John Lee Hooker - The World´s Greatest Blues Singer

JOHN LEE HOOKER
cont´d (page 2)
- the original albums

presented by Claus Röhnisch

The Definitive JOHN LEE HOOKER
1948-1955 Detroit
Session Discography

JOHN LEE HOOKER in Chicago
1955-1964 Vee-Jay
Session Discography

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John Lee Hooker´s Original Vinyl Albums
(... and I got ´em all ..., .. European issues marked *)
Track listings on several albums reissued on CD are to be found at Ultimate CD Collection

Find full track listings
on most of the albums listed below at
Jarlvik's Super Hooker Discography
LPs | CDs



The Detroit Years: 1948 - 1955
Want to find out track listings of the below?: then check Thomas Jarlvik´s    albums discography.

Crown CLP 5157   (1960)

Chess 1434   (1960)
Crown CLP 5232   (1961)

Chess 1454   (1961)
King 727   (1961)

Crown CLP 5295   (1962)
Crown CLP 5353   (1963)
Atco 33-151 (1963)

Fortune 3002 (ca 1963)
Kent LP 5025 (525) (1964)
Advent 2801* (ca 1967)
Red Lightnin´ RL003* (1969)
Audio Lab 1520 (ca 1969)
Specialty SPS 2125 (1970)
Specialty SPS 2127 (1971)
United Artists 5512   (1972)
GreeneBottle GBS 3130 (1972)
United Artists 3-127 (1973)
Chess 2-60011 (1973)
Polydor 2310 256* (1973)
Specialty SNFT 5013* (1973)
Savoy 2-2255 (ca 1979)
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) The Blues (early Modern sides also on United 7725;
reissued as The Greatest Hits of.. on Kent 559 in 1971 and United 7769)
House Of the Blues (1951-52; several re-issues) tracks
Sings The Blues (Modern also on United 7710, 7723;
also Custom 1048 and Ember 3371 Driftin´ Thru The Blues)
Plays And Sings The Blues (1950-52; several re-issues) tracks
Sings Blues (Battle rec. 1948-50, also on Ember 3356
later on King 1085 as Moanin´ & Stompin´; and Polydor 2310.054 as Moanin´ Blues;
reissued on Gusto 5032 in 1976; and on Bellaphon 8021 as Moanin´ & Stompin´ Blues;
also on Charly CD 245 plus SeeForMiles and King Masters as Don´t You Remember Me)
Folk Blues (fine 1952-54 Moderns, United 7729)
The Great (United 7731 The Great Blues Sounds of)
Don´t Turn Me From Your Door   tracks
titled Driftin´ Blues on Atlantic 590003; Henry Stone prod. DeLuxe 1953, plus 1961)
John Lee & Big Maceo (feat. Elmer Barbee rec.)
Original Folk Blues (United 7746, comp of Crown rec above)
John Lee Hooker & his Guitar (British bootleg Modern et.al.)
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) tracks
Johnny Lee (2-set Besman alternates)
John Lee Hooker´s Detroit (3-set Besman)
Mad Man Blues (2-set of Chess + 1966 rec)
Slim´s Stomp (reissue of King, plus bonus; 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))

Listen to 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).

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 (1962)
VeeJay 2-1004 (1962)
VeeJay 1066   (1963)

VeeJay 1078 (1964)
Riverside RM 008* (1964)
VeeJay 8502   (1965)
Guest Star 1902 (1966)
Galaxy 8205 (1963)
Stax ST 2013 (1969)
Atlantic SD 7228   (1972)
Ace LP 298* (1972)
Fantasy 24706 (1972)
Dynasty DY 7301 (1974)
Trip 9504 ('70s)
Up Front UPF-104 ('70s)
Bellaphon 5523   ('70s)
DJM DJD 28026* (1977)
Muse MR 5205 (1979)
Charly CRB 1004* (1980)
Charly CRB 1014* (1981)
Charly CRB 1029* (1981)
Charly CRB 1081* (1984)
VeeJay CD 713 (1992)
Fantasy FCD 47714 (2002) I´m John Lee Hooker (compilation 1955-59)
The Country Blues of (1959; Battle 6114 How Long Blues 1963, also Prestige; reissued on
Fantasy 24722 Black Snake, 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)
"Gold" (1007 and 1058 on double-LP)
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 Hopkins)
Live At Sugar Hill (titled Live At Sugarhill on Ace LP 287, 1968 - rec. in San Francisco 1962)
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
In Person (VeeJay recordigns not on above LPs, mostly recorded 1964)
Whiskey & Wimmen (VeeJay compilation)
I´m In The Mood (one of several VeeJay low-price comp)
Dusty Road (VeeJay 2-set comp)
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)
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)

Coast to Coast: 1965 - 1974
Want to find out track listings of the below?: then check Thomas Jarlvik´s    albums discography.

Folkways 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)
Bluesway BLS 6052 (1972)
Carson 3662* (1970)
America 61001* (1970)
Festival 2-186*
Black And Blue 333023*
    (ca 1971)
Liberty 2-35002 (1971)
ABC 2-720 (1971)
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 Claves 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) tracks
More Real Folk Blues - The Missing Album (rec 1966, compl new tracks)
Live At the Café Au Go-Go (rec 1966) tracks
Urban Blues (Al Smith prod, Chicago, rec 1967) tracks
Simply The Truth (rec September 17-18, 1968) tracks
If You Miss ´Im ... I Got ´Im (rec 1969) tracks
Live At Kabuki Wuki (rec 1971)
I Feel Good (French rec 1969 rec also on US Jewel 5005)
I Wanna Dance All Night (from same session as above, reissued on Musidisc 1361)
Black Rhythm & 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) tracks
Endless Boogie (2-set November, 1970) tracks
Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive (rec 1971) tracks
Live At Soledad (rec 1972) tracks
Born In Mississippi, Raised Up In Tennessee (rec 1971/72) tracks | details
Free Beer And Chicken ("Homework" and more, rec 1974) 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

Note: Almost all albums reissued on CDs in later years (some with alternate titles and bonus tracks).
Want to find out track listings of above?:
Then find most of the LPs above at Jarlvik's Super Hooker Discography
with full LP track listings!     | Jarlvik's main page |

SoftShoe Slim's album page on Hooker.

Richard W. Rinn´s superb Hooker discography is now hosted by Claus´ The Coasters Web Site site; check the disco!
The list above is not complete, but covers all of Hooker´s original albums ... there are several Modern,VeeJay and ABC compilations issued in the US and the World on different labels, not listed above, which contain recordings issued on the albums listed above, and an uncountable number of reissues in Europe, Japan and U.S. .... and there´s more with all the interesting live-albums of 1975+ and his studio come-back from 1989. (The Tomato 2-sets above are recorded 1976 and 1977 and reissud on Rhino).

Complete Session Discography
- compiled by Claus Röhnisch

JLH 1948 - 1955
The Detroit Sessions
Johnnie Lee´s Definitive Blues

The Prime Years 1955 - 1964
Vee-Jay Sessions
Johnnie Lee Hooker in Chicago

Sir John Lee Hooker´s
Sixties Recordings
The Album Sessions: Coast-To-Coast

A Travelin´ Blues Giant
Frisco Blues
The Albums 1970 - 1999



7 Essential Vee-Jay Albums
Track contents as on original Vee-Jay LPs
Check Hooker CDs at Collectables, also featuring a fine Biography
- all of these seven albums have recently been reissued in the US on Collectables CDs
- with covers identical to original Vee-Jay albums.
The first four of them are also reissued on Charly Records with bonus tracks
(Charly covers illustrated on those).

I´m John Lee Hooker

Vee-Jay LP 1007 (1959)

Recorded at 5 sessions in Chicago between
October, 1955 and June, 1958 plus
on January 22, 1959 *
featuring Eddie Taylor, gtr; George Washington-55/56,
Quinn Wilson-57 and Everett McCrary-57*/58,bs;
Tom Whitehead-55/56/57, Richard Johnson-57*/58,dms,
Frankie Bradford-57* and Joe Hunter-58,pno; Jimmy Reed,hca-55.
Only Eddie Taylor on "Maudie" and "I´m In The Mood"
plus Earl Phillips,dms on "Maudie"
| Listen to all the tracks | ctsy Vee-Jay Official Website

1. Dimples (56)
2. Hobo Blues *
3. I´m So Excited (57)
4. I Love You Honey (58)
5. Boogie Chillun *
6. Little Wheel (57*) 1. I´m In The Mood *
2. Maudie *
3. Crawlin´ King Snake *
4. Every Night (56)
5. Time Is Marching (55)
6. Baby Lee (56)

Travelin´

Vee Jay LP 1023 (1960)
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

1. No Shoes
2. I Wanna Walk
3. Canal Street Blues
4. Run On
5. I´m A Stranger
6. Whiskey And Wimmen 1. Solid Sender
2. Sunny Land
3. Goin´ To California
4. I Can´t Believe
5. I´ll Know Tonight
6. Dusty Road

The Folk Lore of ...

Vee Jay LP 1033 (1961)

Recorded in New York April 29* (Newport) and June 25**, 1960
- plus in Chicago January 4, 1961
Chicago tracks featuring William "Lefty" Bates,gtr/hca-1;
Quinn Wilson,bs; Earl Phillips,dms and poss. Pops Staples,gtr
| Listen to all the tracks | ctsy Vee-Jay Official Website

1. Tupelo *
2. I´m Mad Again
3. I´m Going Upstairs
4. Want Ad Blues
5. Five Long Years **
6. I Like To see You Walk ** 1. The Hobo *
2. Hard-Headed Woman (-1)
3. Wednesday Evening Blues **
4. Take Me As I Am **
5. My First Wife Left Me **
6. You´re Looking Good Tonight **

Burnin´

Vee Jay LP-1043 (1962)

Recorded in Chicago late 1961
featuring Ivy Joe Hunter, pno/dir; Hank Cosby,tensax/arr;
Mike Terry,barsax; Larry Veeder,gtr; James Jamerson,bs;
Benny Benjamin,dms
| Listen to all the tracks | ctsy Vee-Jay Official Website

1. Boom Boom
2. Process
3. Lost A Good Girl
4. A New Leaf
5. Blues Before Sunrise
6. Let´s Make It 1. I Got A Letter
2. Thelma
3. Drug Store Woman
4. Keep Your Hands To Yourself
5. What Do You Say
note: only eleven tracks
- track 4 titled "She´s Mine" on single.

The Big Soul of ...

VJLP 1058 (1962)

Recorded in Chicago 1962 (two sessions)
featuring Ivy Joe Hunter, pno/dir; plus accomp. similar
to above including one trumpet and organ
with Mary Wilson & the Andantes (Jackie Hicks,
Marlene Barrow and LaVain Demps, vocals second session*)
| Listen to all the tracks | ctsy Vee-Jay Official Website

1. San Francisco *
2. Take A Look At Yourself *
3. Send Me Your Pillow
4. She Shot Me Down *
5. I Love Her *
6. Old Time Shimmy 1. You Know I Love You
2. Big Soul (instr) *
3. Good Rocking Mama
     (second session)
4. Onions
5. No One Told Me (second session)
note: only eleven tracks
- track 1 side 1 titled "Frsico Blues" on single.

On Campus

VJLP 1066 (1963)
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

1. I´m Leaving
     (second session, no reeds, no grp)
2. Love Is A Burning Thing
3. Birmingham Blues (no vcl group)
4. I Want To Shout
5. Don´t Look Back
6. I Want To Hug You 1. Poor Me
2. I Want To Ramble *
3. Half A Stranger *
4. My Grinding Mill *
5. Bottle Up And Go *
6. One Way Ticket *

In Person

Vee-Jay VJS (Dynasty) 7301 (1974)

Recorded in Chicago mid 1964 (issued in 1974, after Vee-Jay´s resurrection)
featuring unknown lead gtr; bs; dms
| Check the tracks at oldies.com (Collectables) | (and listen to audio clips of all)
Note: the eight 1964 titles are also featured on the RPM CD 208
"The Complete 1964 Recordings" (also including his London tracks)

1. You´re Gonna Need Another Favor *
2. New Sally Mae
3. Your Baby Ain´t Sweet Like Mine
4. She´s Long, She´s Tall
5. You´re Mellow
* from Hooker´s VJLP-1078 "Concert At Newport" (1965, recorded in 1963) 1. Will The Circle Be Unbroken **
2. Flowers On The Hour
3. It Serves Me Right To Suffer
4. Ain´t No Big Thing Baby
5. You Can Run Baby
** recorded January 4, 1961
"Folk Lore"-session (prev. unissued)

Three early Vee-Jay compilations

The Best of John Lee Hooker

Vee Jay LP 1049 (1962)
Dimples
Boogie Chillun
Little Wheel
Crawlin´ King Snake
No Shoes
Tupelo
*
Drug Store Woman
Boom Boom
Hobo Blues
I´m In The Mood
Whiskey And Wimmen
Dusty Road
| Vee-Jay Records Music |

"Gold"

VeeJay LP 2-1004 (1962)
(LPs l007 and 1058 on a 2-set LP)

Vee-Jay reissued LP 1049 (The Best of)
and LP 1058 (Burnin´)
on 2-set album LP 2-1004 "Gold" in late 1962.

Check Hooker CDs
at Collectables
Note: The first four Vee-Jay album images
of above arr from the British Charly CD series
(they include several bonus tracks
The Collectables CD re-issue series
(with images at heading)
only have the original LP tracks
(with the Dynasty LP issued on CD in 2001).

Is He The World´s Greatest Blues Singer?

Vee-Jay LP 8502 (1965)
Crawlin´ King Snake
Blues Before Sunrise
Process (listed but does not appear)
Want Ad Blues
Whiskey And Wimmen
The Mighty Fire
*
Talk That Talk Baby
My First Wife Left Me
Wednesday Evening Blues
Maudie
Time Is Marching
Boom Boom
| listen to all the tracks |
Label title: Is He Really 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!

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)
1964

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

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

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