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John Lee Hooker´s
Original Vinyl Albums
(... and I got ´em all ..., ..
Original European issues marked *)
Track listings on several albums reissued on CD are to be found at Ultimate CD Collection
The two British Advent LPs (2801 and 2804) featuring rare early singles from
Chance, Sensation, Gotham,
and King, Regent, Savoy, Acorn, Staff and Modern.
Advent site
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The Detroit Years: 1948 - 1955
Want to find out track
listings of the below?: then check Thomas Jarlvik´s
albums discography.
Chess
1438
(1959) Crown CLP 5157 (1960) King 727 (late 1960) Crown CLP 5232 (1961) Chess 1454 (1961) Crown CLP 5295 (1962) Crown CLP 5353 (1963) Atco 33-151 (1963) Fortune 3002 (ca 1963) Advent 2801* (1966) Kent LP 5025 (KST525) (1967) Red Lightnin´ RL003* (1969) Audio Lab 1520 (ca 1969) Specialty SPS 2125 (1970) Specialty SPS 2127 (1971) United Artists 5512 (1971) GreeneBottle GBS 3130 (1972) United Artists UA-LA-127 (1973) Chess 2-60011 (1973) Polydor 2310 256* (1973) Specialty SNFT 5013* (1973) Savoy 2-2255 (1981) Chess PLP 6061* (ca 1981) Ace CH 37* (1981) Official 6029* (ca 1985) Collectables 5151 (1987) Krazy Kat 816* (1987) DCC DZL 042 (1989) Krazy Kat KK 200* (1990) Flyright FLY CD57 (2000) |
House Of the Blues (1951-52; several re-issues
incl 9258) tracks The Blues (early Modern sides also on United 7725 in ca 1970; reissued as The Greatest Hits of.. on Kent 559 in 1971 and United 7769 in ca 1974) Sings Blues (Battle rec. 1948-50, also on British Ember 3356 in 1964 - reissued 1970 on King 1085 and on Gusto 5032 in 1976 as Moanin´ and Stompin´ Blues; also on Bellaphon 8021 as Moanin' & Stompin'; later on Charly CD 245 plus SeeForMiles and King Masters as Don´t You Remember Me) Sings The Blues (Modern - also on Custom 1048 and Ember 3371*; and on United 7710 in 1969; all as Driftin´ Thru The Blues) Plays And Sings The Blues (1950-52; several re-issues incl 9199) tracks Folk Blues (fine 1952-54 Moderns, United 7729 in ca 1971) The Great (United 7731 in ca 1971 The Great Blues Sounds of) Don´t Turn Me From Your Door - John Lee Hooker Sings His Blues tracks (titled Driftin´ Blues on Atlantic 590003; Henry Stone prod. DeLuxe 1953, plus 1961) John Lee & Big Maceo (feat. Elmer Barbee rec.) John Lee Hooker & his Guitar (British bootleg Sensation et.al.) Original Folk Blues (United 7746 in ca 1972, comp of Crown rec above) No Friend Around (originally Advent 2804; early sides bootleg, also on Charly 30170) Highway of Blues (feat King sides plus Brownie McGhee) Alone (Bernie Besman, Sensation prod.) Goin´ Down Highway 51 (Besman) Coast To Coast Blues Band - Any where Any time Any place (Besman, reissued on BGOCD363) tracks Johnny Lee (2-set Besman alternates) tracks John Lee Hooker´s Detroit (3LP-set Besman) Mad Man Blues (2-set of Chess + 1966 rec, reissued on 9214) Slim´s Stomp (all 16 "Texas Slim" tracks from King; no dubbed drums) alternate bootleg CD Hooker, Hopkins & Hogg (Hooker´s 1954) Southern Blues (v.a. - Barbee - Battle 1948 rec. on one side) Blues For Big Town (also on GCH 8119, Chess/Fortune) tracks John Lee Hooker volume one (British Modern reissues) Boogie Chillen (Modern recordings, Danish bootleg) Gotham Golden Classics - Rare Recordings (rec. 1951) Detroit Blues, 1950-51 (Collectables tracks + Eddie Burns, 1951; reiss. on Collectables CD 5316) 40th Anniversary Album (Besman; also on Demon F154 The Detroit Lion - 1990) Boogie Awhile (British 2-set Elmer Barbee plus, 1948-53) The Unknown (private recordings of 1951 - not 1949 - and reissued as Jack O' Diamonds on Eagle 20024 in 2004) |
click on images for full track audios with
realplayer.
Listen to clips of all the tracks on the original Vee-Jay albums at the
blues
section on
Vee-Jay Music Official Website
The Chicago Years: 1955 - 1964
Want to find out track
listings of the below?: then check Thomas Jarlvik´s
albums discography.
Note: Uncountable numbers of
reissues on different labels from the ´70s and on (especially Vee-Jay tracks).
Several of the original Vee-Jay LPs reissued onm British Joy in 1968-69.
VeeJay 1007 (1959) Riverside 12-838 (1959) Riverside 12-321 (1960) VeeJay 1023 (1960) VeeJay 1033 (1961) VeeJay 1043 (early 1962) VeeJay 1049 (1962) Galaxy 8201 (201) (1962) VeeJay 1058 (early 1963) Galaxy 8205 (1963) VeeJay 1066 (1963) VeeJay 1078 (1964) Riverside RM 008* (1964) VeeJay 8502 (1965) Guest Star 1902 (1966) Up Front UPF-104 (1966) Stax ST 2013 (1969) Atlantic SD 7228 (1972) Ace LP 298* (1972) Fantasy 24706 (1972) Fantasy 24722 (1972) Trip 9504 (1973) Dynasty DY 7301 (1974) VeeJay 2-1004 (1977) DJM DJD 28026* (1977) Muse MR 5205 (1979) Charly CRB 1004* (1980) Charly CRB 1014* (1981) Charly CRB 1029* (1981) Charly CRB 1081* (1984) Instant LP 5009* (ca 1985) Chameleon LP 74794 (1989) VeeJay CD 713 (1993) Fantasy FCD 47714 (2002) The Devil's Tunes LP/CD002 (2014) |
I´m John Lee Hooker
(compilation 1955-59) The Country Blues of (1959; Battle 6114 How Long Blues 1963, also Prestige; reissued on Riverside 673020 Tupelo Blues; Fontana 688.700 and Ace CH 282 as The Folk Blues of) That´s My Story - JLH Sings The Blues (1960; also on Battle 6113 The Blues Man 1963; reissued on Fontana 683.269 Blue!, and Riverside 673005 You´re Leavin´ Me Baby; also on Ace CH 259 as That's My Story) tracks Travelin´ ("No Shoes" LP 1960) The Folk Lore of ("I´m Mad Again" LP, 1960-61) Burnin´ ("Boom Boom" LP, late 1961; also on Topline 176) The Best of (comp, also on Buddah 4002 The Very Best of) John Lee Hooker ("Lost My Job" LP, Besman rec 1961, titled The King of Folk Blues on America 6074) The Big Soul of ("Frisco Blues" LP 1962, also on Stateside 11053 Preachin´the Blues) Live At Sugar Hill (titled Live At Sugarhill on Ace LP 287, 1968 - rec. in San Francisco 1962) On Campus (1963; I Want To Shout The Blues on Stateside 10074; reissued on Buddah 7506 Big Band Blues) Concert At Newport (1963) Burning Hell (1959; reiss. on Original Blues Classics CD 555) tracks Is He The World´s Greatest Blues Singer? (comp. of Vee-Jay tracks, also on Exodus 325) Teachin´ The Blues (Henry Stone 1961, plus Joel Carrol) I´m In The Mood (VeeJay compilation, lowprice) That´s Where It´s At (Stone 1961, also issued in 1979 on Stax 4134) tracks Detroit Special (The 1953/1961 Atco LP reissued with several bonus tracks) Live At Sugar Hill Vol 2 (Extra tracks from Sugar Hill session) Boogie Chillun (2-set of the "Sugar Hill" LPs above) tracks Black Snake (2-set reissue of the two first Riverside LPs) Whiskey & Wimmen (2-set VeeJay compilation low-price) In Person (VeeJay recordings not on above LPs, mostly recorded 1964) "Gold" (2-set reissue of VeeJay 1007 and 1058) Dimples (VeeJay 2-set; early sessions incl unissued tracks) Sittin´ Here Thinkin´ (Savoy rec 1961, later reissued as Sad And Lonesome) This Is Hip - As I Am (British VeeJay comp incl unissued) Everybody Rockin´ (British VeeJay comp incl unissued) Moanin´ The Blues (British VeeJay comp incl unissued) Solid Sender (Travelin´+ unissued bonus tracks) The Boogie Man (British Charly VeeJay comp incl unissued) The Hook - 20 years of Hits (Vee-jay compilation) John Lee Hooker on Vee-Jay 1955-1958 (1990s issue, some not on LP before) Live At Sugar Hill Vol. 2 (unissued tracks from Sugar Hill sessions above) I'm Going Home (the ten June 10, 1958 rehearsal tracks plus two bonus tracks on CD) |
Coast to Coast: 1965 - 1974
Want to find out track
listings of the below?: then check Thomas Jarlvik´s
albums discography.
Verve-Forecast
FT 3003
(1965) Impulse AS 9013 (1966) Chess LP 1508 (1966) Chess CHD 9329 (1991) Bluesway BLS 6002 (1967) Bluesway BLS 6012 (1968) Bluesway BLS 6023 (1969) Bluesway BLS 6038 (1969) Carson 3662* (1970) America 61001* (1970) Festival 2-186* Black And Blue 333023* (ca 1971) Liberty 2-35002 (1971) ABC 2-720 (1971) Bluesway BLS 6052 (1972) ABC 736 (1972) ABC 768 (1973) ABC 761 (1973) ABC 838 (1974) MCA 1686* (1982) Tomato 2696141 (1989) Tomato 269660 (2-set) (1989) Tomato 2-7009 (2-set) (1978) |
... And Seven Nights
(rec Nov. 1964; issued on US Cleve LP 82871 as Hooker and The Hogs; and as John Lee Hooker on British New World 6003 and Extra 1115; also on US Wand 689 (1969) as On The Waterfront - with brass/horns added; and on Sequel CD NEBCD657 as The 1965 London Sessions tracks It Serve(s) You Right To Suffer (rec 1965) tracks The Real Folk Blues ("One Bourbon" LP rec 1966, reissued on 9271) tracks More Real Folk Blues - The Missing Album (rec 1966, compl new tracks) Live At the Café Au Go-Go (rec 1966, reissued on BGOCD39) tracks Urban Blues (Al Smith prod, Chicago, rec 1967) tracks Simply The Truth (rec September 17-18, 1968 - reissued on BGOCD40) tracks If You Miss ´Im ... I Got ´Im (rec 1969) tracks I Feel Good (French rec 1969 also on US Jewel 5005) I Wanna Dance All Night (from same session as above, reissued on Musidisc 1361) Black Rhythm 'n' Blues (reissue of the two above) Get Back Home In The USA (French late 1969, also on 335553, and reissued with bonus tracks on CD 59023) Hooker ´N´ Heat (2-set May, 1970; reissued as Crawlin´ King on Trip 3501; and on BGO CD694) tracks Endless Boogie (2-set November, 1970) tracks Kabuki Wuki (rec live 1971) Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive (rec 1971) tracks Live At Soledad Prison (rec 1972) tracks Born In Mississippi, Raised Up In Tennessee (rec 1971/72) tracks | details Free Beer And Chicken ("Homework" and more, rec 1974 - reissued on BGOCD123) tracks Tantalizing with the Blues (British ABC/Bluesway comp (1965-1971) tracks I'll Play The Blues For You (5 tracks live Chicago 1977- the others by Albert King) Alone (live solo, 1976; reissue of Labor and MMG LPs, see JLH page 3; reissued on single CDs on Tomato as Alone Vol 1 and Vol 2) tracks The Cream (live rec 1977; reissued on German Tomato 269021 The Father of the Blues, with longer track time; also on Charly CD SNAD 542) tracks |
Great John Lee Hooker vinyl
site
Note: Almost all albums reissued on CDs in later years (some with alternate titles and
bonus tracks). |
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I´m
John Lee Hooker |
Recorded at 5
sessions in Chicago between
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Travelin´ |
Recorded in Chicago, March 1,
1960 featuring William "Lefty" Bates,gtr; Sylvester Hickman,bs; Jimmy Turner,dms | Listen to all the tracks | ctsy Vee-Jay Official Website
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The
Folk Lore of ... |
Recorded
in New York April 29* (Newport) and June 25**, 1960
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Burnin´ |
Recorded in
Chicago late 1961
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The Big Soul of ... |
Recorded in
Chicago 1962 (two sessions)
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On
Campus |
Recorded in Chicago 1963 (two
sessions) first session featuring only Hooker´s guitar plus drums* - second session with accomp. similar to above incl. poss. Memphis Slim,pno and possibly Martha Reeves & the Vandellas,vocals | Listen to all the tracks | ctsy Vee-Jay Official Website
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In Person |
Recorded in
Chicago mid 1964 (issued in 1974, after
Vee-Jay´s resurrection)
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Three early Vee-Jay compilations
The Best of John Lee Hooker |
"Gold" |
Is He The World´s Greatest Blues Singer? |
Vee-Jay Records Official Web Site -
blues
section - Dont miss this link! Listen to all of Hooker´s tracks on the John Lee Hooker Vee-Jay Collectables albums and check all the information! |
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Concert At Newport - Vee-Jay LP 1078 (1964) The CD pictured second left is an American release of April 2002 - titled "Live at Newport" - containing his live Newport Vee-Jay tracks of 1963 (plus the Vanguard recordings of 1960 and two alternates) Listen to all the tracks on "Concert at Newport" (the original Vee-Jay album) |
Johnnie´s original
Crown and Kent LPs
Recorded in Detroit for Bernie
Besman 1948 - 1952 and for Modern Records 1952 - 1955.
The Blues (Crown CLP 5157) 1960 Boogie Chillen I´m In The Mood Crawling King Snake Queen Bee Hobo Blues Weeping Willow Cold Chills Hoogie Boogie Whistling And Moaning Sally Mae House Rent Boogie Anybody Seen My Baby |
Sings The Blues (Crown CLP 5232) 1961 Driftin´ From Door To Door She Left Me On My Bended Knee Boogie Woogie All Night Long (not Hooker - Louisiana Red) Let Your Daddy Ride Turn Over A New Leaf Don´t You Remember Me Hug And Squeeze You I Love You Baby The Syndicate Good Rockin´ Mama |
Folk Blues (Crown CLP 5295) 1962 Baby I´m Gonna Miss You Half A Stranger Shake Holler And Run Down Child Gonna Boogie Bad Boy Rock House Boogie Let´s Talk It Over Baby You Ain´t No Good Lockin´ For A Woman |
The Great (Crown CLP 5353) 1963 I Need Love So Bad Sally Mae (alt) Key To The Highway How Can You Do It It Hurts Me So She Left Me I Got Eyes For You Let´s Talk It Over (sec version) I´m A Howling Wolf Tease Your Daddy |
Original Folk Blues (Kent LP 5025) (KST 525) 1967 Boogie Chillen Queen Bee Crawlin' King Snake Weeping Willow Boogie Whistlin' And Moanin' Blues Sally Mae I Need Love So Bad Let´s Talk It Over The Syndicator Let Your Daddy Ride Drifting From Door To Door Baby I´m Gonna Miss You |
Scot Pell's great vinyl site
with images of Hooker's
vinyl albums (the
Crown albums).
Hug & Squeeze (aka I
Love You Baby)
God knows I love you, baby, tell the world I do
God knows I love you, darlin', tell the world I do
I'll do anythang, just to be loved by you
Got so much trouble, I. . .don't know what to do
Got so much trouble, I. . .don't know what to do
Yeah, I'll do anything, just to make love to you
I want to hug ya, kiss ya, squeeze ya till my arms fall off
I want to hug ya, kiss ya, squeeze ya till my arms fall off
God knows about that, baby. . .baby, that I love you so
Got so much trouble, I. . .don't know what to do
Got so much trouble, I. . .don't know what to do
Yeah, I'll do anything just to make love to you
I want to hug ya, kiss ya, squeeze ya till my arms fall off
I wants to hug ya, kiss ya, squeeze ya till my arms fall off
You know about that, baby. . .baby that I love you so
JOHN LEE HOOKER
Lots and lots of John Lee Hooker Lyrics
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