John Lee Hooker CD Discography - Alternative Boogie

	John Lee Hooker Alternative Boogie: Early Studio Recordings, 1948-1952

Current:		Capitol Blues Collection CD 7243 8 33912 2 6 (1995)

Specifications:		3 discs, 56 tracks, duration approx. 165 minutes Mono, AAD

Recorded:		Detroit, 1948-1952, except tracks 22-25, 42, 50, 53 (note: on the actual CD inlay, these tracks are stated to be from 1952)

Tracks:		01.	Come Back Baby [02:57] (a.k.a. One More Time/Let's Talk It Over/Let's Think It Over) Recorded April 28th, 1950 - Modern 20-790, Crown LP 5353, Kent LP 525, UA LP 5512
		02.	Forgive Me [03:13] Recorded 1949 - UA LP 5512
		03.	Streets is Filled with Women [03:13] (alt. take of Looking for Romance/Movin' On Down the Line) Recorded April 2nd, 1951 - UA LP 5512
		04.	Moon is Rising [02:49] Recorded 1950 - UA LP 5512
		05.	Whistle Done Blown [03:10] Recorded April 2nd, 1951 - UA LP 5512
		06.	Turnin' Gray Blues [02:48] Recorded April 28th, 1950 - UA LP 5512
		07.	She Was in Chicago [02:57] Recorded circa September, 1948 - UA LP 5512
		08.	Lord Taketh My Baby Away [03:02] (a.k.a. Decoration Day Blues) Recorded April 28th, 1950 - Sensation 33, UA LP 5512
		09.	Just Like a Woman [02:59] (a.k.a. Never Satisfied) Recorded 1950 - Regal 3304, UA LP 5512
		10.	Throw This Old Dog a Bone [03:05] (alt. take of Notoriety Woman/No Place to Stay) Recorded 1950 - UA LP 5512
		11.	Johnny Lee's Mood [03:04] (a.k.a. Original One Voice) Recorded August 7th, 1951 - UA LP 5512
		12.	Miss Eloise, Miss Eloise [02:41] (a.k.a. Miss Eloise) Recorded 1949 - Sensation 34, Regal 3295, UA LP 5512
		13.	Crying All Night [02:43] (alt. take of Roll 'n' Roll/I Cried the Whole Night Long) Recorded April 28th, 1950 - UA LP 5512
		14.	Welfare Blues [02:57] (alt. take of Strike Blues) Recorded April 28th, 1950 - UA LP 5512
		15.	Johnny Lee's Original Boogie [02:53] (alt. take of Roll 'n' Roll/I Cried the Whole Night Long) Recorded circa September, 1948 - UA 3LP 127
		16.	She Left Me By Myself [02:49] Recorded circa January, 1950 - UA 3LP 127
		17.	Out the Door I Went [03:01] (a.k.a. John L's House Rent Boogie/John Lee's House Rent Boogie/House Rent Boogie/Hey 's the House Rent Boogie) Recorded November 16th, 1950 Modern 814, Crown LP 5157, UA 3LP 127, DCC LP/CD 042
		18.	My Baby She's Long and Tall [03:03] (alt. take of Weeping Willow/Weeping Willow Boogie) Recorded 1949 - UA 3LP 127
			Disc Two
		19.	No Mortgage on My Soul [03:18] Recorded circa January, 1950 - UA 3LP 127
		20.	I Come to You Baby [02:45] Recorded circa January, 1952 - UA 3LP 127
		21.	I Rule My Den [02:45] (alt. take of Crawlin' King Snake) Recorded circa September, 1948 - UA 3LP 127
		22.	The Great Disaster of 1936 [03:03] (a.k.a. Fire at Natchez) Recorded Culver City, California, March 9th, 1961 - UA 3LP 127
		23.	The Winding Highway [02:55] (a.k.a. Left My Wife and Baby) Recorded Culver City, California, March 9th, 1961 - UA 3LP 127
		24.	She Quit Me [02:50] (a.k.a. Travelin' Day and Night) Recorded Culver City, California, March 9th, 1961 - UA 3LP 127
		25.	How Long Can This Go On [02:53] (a.k.a. Deep Down in My Heart) Recorded Culver City, California, March 9th, 1961 - Lauren 362, UA 3LP 127
		26.	Can I Say Hello [03:09] (a.k.a. Don't You Remember Me) Recorded November 16th, 1950 - Crown LP 5232, UA 3LP 127
		27.	I Had a Dream [03:00] (alt. take of Black Cat Blues) Recorded 1949 - UA 3LP 127
		28.	Me and a Woman [02:39] (a.k.a. I'm Gonna Git Me a Woman) (alt. take of Reach My Goal/Find Me a Woman) Recorded April 2nd, 1951 - UA 3LP 127, DCC LP/CD 042
		29.	Throw My Money Around [02:41] Recorded August 7th, 1951 - UA 3LP 127
		30.	Well I Got to Leave [02:54] (alt. take of Playin' the Races/Dream a Number) Recorded circa January, 1950 - UA 3LP 127
		31.	I Gotta Be Comin' Back [02:42] (a.k.a. Boogie Chillen 2) Recorded April 28th, 1950 Sensation 34, Regal 3295, Sp LP 2125, Sp CD 7018, UA 3LP 127
		32.	I Don't Be Welcome Here [03:01] (alt. take of Do My Baby Think of Me) Recorded April 28th, 1950 - UA 3LP 127
		33.	Two Voice Original Mood [03:06] (with two layers of vocal and guitar overdubs from JLH) Recorded August 7th, 1951 - UA 3LP 127
		34.	Three Voice Original Mood [03:06] (a.k.a. I'm in The Mood) (with three layers of vocal and guitar overdubs from JLH) Recorded August 7th, 1951 Modern 835, Crown LP 5157, UA 3LP 127, Kent 332, Flair CD 39658
		35.	Johnny Says Come Back [03:15] (a.k.a. Anybody Seen My Baby) Recorded August 7th, 1951 - Modern 847, Crown LP 5157, UA 3LP 127
		36.	The Story of a Married Woman [02:47] Recorded April 28th, 1950 - UA 3LP 127
		37.	Snap Them Fingers Boogie [03:02] (instrumental, alt. take of Hoogie Boogie) Recorded 1949 - UA 3LP 127
			Disc Three
		38.	Lord What More Can I Do? [02:54] (alt. take of Welfare Blues) Recorded April 28th, 1950 - UA 3LP 127
		39.	Baby Please Don't Go [02:18] (a.k.a. I Was Beggin' My Baby) (edited version of Wednesday Evening/She Left Me on My Bended Knee) Recorded circa January, 1950 - UA 3LP 127
		40.	I'm Going Away [03:02] (a.k.a. Four Women in My Life) (alt. take of Women in My Life/Four Women in My Life) Recorded April 2nd, 1951 - UA 3LP 127, DCC LP/CD 042
		41.	Hummin' The Blues [03:06] (a.k.a. Whistlin' and Moanin' Blues) Recorded 1949 Modern 20-688, Crown LP 5157, Kent LP 525, UA 3LP 127, Ace (E) CD 530
		42.	Johnny Lee and The Thing [02:45] (a.k.a. Shake It Up and Go) Recorded Culver City, California, March 9th, 1961 - Galaxy 716, UA 3LP 127
		43.	Slow Down Your Chatter Baby [02:54] (a.k.a. Let Your Daddy Ride) Recorded circa January, 1950 - Sensation 30, UA 3LP 127, Ace (E) CD 530
		44.	I Did Everything [03:23] (alt. take of Anybody Seen My Baby/Johnny Says Come Back) Recorded August 7th, 1951 - UA 3LP 127
		45.	Someone to Love - Take 1 [02:47] Recorded circa January, 1952 - UA 3LP 127
		46.	Someone to Love - Take 2 [03:01] Recorded circa January, 1952 - UA 3LP 127
		47.	There's a Day Comin' Baby [03:05] (a.k.a. Sally May/Sally Mae) Recorded circa September, 1948 - Modern 20-627, Crown LP 5353, UA 3LP 127
		48.	I Was Beggin' My Baby [02:15] (a.k.a. Baby Please Don't Go) (edited version of Wednesday Evening/She Left Me on My Bended Knee) Recorded circa January, 1950 - UA 3LP 127
		49.	Nobody to Talk to Me [03:04] Recorded November 16th, 1950 - UA 3LP 127
		50.	I'm Gonna Whip Ya Baby [02:56] (a.k.a. Mad With You Baby) Recorded Culver City, California, March 9th, 1961 - UA 3LP 127
		51.	It's a Crime and a Shame [02:48] (a.k.a. Give Me Your Phone Number) Recorded 1950 - Modern 20-767, UA 3LP 127
		52.	I Met the Grindin' Man [03:01] (alt. take of Grinder Man) Recorded November 16th, 1950 - UA 3LP 127
		53.	Louisiana Blues for You [02:51] (a.k.a. Mojo Hand, Risin' Sun, Louisiana Voodoo) Recorded Culver City, California, March 9th, 1961 - Lauren 361, UA 3LP 127
		54.	Long, Long Way from Home [02:50] (alt. take of Hobo Blues) Recorded circa September, 1948 - UA 3LP 127
		55.	Sometime [02:59] Recorded 1949 - UA 3LP 127
		56.	T.B.'s Killin' Me [02:54] (a.k.a. No Friend Around) Recorded circa January, 1950 - Modern 20-746, UA 3LP 127, Flair CD 39658

References:		Crown LP 5353 The Great (Crown CLP 5353) Kent LP 525 UA LP 5512 Coast to Coast Blues Band (United Artists 5512, 1971) UA 3LP 127 John Lee Hooker's Detroit (United Artists 3-127, 1973) Crown LP 5157 The Blues (Crown CLP 5157) DCC LP/CD 042 40th Anniversary Album (DCC DZL 042, 1989) Crown LP 5232 Sings The Blues (Crown CLP 5232) Sp LP 2125 Alone (Specialty SPS 2125, 1970) Sp CD 7018 Graveyard Blues (Fantasy/Specialty SPCD-7018-2, 1992) Kent 332 Flair CD 39658 The Legendary Modern Recordings (EMD/Virgin/Flair 39658, 1994, U.S.) Ace (E) CD 530 Original Folk Blues of John Lee Hooker (Ace CDCHM 530)

Personnel:		John Lee Hooker vocals; guitar; whistling on 41 Eddie Burns harmonica on 12 Eddie Kirkland guitar on 03, 05, 11, 29, 33-35, 40, 44 Andrew Dunham guitar on 27 Bernard Besman guitar on 45, 46 James Watkins piano on 19, 43 Produced by Bernard Besman Project Director: Wayne Watkins Produced and Compiled by Pete Welding Remastered by Bob Norberg at Capitol Recording Studios Components Coordinated by Kim Niemi Liner notes by Pete Welding (including original notes from John Lee Hooker's Detroit by Bernard Besman Art Direction by Tommy Steele Design by Cimarron/Bacon/O'Brien Illustrations by Joe Ciardiello Photo Research by Brad Benedict, Capitol Records Photo Archives Photographs: Michael Ochs Archives

Notes:		This 3CD set comprises the whole of Coast to Coast Blues Band (1971) and John Lee Hooker's Detroit (3LP set, 1973), both originally released by United Artists at the behest of Canned Heat, after their collaboration with John Lee Hooker on Hooker 'n' Heat (1971). The tracks were (at that time) all previously unreleased, and many were alternative takes of existing John Lee Hooker tracks. If you check Capitol's database for John Lee Hooker product, this is the only item that comes up, even though they DO produce some Hooker 'n' Heat stuff. Many of the online stores however are reporting 'label out of stock' for this release, so if you want to get hold of a copy, probably sooner is better than later.

Online:		RealAudio 01-56: Tunes.COM No Audio: All-Music Guide

Similar CD's:		Coast to Coast Blues Band duplicates first fourteen tracks


		INFORMATION SOURCES

Cover:		Scanned myself.

Release Details:		From the CD.

Specifications:		From the CD.

Recorded:		From Jan, 1999 draft of Blues Records 1943-70.

Tracks:		Names and durations from the CD. Alternative names and other appearances from Jan 1999 draft of Blues Records 1943-70.

Personnel:		From Jan, 1999 draft of Blues Records 1943-70.