John Lee Hooker - John Lee Hooker [LP]

WAXTIME

£15.53

Cat. no: 772336
Format: LP
Barcode: 8435723700166
Release Date: 05 May 2023
Genre: Blues

Limited edition 180g vinyl audiophile pressing, original album + 2 bonus tracks

This release presents one of Hooker's most difcult to fnd albums, the eponymous John Lee Hooker,originally released in 1962 by the Fantasy Records subsidiary Galaxy label.

It includes a selection of hard-to-fnd recordings Hooker made with his electric guitar during different sessions in the 1950s. All of the dates were produced by Bernard Besman, the man who helped defne Hooker's recorded sound, which often relied upon heavy walking beats, boogies, and an eerie atmosphere. Most of LP contains raw solo recordings like the opener 'Might As Well Say We're Through', 'Left My Wife and My Baby', and 'Fire at Natchez, among others, combined with some full band performances such as 'Lost My Job', and the great 'Shake It Up and Go'.

Tracks: Baby, You Ain't No Good (Bonus Track) / Ballad To Abraham Lincoln / My Mother-In-Law Moved In / Mad With You Baby / The Sweetest Girl I Know / Fire At Natchez / Shake It Up And Go / Let's Talk It Over (Bonus Track) / Deep Down In My Hear T / Travelin' Day And Night / Left My Wife And My B Aby / Lost My Job / Risin' Sun (Louisiana Voo-Doo) / Might As Well S Ay We're Through