John Lee Hooker

INCLUDES 8 BONUS TRACKS

This Soul Jam release presents one of Hooker’s most difficult to find albums on CD, the eponymous John Lee Hooker. It was originally released in 1962 by the Fantasy Records’ subsidiary Galaxy label. The album includes a selection of hard-to-find recordings taped with his electric guitar during different sessions in the 1950s, all of them produced by Bernard Besman, the man who helped define Hooker’s recorded sound, which has often relied upon heavy walking beats, boogies, and an eerie atmosphere.

In addition to the original masterpiece, this remastered collector’s edition also contains 8 bonus tracks from the same period.

JOHN LEE HOOKER, vocals, electric guitar and foot stomping.
Additional personnel information is detailed inside booklet.

Recorded in the 1950s in Detroit and Chicago.

TRACKS:

01 MIGHT AS WELL SAY WE’RE THROUGH
02 RISIN’ SUN (Louisiana Voo-Doo)
03 LOST MY JOB
04 LEFT MY WIFE AND MY BABY
05 TRAVELIN’ DAY AND NIGHT
06 DEEP DOWN IN MY HEART
07 SHAKE IT UP AND GO
08 FIRE AT NATCHEZ
09 THE SWEETEST GIRL I KNOW
10 MAD WITH YOU BABY
11 MY MOTHER-IN-LAW MOVED IN
12 BALLAD TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN
13 LET’S TALK IT OVER
14 BABY, YOU AIN’T NO GOOD
15 LONELY BOY BOOGIE
16 DRIFTING FROM DOOR TO DOOR (aka When My First Wife Left Me)
17 DON’T YOU REMEMBER ME
18 BAD BOY
19 EVERY NIGHT
20 HEY BOOGIE

TOTAL TIME: 58:41