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Never Get Out of These Blues Alive (MCA)

John Lee Hooker
Never Get Out of These Blues Alive

Current: MCA CD 31361 (MC(A)D 31361, 1990)
Current: BMG CD 010431 (MSI-010431, 1996)
Original Release: ABC LP 736 (1972)
Specifications: 1 disc, 7 tracks, duration approx. 40 minutes
Stereo, AAD
Recorded: Wally Heider Recording, San Francisco, September 28 and 29, 1971
Tracks: 01. Bumblebee, Bumblebee [04:13]
02. Hit The Road [02:57]
03. Country Boy [06:59]
04. Boogie with The Hook [06:32] ABC 11320
05. T.B. Sheets [04:58]
06. Letter to My Baby [03:57]
07. Never Get Out of These Blues Alive [10:15] ABC 11320
Personnel: John Lee Hooker vocals; guitar
Van Morrison vocals on 07; guitar on 07

Charlie Musselwhite harmonica on 02, 03

Michael White violin on 04, 05

Robert Hooker organ on 01, 04, 05, 07; electric piano on 02, 03
Cliff Coulter electric piano on 01, 06
Steven Miller organ on 03
Mark Naftalin piano on 04, 06, 07

Benny Rowe slide guitar on 01
Elvin Bishop slide guitar on 03, 07
Luther Tucker guitar on 01, 02, 05, 06
Paul Wood guitar on 04
Mel Brown guitar on 04
Ray MacCarty guitar on 06

Gino Skaggs fender bass on 01-04, 07; bass on 05
Mel Brown bass guitar on 03, 06
John Kahn fender bass on 06

Ron Beck drums on 01, 06
Ken Swank drums on 02, 04, 05, 07
Chuck Crimelli drums on 03

Produced by Ed Michel
Engineered by
Ken Hopkins
Assisted by
Rick Stanley

Mixed at the Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Engineering by
Baker Bigsby

All songs written by John Lee Hooker

Photography and original design by Phil Melnick

* - Van Morrison appears through the courtesy of Warner Brothers Records

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RealAudio 02-04: Amazon.com
No Audio: All-Music Guide


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INFORMATION SOURCES
Cover: Scanned myself.
Release Details: Original catalogue number from Boogie Chillen book.  MCA catalogue number from CD.  Dates and other details from online sources.
Specifications: From the MCA CD.
Recorded: MCA CD and Boogie Chillen book.
Tracks: Names and durations from the CD.  Issues from Boogie Chillen book.
Personnel: From the MCA CD.