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Hooker bounced around between label affiliations like crazy in the 1950s, recording under almost as many fake names as he did labels during that decade. His two lasting record company hookups occurred with Chess in the early 1950s and Vee-Jay later on in the decade. All of Hooker's Chess masters from that decade (he would later record in the '60s for them as well) are here on this two-disc, 31-track collection. Unlike other Chess artists, Hooker did little of his recording in Chicago, preferring to work out of his Detroit home base, where he continued to record for other labels under a variety of pseudonyms. His 1951 Chicago session excepted, the rest of the tracks emanate from Detroit sessions that also saw issuance on the local Gone, H-Q and Fortune labels. This is early John Lee at his solo-guitar, foot-stomping best, featuring boogies and introspective, slow blues that rival his best work. Some of the Detroit tracks reveal inbred distortion that can't be overcome even with modern day noise reduction techniques, but don't let that deter you from sampling some of the best John Lee Hooker available on compact disc for a second.
© Cub Koda /TiVo
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John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1952 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lowell Fulson, ComposerLyricist - John Lee Hooker, MainArtist
℗ 1952 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 Geffen Records
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John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist - MACEO MERRIWEATHER, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Hooker bounced around between label affiliations like crazy in the 1950s, recording under almost as many fake names as he did labels during that decade. His two lasting record company hookups occurred with Chess in the early 1950s and Vee-Jay later on in the decade. All of Hooker's Chess masters from that decade (he would later record in the '60s for them as well) are here on this two-disc, 31-track collection. Unlike other Chess artists, Hooker did little of his recording in Chicago, preferring to work out of his Detroit home base, where he continued to record for other labels under a variety of pseudonyms. His 1951 Chicago session excepted, the rest of the tracks emanate from Detroit sessions that also saw issuance on the local Gone, H-Q and Fortune labels. This is early John Lee at his solo-guitar, foot-stomping best, featuring boogies and introspective, slow blues that rival his best work. Some of the Detroit tracks reveal inbred distortion that can't be overcome even with modern day noise reduction techniques, but don't let that deter you from sampling some of the best John Lee Hooker available on compact disc for a second.
© Cub Koda /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
- Total length: 01:35:17
- Main artists: John Lee Hooker
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen*
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Blues
© 1998 Geffen Records This Compilation ℗ 1998 Geffen Records
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