picking patterns. He sounds like what he is: a revivalist who learned how to play blues in college. The rhythm section kicks the whole time, while composer and arranger Jack Nitzsche makes valuable contributions of his own. This includes a minor-key groove -- completely unusual for Hooker, who perhaps recorded in a minor key less than a half-dozen times in his entire career. The dabs of typical film score-type music seem like nothing special until there is an entrance by Davis. These sections of him extemporizing over such routine music bring to mind one of the Ralph J. Gleason profiles of Davis, which described the artist hanging out in his music room playing along with various new releases and painfully trying to reharmonize several selections from the score of Dr. Doolittle he was thinking about recording. The image is that of normal music being twisted into something different by a master at such trickery; most of The Hot Spot soundtrack, on the other hand, presents this great jazz soloist playing over blues grooves as pure as only Hooker could make happen, an interesting contrast to some of the weaker, late-period Davis, where his bands are simply straining to be funky in an old-time bluesy way. To say this is the best recording Davis made in his final period might be misunderstood as damning with faint praise. A more solid compliment would be to contrast it with other great moments from the trumpeter's career, such as Bitches Brew or Kind of Blue, and the best parts of this soundtrack contain music that is every bit as interesting and profound. As for a Hooker album, there might be others that have better blues songs on them, but this is just about the only recording the bluesman ever did with a really great jazz soloist on it. ~Eugene Chadbourne

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Otis Spann - In Session: Diary Of A Chicago Bluesman 1953-1960

Size: 179,1+164,6 MB
Time: 76:08+70:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Chicago Blues, Rockin' Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Blow Wind, Blow (Feat. Muddy Waters) (3:12)
02. Mad Love (Feat. Muddy Waters) (3:05)
03. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Feat. Muddy Waters) (2:52)
04. She's So Pretty (Feat. Muddy Waters) (2:18)
05. Rockin' Daddy (3:04)
06. 'Bout The Break Of Day (Feat. Junior Wells) (3:16)
07. Lawdy! Lawdy! (Feat. Junior Wells) (2:41)
08. So, All Alone (Feat. Junior Wells) (3:21)
09. I Got To Find My Baby (Feat. Little Walter) (2:50)
10. Baby How Long? (Feat. Howlin' Wolf) (2:55)
11. Evil Is Goin' On (Feat. Howlin' Wolf) (2:56)
12. You'd Better Watch Yourself (Feat. Little Walter) (3:05)
13. I'll Be Around (Feat. Howlin' Wolf) (3:15)
14. It Must Have Been The Devil (2:43)
15. Five Spot (2:44)
16. I'm A Man (Feat. Bo Diddley) (3:02)
17. Bo Diddley (Feat. Bo Diddley) (2:46)
18. Don't Start Me Talkin' (Feat. Sonny Boy Williamson II) (2:36)
19. All My Love In Vain (Feat. Sonny Boy Williamson II) (2:51)
20. You Can't Catch Me (Feat. Chuck Berry) (2:45)
21. No Money Down (Feat. Chuck Berry) (2:59)
22. Let Me Explain (Feat. Sonny Boy Williamson II) (2:55)
23. Your Imagination (Feat. Sonny Boy Williamson II) (3:01)
24. I'm Leaving You (2:41)
25. I'm In Love With You Baby (2:38)
26. Cops And Robbers (Feat. Bo Diddley) (3:24)

CD 2:
01. Boogie Woogie (2:36)
02. Slow Blues (2:41)
03. Jump Blues (2:54)
04. It's My Own Fault (Feat. John Lee Hooker) (3:53)
05. Maudie (Feat. John Lee Hooker) (3:35)
06. I Wanna Walk (Feat. John Lee Hooker) (4:27)
07. I Wish You Were Here (Feat. John Lee Hooker) (5:37)
08. Great Northern Stomp (4:18)
09. Otis In The Dark (4:38)
10. Worried Life Blues (4:22)
11. Country Boy (4:28)
12. The Hard Way (5:06)
13. Beat-Up Team (6:04)
14. Take A Little Walk With Me (3:29)
15. I Got Rambling On My Mind (4:07)
16. Little Boy Blue (3:44)
17. My Daily Wish (4:26)

Joining Eddie Taylor and Jody Williams in Jasmine's popular 'In Session' series comes this excellent 43 track 2CD set of Otis Spann's sessions that he cut in Chicago between 1953 and 1956 along with live performances at Newport and his legendary first LP release. 'Otis Spann is the Blues'.

This wonderful set kicks off with Muddy Waters and of course includes two of his greatest hits 'Mad Love' and 'Hoochie Coochie Man' and then Otis' takes us through a plethora of fine bluesmen: Howlin' Wolf, Junior Wells, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, Sonny Boy Williamson, Chuck Berry and John Lee Hooker.

In the pantheon of great Chicago blues pianists, Otis Spann stands head and shoulders above most of the competition and this CD is another must have in Jasmine's ever growing blues series.

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John Lee Hooker - Don't Turn Me From Your Door: John Lee Hooker Sings His Blues

Size: 103,7 MB
Time: 43:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1972/1992
Styles: Delta Blues
Art: Full

01. Stuttering Blues (2:19)
02. Pouring Down Rain (2:37)
03. You Lost A Good Man (2:52)
04. Love My Baby (2:38)
05. Misbelieving Baby (2:32)
06. Driftin' Blues (3:33)
07. Wobbling Baby (2:39)
08. Goin' South (3:09)
09. Don't Turn Me From Your Door (2:45)
10. My Baby Don't Love Me (3:02)
11. I Ain't Got Nobody (2:30)
12. Real Real Gone (2:27)
13. Guitar Lovin' Man (Lovin' Guitar Man) (2:43)
14. Talk About Your Baby (2:35)
15. Blue Monday (2:32)
16. My Baby Put Me Down (2:34)

What makes this album a cut above other Fifties era Hooker releases is the clear and intimate fidelity that was Atlantic's trademark. The Vee-Jay recordings may be more famous, but this collection is a solid sample of Hooker's strengths, with the added bonus of sounding like he's sitting right in front of you. This album must also have had a prominent place in Van Morrison's collection, as it's startling to hear Hooker sing "I got a home on high in another world," on the desolate title track, which Van would later echo on "Astral Weeks." There's also "Real Real Gone" which may or may not have inspired Van's song of the same name. ~Jason Schneider

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John Lee Hooker - Original Folk Blues... Plus

Year: 1994
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:18
Size: 126,6 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Boogie Chillen (3:10)
2. Queen Bee (2:35)
3. Crawlin' King Snake (3:01)
4. Weeping Willow Boogie (2:52)
5. Whistlin' And Moanin' Blues (3:11)
6. Sally Mae (3:12)
7. I Need Love So Bad (3:27)
8. Let's Talk It Over (2:59)
9. The Syndicator (3:01)
10. Let Your Daddy Ride (2:58)
11. Drifting From Door To Door (3:01)
12. Baby I'm Gonna Miss You (2:35)
13. Cold Chills (3:07)
14. Cool Little Car (3:14)
15. I Wonder Little Darling (3:07)
16. Jump Me One More Time (2:30)
17. Lookin' For A Woman (3:12)
18. Ride 'Til I Die (2:56)

This interesting release re-creates the look and contents of the 1964 Kent Records LP called Original Folk Blues of John Lee Hooker right down to the original sleeve art, and ups the ante by including a previously unreleased version of Let Your Daddy Ride as well as six other additional bonus tracks.

Most of these cuts were recorded with Bernie Besman in Detroit in fascinatingly primitive fashion between 1948 and 1954, and were then shipped to the Bihari Brothers' Modern Records imprint for release as singles. Included here are Hooker's first versions of Boogie Chillen', Crawlin' King Snake, and Sally Mae, each of which is classic Hooker, as rough and raw as a Delta wind blowing shards of glass up the Detroit River.

There are some odd experiments, too, like the spooky Cold Chills, which features an absolutely huge-sounding organ played by Buddy Johnson and some eerie, multi-tracked vocals from Hooker, with the whole recording sounding like it was tracked in a massive cavern deep in the earth with a bank of thick fog rolling over everything.

These Modern releases have appeared time and time again on various Hooker collections, but there is the feel of something special about this particular package. It's all ragged and delightfully unhinged, which is the only way to go with John Lee Hooker. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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John Lee Hooker - Urban Blues (Expanded Edition)

Size: 93,6 MB
Time: 39:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1967/1993
Styles: Detroit Blues, Delta Blues
Art: Full

01. Cry Before I Go (2:38)
02. Boom Boom (2:40)
03. Backbiters And Syndicaters (2:50)
04. Mr. Lucky (2:52)
05. My Own Blues (2:33)
06. I Can't Stand To Leave You (2:30)
07. Think Twice Before You Go (2:03)
08. I'm Standing In Line (2:50)
09. Hot Spring Water, Part I (2:22)
10. Hot Spring Water, Part II (2:30)
11. The Motor City Is Burning (2:00)
12. I Gotta Go To Vietnam (4:24)
13. Messin' 'Round With The Blues (3:18)
14. Hold On Baby (3:31)

Urban Blues is the fourth recording by John Lee Hooker under the ABC recording years. It was released in 1967 under the ABC-Bluesway record label, and re-released in 1993 under MCA records with two bonus tracks and a different song order.

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