Documenting The Sensation Recordings 1948-1952 John Lee Hooker

£35.65

Genre:
Blues
Label:
Ace Records
Format:
CD
Catalogue Id:
JLHBOX 019

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John Lee Hooker's 1948-1952 recordings made in Detroit, Michigan by Bernard Besman. Includes 19 previously unissued versions.

Ace acquired a lot of John Lee Hooker sides when we purchased the Sensation label from Bernard Besman. Bernie had also sold some sides to United Artists and to Greene Bottle before then. However, no-one has carried out a forensic investigation into exactly what we had bought, until now.

These three CDs contain all of the Ace-owned Besman John Lee Hooker sides gathered in one place for the first time. Also included is the Little Eddie Kirkland RPM single with John Lee Hooker on second guitar and vocal. There has been meticulous tape research for best sources, so the mastering far exceeds anything presented before, as anyone who has the ‘Boogie Chillen’’/‘Boogie Chillen’ #2’ 10-inch 78 we recently issued can attest. 19 different, previously unreleased versions of songs appeared in the research for the project, including extended takes and alternative versions.

The collection comes as a 3CD digipak box set. The accompanying booklet features an introductory note from Peter Guralnick, a comprehensive overview of the music from Dr Wayne Goins, Director of Jazz Studies at Kansas State University, and a sessionography covering all the tracks on the CDs.

These early Hooker recordings are akin to jazz as much as the blues, with an improvisatory feel, harking back to the pre-war era, but with a very distinct approach and a unique sound presaging the blues that was to come.

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Track listing

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Side 1

  • 01 Preview Sally Mae (alt take)

  • 02 Preview War Is Over (Goodbye California] (extended take)

  • 03 Preview War Is Over (Goodbye California) (alt take)

  • 04 Preview War Is Over (Goodbye California) (extended take)

  • 05 Preview Boogie Chillen'

  • 06 Preview Henry's Swing Club

  • 07 Preview Drifting From Door To Door

  • 08 Preview Hobo Blues (alt take)

  • 09 Preview Numbers Blues (aka She Ain't Good For Nothin' - alt take)

  • 10 Preview Alberta

  • 11 Preview Alberta (alt take)

  • 12 Preview Howlin' Wolf (aka I'm A Howling Wolf)

  • 13 Preview Crawlin' King Snake

  • 14 Preview Hoogie Boogie (instrumental)

  • 15 Preview Hastings Street Boogie (extended take)

  • 16 Preview Build Myself A Cave (aka The World Is In A Tangle - take 1)

  • 17 Preview Build Myself A Cave (aka The World Is In A Tangle - take 2)

  • 18 Preview Build Myself A Cave (aka The World Is In A Tangle - take 3)

  • 19 Preview Build Myself A Cave (aka The World Is In A Tangle - intercut of takes 2 & 3)

  • 20 Preview Graveyard Blues

  • 21 Preview Momma Poppa Boogie

  • 22 Preview Burnin' Hell

  • 23 Preview Sailing Blues (aka Drifting Blues)

  • 24 Preview Black Cat Blues

Side 2

Side 3

  • 01 Preview John L's House Rent Boogie (aka House Rent Boogie - alt take)

  • 02 Preview John L's House Rent Boogie (alt take I/T)

  • 03 Preview Queen Bee

  • 04 Preview Grinder Man

  • 05 Preview Walkin' This Highway

  • 06 Preview Women In My Life (aka Goin' Away Baby)

  • 07 Preview Tease Me Baby (Tease Your Daddy) (aka Tease Your Daddy)

  • 08 Preview I Need Lovin' aka Tease Me Over Baby (aka Tease Me Over Baby - alt take)

  • 09 Preview How Can You Do It

  • 10 Preview I'm In The Mood

  • 11 Preview I'm In The Mood (humming overdub)

  • 12 Preview I'm In The Mood (harmonica overdub)

  • 13 Preview I'm In The Mood (alt take - aka "original one voice")

  • 14 Preview Turn Over A New Leaf

  • 15 Preview It Hurts Me So

  • 16 Preview It Hurts Me So (alt take)

  • 17 Preview I Got Eyes For You

  • 18 Preview I Got Eyes For You (alt take 2 or 5)

  • 19 Preview Key To The Highway

  • 20 Preview I Got The Key (alt take - Key To The Highway)

  • 21 Preview Bluebird Blues

  • 22 Preview That's All Right

  • 23 Preview It's Time For Lovin' To Be Done

  • 24 Preview That's All Right Boogie (underdub)

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"both for lovers of the early post-war Detroit blues and for those who admire Hooker’s oeuvre, this is anessential buy. Grab it now!" Blues and Rhythm (CD of the Month)

MOJO ★★★★★ 

Record Collector ★★★★★ 

A Record Collector Reissue of the Year 2020

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