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The "Hooker" 4-CD box-set has almost the identical tracks to my "Anniversary Collection".

   
The Modern Detroit Years
1948 - 1955
   

 
The Besman Detroit Years
1948 - 1952
   

 
The Pseudonym Recordings
1948 - 1954
   

 
The Anthologies -
Comp incl Pseudonyms
   

 
The "public domain"
1948 - 1954
   

  
The Vee-Jay Recordings
1955 - 1964
 

 
The Folk Period
1959 - 1962
 

 
The Coast to Coast Years
1965 - 1974
 

California Live
plus the 1990s
 

 
Find full track listings
on most of the CDs listed below at
Jarlvik's Super Hooker Discography
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Blues Kingpins - (Blues Immortal - John Lee Hooker)  E
Virgin (The Right Stuff/The Blues Foundation) CD 82741-2 (August, 2003)
The latest - and maybe it will turn out to be the best - compilation of Hooker´s Modern years (1948-1955) with very fine samples of all the years for the Bihari Brothers. It features 18 great tracks in chronological order (The Right Stuff president Tom Cartwright was the initiator of this release for the Blues Year). The CD has liner notes by compiler/annotator Bill Dahl. Get this one! All tracks are owned by Ace Records Ltd. The tracks on this CD can be found on the following four Ace/Mainstream CDs, although several tracks are issued on CD for the first time in the United States.
Tracks: 1948: BOOGIE CHILLEN - SALLY MAE (LP version) - 1949: HOOGIE BOOGIE - HOBO BLUES - WEEPING WILLOW BOOGIE - CRAWLIN´ KING SNAKE - 1950: HOWLIN´ WOLF - 1951: QUEEN BEE - I´M IN THE MOOD - HOW CAN YOU DO IT - ANYBODY SEEN MY BABY - 1952: I GOT EYES FOR YOU - 1953: IT´S BEEN A LONG TIME BABY - LOVE MONEY CAN´T BUY - 1954: I TRIED HARD - 1955: HUG AND SQUEEZE - THE SYNDICATOR - I´M READY.
| tracks list and info | (from blueskingpins.com)
 

The Legendary Modern Recordings 1948-1954  E
Ace CDCHD 315 (UK) (1993) - Flair V2 1Z-39658 (US) (1994)
A cross section of the original Modern 78´s - actually 1948-1953 - with several classic early hits - simply a must if you want his definitive early singles tracks. The very best of vintage Hooker - 24 classics! CD is compiled by Ray Topping with a  nice inlay comments by Dave Sax (of September, 1991) and backcover images of early Modern singles (one of them showing the original 78 rpm spelling of "Sally May").

Note: The image right is the Japanese P-Vine CD 3035, "The Great John Lee Hooker" (which has the cover of Hooker's Crown album of 1963 and the same runnning order as the Ace/Flair 24 CD).
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Half A Stranger  E
Mainstream MDCD 903 (UK) (1991)
In some ways the best of the Modern compilations - if you want good sound - with original, high class (unedited) masters of 1948-1955, including several titles from Hooker´s later Detroit "folk" period and a couple of alternates - get it - 18 super titles (12 of them not on the above - and several from 1954-55)! Darryl Stolper and Stewart Humphries provided liner information. The CD is prepared by Kevin Gray in Burbank, Calif.
Tracks: BAD BOY - ROCK HOUSE BOOGIE - THE SYNDICATOR - I LOVE YA BABY (aka I Love You Baby) - BABY, I´M GONNA MISS YOU - HALF A STRANGER - SHAKE HOLLER & RUN - DOWN CHILD - GONNA BOOGIE - BABY YOU AIN´T NO GOOD - LOOKIN´ FOR A WOMAN (without oberdub) - HUG & SQUEEZE - I´M IN THE MOOD (alt. one-voice) - HOUSE RENT BOOGIE - CRAWLING KING SNAKE - BOOGIE CHILLEN - QUEEN BEE - HOBO BLUES.
 

House Rent Boogie
Ace CDCHD 799 (UK) (2001)
A great CD, featuring 24 Modern and Besman tracks (mostly late Bihari-productions, but also some other early Besman titles). A never-before-issued alternate of "I´m In The Mood" with dubbed harmonica (prob. not Hooker - although the sleeve says so) and several alternates plus some never-on-a-legal-CD-issued titles from 1953-54. A must for a true Hooker collection! Great liner notes by Ray Topping, who also compiled this CD.
Tracks: HOUSE RENT BOOGIE (alt tke) · SALLY MAE (original single version) · NOBODY TO TALK TO ME (aka MEAN OLD TRAIN) · NUMBERS BLUES (the original Besman cut of "Playin´ The Numbers") · BUILD MYSELF A CAVE (alt tke) · ROLL 'N' ROLL · ANYBODY SEEN MY BABY · HOW CAN YOU DO IT · KEY TO THE HIGHWAY (alt version with less overdub) · I GOT EYES FOR YOU · BLUE BIRD BLUES · I GOT EYES FOR YOU (alt tke 2) · I'M IN THE MOOD (with harmonica) · LOVE MONEY CAN'T BUY · IT'S STORMIN' AND RAININ' · LET'S TALK IT OVER (1954 version recorded 1951) · IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME BABY · I TRIED HARD · YOU RECEIVE ME · TAXI DRIVER · BABY YOU AIN'T NO GOOD · HALF A STRANGER · HUG AND SQUEEZE · I'M READY.
 

Original Folk Blues - Plus
Ace/Flair* CDCHM 530 (1994)
Kent´s original 1964 album, plus six interesting bonus tracks, (several tracks are on the above two though) - total tracks: 18. Compiled by Ted Carroll with the Kent LP original liner notes and cover.
Tracks: BOOGIE CHILLEN - QUEEN BEE - CRAWLIN´ KING SNAKE - WEEPING WILLOW BOOGIE - WHISTLIN´ & MOANIN´ BLUES - SALLY MAE (LP version) - I NEED LOVE SO BAD - LET´S TALK IT OVER ("One More Time" of 1949) - THE SYNDICATOR - LET YOUR DADDY RIDE (alt) - DRIFTING FROM DOOR TO DOOR - BABY I´M GONNA MISS YOU. Bonus: COLD CHILLS - COOL LITTLE CAR - I WONDER LITTLE DARLING - JUMPE ME ONE MORE TIME - LOCKIN´ FOR A WOMAN (with overdub) - RIDE ´TIL I DIE.
 

Note: If you possess the CDs above you have all the original Modern singles (and Crown LP titles) except "No Friend Around" (which is issued on the Capitol 3CD as "TB´s Killing Me"), "Rock Me Mama" (only available on the GreeneBottle LP today) and "It Hurts Me So" (available on UK Demon Fiend CD 154 "The Detroit Lion" and on the "Boogie Chillen´" CD below) - and not "Looking For Romance" from Kent (only available on the GreeneBottle LP today as "Movin On Down The Line" and in an alternate as "Streets Is Filled With Women" on the Capitol 3CD). The Body & Soul issues (see below) contain all Hooker´s Besman Detroit recordings, including all alternates (see Besman-issued below) and the ones from the GreeneBottle LP "Johnny Lee" (except "Numbers Blues" from Ace CDCHD 799, by technical mistake "Shake Holler & Run", plus the unedited "Baby, I Prove My Love To You" and its Fortune harmonica dubbed version).
  

Boogie Chillen´
Audio Fidelity AFZ 005 (March, 2003)
This is the only album (except for the Rhino issues) with the original spelling of "Boogie Chillen´". It contains 20 1948-1954 tracks, of which 11 are featured on "The 40th Anniversary Album" ("The Detroit Lion") - including "It Hurts Me So" and the rest are to be found on the Mainstream "Half A Stranger" CD. This is a perfect buy if you haven´t got any of those two! Personnel listings on this CD include Eddie Burns, gtr & hca, Sylvester Cotton and Andrew Dunham, gtrs plus Bernard Besman, pno/organ. The guitarists are mentioned on earlier albums produced by Besman during the 1970s (information probably from there - and not completely correct). All of the tracks are recorded at United Sound (with Joe Siracuse as engineer - and the sound is simply terrific - probably taken from the original acetates). Darryl Stolper has the liner notes and Steve Hoffman noted as compilation producer. Production under license from Pure Music. Note: Check the Detroit discography for retitlings! Some of the retitlings have been retitled again!
Tracks: HEY, ´S THE HOUSE RENT BOOGIE - I´M IN THE MOOD (alt.one-voice) - DO MY BABY THINK OF ME? - I´M GONNA GIT ME A WOMAN - FOUR WOMEN IN MY LIFE - YES, BABY, BABY (re-retitled) - LET´S TALK IT OVER (ONE MORE TIME) - BABY, HOW CAN YOU DO IT? - BLUEBIRD, TAKE A LETTER DOWN SOUTH (retitled) - BOOGIE CHILLEN´ - IT HURTS ME SO - DOWN CHILD - GONNA BOOGIE - BAD BOY - BABY, IM GONNA MISS YOU - HALF A STRANGER - ROCK HOUSE BOOGIE - BABY, YOU AIN´T NO UGLY GOOD (re-retitled) - LOOKIN´ FOR A WOMAN - THE SYNDICATOR.
 

Alternative Boogie: Early Studio Recordings, 1948-1952  E
Capitol CD 33912-2 (3-set) (1995)
A whole bunchful of early studio Besman-recordings 1948-1952, mostly alternates of Modern titles - here in super sound quality. This is United Artists´ "Coast To Coast Blues Band" and the 3LP-set "John Lee Hooker´s Detroit" in one wonderful package - total number of tracks: 50 plus 6 from Hooker´s Besman-recordings for Galaxy in California, 1961 (the only ones issued on CD by the way). Perfect sound on most and a true collector´s gem and in-depth track analyzis by Pete Welding. Get it! Among the great tracks: "Lord Taketh My Baby Away" (originally "Decoration Day Blues"), "Johnny Lee´s Original Boogie" (that´s an alternate of "Boogie Chillen´"), "Throw My Money Around" (an alternate of "How Can You Do It") and "TB´s Killing Me" (originally "No Friend Around"). You'll also find the origingal version of "Sally May" (as "There's A Day Comin' Baby".
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Everybody´s Blues  E
Specialty SPCD 7035 (US), Ace CDCHD 474 (UK) (1993)
Besman 1950-1951 - 8 tracks - plus 12 tracks from Hooker´s two Specialty sessions by Joe Siracuse and Johny Vincent of 1954 (mostly US unissued, but it also includes the single "I´m Mad" and some from the Sonet/Specialty vinyl of  Europe - only "I Do Like A Please" is missing). Tracks presented in chronological order. If you have this and the next CD, you don´t need "Blues Brother" on Ace/Specialty. This is a must - since it features the rare 1954 Specialty tracks with Hooker accompanied by a full combo. Liner notes by Billy Vera, 1991.
10 tracks from this CD plus 5 from the next are to be found on the Specialty CD SPCD-30053 "Specialty Profiles" (which also has a a 10-track bonus CD including samples from other Specialty Profiles (issued in early 2006).
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Graveyard Blues  E
Specialty SPCD 7018 (US), Ace CDCHD 421 (UK) (1992)
Besman 1948-1950 - 20 tracks in chronology prior to the eight above; with several from Sensation 78´s (including several alternates of his Modern tracks). Listen to a.o. "Boogie Chillen #2" and the original "Burnin´ Hell". On this and "Everybody´s Blues" you´ll find the tracks from his two Specialty LPs "Alone" and "Goin´ Down Highway 51". Note that the alternates here are not issued on the Capitol 3CD set - which means: If you want the full Besman discography you´ll need the Modern/Ace CDs, both of the Specialty/Ace CDs and the 3CD-Capitol set. Both the above CDs are very essential! Same liner notes as on the above.
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To complete your Besman collection you´ll have to purchase his vinyl:
Johnny Lee
GreeneBottle GBS 3130 (2LP-set) (1972)
which can´t be find on CD, but includes several alternate masters of titles included in "Alternative Boogie", a.o. "My Own Boogie" (one of several alternates of "Hoogie Boogie"), "Jump Chillun" (an alternate of "Boogie Chillen #2"), "Please Have Mercy", an alternate of "Tease Me Baby", and several other rarities not on Modern, Capitol or Specialty. This double-LP was issued after the two Specialty LPs of 1971 ("Alone" and "Goin'  Down Highway 51", also comprising early Sensation singles) and the first United Artists LP, "Coast To Coast Blues Band" of 1972 - but before the second United Artists LP (the triple-album "John Lee Hooker's Detroit", issued in 1973), which just like this also had some Galaxy/Besman recordings of 1961. Hooker made three issued takes of several Besman classics, and here you have some of the late-found alternates. The GreeneBottle LP also includes several never-issued titles 1949-1952 (a.o. the unedited version of "It´s My Own Fault", titled "Baby, I Prove My Love To You") plus a couple of California-Besman 1961´s. Album concept by David L. Edwards.
| Tracks (Jarlvik's site) |
 
 
Alternate Besman compilations:
 

40th Anniversary Album  /  The Detroit Lion
DCC DZS 042 (US) (1989); Demon CD 154 (UK) (1990)
Originally the "40th Anniversary Album" on DCC LP 054. It has 14 interesting Besman cuts of 1948-1952 (including a couple of alternate Modern titles - several simply retitled). The CD has a perfect sound and also includes one  track from Besman´s 1961 California session. Liner notes by Besman himself. Note: Check the Detroit discography for retitlings! Tracks: Hey, ´S The House Rent Boogie - I´m In The Mood - Baby How Can You Do It? - Let´s Talk It Over - Yes, Baby, Baby, Baby - I Got The Key - Four Women In My Life - Do My Baby Think Of Me? - I´m Gonna Git Me A Woman - It Hurts Me So - Bluebird, Bluebird, Take A Letter Down South - Boogie Chillen - Hello Baby, This Is 19 and 52, Babe - Blues For Abraham Lincoln (1961).
 
 
Blues Brother
Ace CDCHD 405 (1992)
24 vintage Besman / Sensation tracks including tracks from the original Besman session of September, 1948 and all his Sensation singles. You don´t need this if you have the other two Ace / Specialty CDs, but it is an interesting compilation if you are interested in the very early Besman recordings 1948-1951. The tracks come from Hooker's two Specialty LPs of the ealry 1970s with dates of recording (although not always correct). Tracks: Boogie Chillen - Rollin´ Blues - I Need Lovin´ - Grinder Man - Women In My Life - My Baby´s Got Something - Momma Poppa Boogie - Sailing Blues - Graveyard Blues - Huckle Up Baby - Alberta - Boogie Chillen #2 - Three Long Years Today - Do My Baby Think Of Me - Burnin´ Hell - Goin´ On Highway 51 - Sail On Little Girl - Alberta Part 2 - Find Me A Woman - Hastings Street Boogie - Canal Street Blues - War Is Over (Goodbye California) - Henry´s Swing Club.

Don´t Turn Me From Your Door - JLH Sings His Blues  E
Atco/Atlantic CD 7-82365-2 (1992)
Ten great DeLuxe (Henry Stone produced) pseudonym Booker recordings of 1953, plus Atco / Henry Stone 1961, with a total of 16 super tracks. An essential "no-contract" album, containing all sixteen tracks from Atlantic´s LP "Detroit Special", (that´s 4 more than the original Atco LP named "Don´t Turn Me From Your Door"). You´ll find ""Pouring Down Rain" and its alternate "Wobbling Baby" from 1953, "Drifting Blues" and "You Lost A Good Man" from 1961, and the two mistitled instrumentals of unknown birth date. Liner notes by Pete Lowry from the Atlantic bonus LP of 1972 (not from the original Atco LP of 1963). In April, 2006 Collectables reissued the original Atco album with 12 tracks on COL CD 7703.
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I´m A Boogie Man - The Essential Masters (1948-1953) E
Varese Vintage DeLuxe CD 302066571-2 (September, 2004)  check it out! (with track listing)
The old King LP "Sings Blues", later titled "Moanin´ And Stompin´" on other compilations, comprising original Joe Von Battle recordings of 1948-1950 (the very first recordings actually Elmer Barbee productions, sold to Battle) - here though with all 16 original titles (as on the Polydor LP "Slim´s Stomp" - without the dubbed drums on track 11 and 16 and no echo effects). The 2004 Varese CD has all 16 tracks in chronological order plus three rare Battle De-Luxe tracks of 1953 including the never-issued before "My Baby Left Me". Hooker mostly calls himself "Poor Johnny" - not "Slim". It´s a great compilation produced by Cary E. Mansfield of Varese Sarabande and Bill Dahl (the latter also wrote the nice liner notes. Get it!
Track order:
1. Black Man Blues 2. Who’s Been Jiving You 3. Poor Joe 4. Stomp Boogie 5. The Numbers 6. Devil’s Jump 7. Nightmare Blues 8. I’m Gonna Kill That Woman 9. Wandering Blues 10. Don’t Go Baby 11. Late Last Night 12. Moaning Blues 13. Slim’s Stomp 14. Heart Trouble Blues 15. Thinking Blues 16. Don’t You Remember Me 17. I Came To See You Baby 18. I’m A Boogie Man 19. My Baby Left Me (originally unissued).
 
The CD is also issued with lesser titles on Ember/King EMBCD 3356 (with the echo effects and dubbeld drums) and there is an alternate CD titled "Boogie Chillen" which has several Modern tracks stacked together with the undubbed Texas Slim tracks. Especially enjoy the first true Joe Von Battle pirate recordings of August, 1949 and the two Idessa Malone productions of "Thinking Blues" and "Don´t You Remember Me" - by the way the title of the UK Charly issue of this album - reissued recently on King Masters 6009. "Don´t ..."  and "Late..." have the dubbed drums most later CDs. No liner notes on the Pulse CD. Note: If you can´´t find any of the above - then try: "I'm The Boogie Man" on Collectables COL-CD-2877 which has 15 of the 16 tracks and the dubbed drums! (see Anthologies below).

Savoy Blues Legends - Detroit 1948-1949
Savoy Jazz-Atlantic CD 92910-2 (1999); reissued on Savoy 17078 (ca 2003)
Hooker´s fine - very early (and hard-to-find CD) Elmer Barbee recordings - most of them sold to Joe Von Battle, who re-sold them to Savoy (with some singles issued on Regent, Acorn and Chance - where he used his several pseudonyms, including Birmingham Sam, Delta John, The Boogie Man, and John Lee Booker). The CD comprises 20 tracks previously issued on KrazyKat and Savoy LPs - plus a couple of bootlegs, including "Low Down Midnite Boogie", "Goin´Mad Blues", his The Boogie Man single "Do The Boogie" and the by-then-unissued "Boogie Woogie" and "Grievin´ Blues". Hooker capitalizing on his "Boogie Chillen´" new-found fame. This CD is a must if you want his very early "pirate" recordings, where John calls himself "Alabama Slim", "Poor Slim" or just "Slim" on several titles. Note: All of the tracks issued on the 2CD-set METRDCD532 ("Early Years - The Classic Savoy Sessions", which also features the c:a 1961 Savoy tracks - see below).
Tracks:
Low Down Midnite Boogie - Grievin´ Blues - Twister Blues - Like A Woman - Landing Blues - Goin´ Home Blues - Shady Grove Blues - Boogie Woogie - Good Business - Mercy Blues - Helpless Blues - Goin´ Mad Blues - Morning Blues - Boogie Awhile - Tuesday Evening Blues - Miss Pearl Boogie - Road Trouble - 609 Boogie - Christmas Time Blues - Do The Boogie.
  

Gotham Golden Classics - The Rare Recordings
Collectables CD COL  5151 (1998)
Hooker´s eleven recordings for Gotham 1950-51 (Detroit - prob. Joe Von Battle productions), including Idessa Malone´s two superb productions for Staff ("Wandering Blues" and "House Rent Boogie") plus his "John Lee" & "Johnny Williams" pseudonyms directly for Gotham. I personally am not that impressed by the things he did directly for Gotham, so this is a CD for the "fanatic" collector. If you want bonus tracks by Eddie Burns and Baby Boy Warren - then get the Krazy Kat CFLY CD 23 "Detroit Blues" or the Hooker/Burns Collectables CD 5316 "Detroit Blues, 1950-51".
 
 

 
  The Danceland Years

 
The Danceland Years
Pointblank CD40116-2  (1995)
A various artists album, which Includes five rare Elmer Barbee recordings of 1949. Hooker tracks: Wayne county ramblin´ blues - Cotton pickin´ boogie - 1949 Grievin´ blues Pt.1 - Six o´nine boogie (take1) - Six o´nine boogie (take2) - tjhe two version actually the same take and issued on Chance 1122 as "609 Boogie".

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Shout!Factory

HOOKER       E   - The best JLH collection
 - 4cd BOX-SET on Shout! Factory (US) out on October 31, 2006   Catalog #: 826663-10198
- Blue Label/SPV SPV 95942 (Europe)
The truly ultimate Hooker Box, covering his whole career!   Just get it! The ones who produced this set (including daughter Zakyia) simply knew what to include (seems they have checked this site). Great work - and congrats!!!! The inlay booklet of 60 pages is simply terriric - with lots of new rare photos and a great presentation of Hooker's life and music - very good, Ted Drozdowski. From the Shout! pre-view: "The set was compiled by Shawn Amos and Patrick Milligan with invaluable assistance from Zakiya Hooker, Executor-Trustee and Eugene Skuratowicz, Estate Manager of the John Lee Hooker Estate. Music journalist Ted Drozdowski wrote comprehensive liner notes, which delve into Hooker’s Mississippi and African influences, and follow his career through its many achievements and accolades up to his death in 2001." The discographical information of the cuts is a very sincere try to get the dates correct. At the end of the booklet you'll find a nice "Select Album Discography" listing Hooker's original albums - just one comment here: the album on Crown 5353 is titled "The Great" (not "The Original"; the "Original Folk Blues" was a Kent LP 5055 issued in 1964) - the Savoy LP "Southern Blues" from ca 1979, wich features one side of early Hooker recordings, is missing; and the Tomato CD from 1989 is a live recording from Chicago with Albert King (featuring five Hooker tracks). Well - a really  well-planned issue  - a dream come true - with almost the identical tracks to my "Anniversary - phantasy" set! The Gene Deitch recordings done in 1951. "Don't You Remember Me" is the original undubbed version. "Baby You Ain't No Good" is from Crown's LP "Folk Blues" (not "The Great", and "Notoriety Woman" is the original single - never issued on a regular CD. "I Cover The Waterfront" on CD2 is the brassdubbed version. "Bluebird" from 1974 has the horns recorded with the rhtyhm (not later dubbed).

From amazon reviews: There's perfect symmetry in the way this four-disc anthology opens with a raw, solo acoustic 1948 rendition of John Lee Hooker's signature tune, "Boogie Chillen'," and then closes a half-century later with Eric Clapton teaming with Hooker on the same tune. Though the Mississippi bluesman who relocated to Detroit has been justly celebrated for his spellbinding repetitions and primal incantations, this comprehensive set shows just how much more range and depth there was to Hooker's music than basic boogie. Beyond the influential hits--"Dimples," "Boom Boom," and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" among them--the set shows his music touching on everything from religion ("Moses Smote the Water," "We're All God's Chillen") to sociopolitical commentary ("Democrat Man," "King of the World"). Even so, sensual pleasure remained his prime inspiration, and few bluesmen have made sex and liquor sound as sexy and intoxicating as Hooker did. Included are selections from his career revivals spurred by disciples (1970's teaming with Canned Heat, 1989's Grammy-winning collaborations with Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, Van Morrison, and others), but the most powerful Hooker is the earlier stuff that cuts closest to the bone. It may be surprising that it has taken Hooker this long to be memorialized with a comprehensive box set, but when you consider how many labels he recorded for (almost all of which he outlived) and under how many different names (Texas Slim, Johnny Williams, et al.), it’s quite an achievement that this set even exists. --Don McLeese

 

HOOKER   - 4cd-BOX-SET on Shout! Factory (US)   - issued October 31, 2006   Catalog #: 826663-10198   Note: (revised recording dates) Disc One - Detroit: 1. Boogie Chillen' (9/48)  2. Sally Mae (9/48)  3. Black Man Blues - Texas Slim (11/48)  4. Hobo Blues (9/48)  5. Hoogie Boogie (2/49)  6. Weeping Willow Boogie (7/49)  7. Crawlin' King Snake (9/48)  8. Driftin' From Door To Door (9/48)  9. Catfish Blues (1951) 10. Moses Smote The Water (1951)  11. Huckle Up Baby (12/49)  12. Wandering Blues - Texas Slim (8/49)  13. Don't You Remember Me - Texas Slim (3/50)  14. Notoriety Woman (4/50)  15. Let Your Daddy Ride (2/50)  16. John L's House Rent Boogie (11/50)  17. Bumble Bee Blues - Johnny Williams (1950)  18. Leave My Wife Alone - John Lee Booker (4/51)  19. Just Me And My Telephone (4/51) 20. I'm In The Mood (8/51)  21. Blues For Big Town (1952)  22. Stuttering Blues - John Lee Booker (7/53)  23. Down Child (1953)  24. Boogie Rambler (5/54)  25. Baby You Ain't No Good (1954)  26. I'm Ready (1955) Disc Two - Chicago: 1. Dimples (3/56)  2. Every Night (3/56)  3. I'm So Excited (3/57)  4. I Love You Honey (6/58)  5. Tupelo Blues (4/59)  6. I Need Some Money (2/60)  7. Democrat Man (2/60)  8. No More Doggin' (2/60)  9. Gonna Use My Rod (2/60)  10. Whiskey And Wimmen (3/60)  11. No Shoes (3/60)  12. We're All God's Chillun - Sir John Lee Hooker (7/60)  13. I'm Goin' Upstairs (1/61)  14. Teachin' The Blues (7/61)  15. You Lost A Good Man (7/61)  16. Don't Turn Me From Your Door (7/61)  17. When My First Wife Quit Me (c. 1961)  18. Boom Boom (12/61)  19. She's Mine (12/61)  20. Frisco Blues (1962)   21. Birmingham Blues (1963)  22. Big Legs Tight Skirt (1964)  23. It Serves Me Right To Suffer (1964)  24. I'm Losin' You (11/64)  25. I Cover The Waterfront (11/64) Disc Three - Coast to Coast: 1. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (5/66)  2. Let's Go Out Tonight (5/66)  3. Bottle Up And Go (11/65)  4. Let's Make It - Live (10/62) 5. King Of The World (10/65)  6. I'm Bad Like Jesse James - Live (8/66)   7. Think Twice Before You Go (11/67)  8. Mean Mean Woman (9/68)  9. Burning Hell - John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat (5/70)  10. Peavine - John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat (5/70)  11. I Got My Eyes On You - John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat (5/70)  12. Doin' The Shout (11/70)  13. Bluebird (5/74)  14. Early One Morning (1982)  15. We'll Meet Again (1986)  16. Loving People (1991) Disc Four - Frisco: 1. Baby Lee - John Lee Hooker & Robert Cray (10/87)  2. I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt (4/88)  3. The Healer - John Lee Hooker & Carlos Santana (4/88)  4. Mr. Lucky - John Lee Hooker & Robert Cray (1991)  5. I Cover The Waterfront - John Lee Hooker & Van Morrison (4/90)  6. This Is Hip - John Lee Hooker & Ry Cooder (5/91)  7. Bottle Up And Go - John Lee Hooker & John Hammond (1990)  8. Same Old Blues Again - John Lee Hooker & Robert Cray (1991)  9. Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker & Jimmie Vaughan (8/92)  10. Chill Out (Things Gonna Change) - John Lee Hooker & Carlos Santana (4/91)  11. Tupelo (7/93)  12. Kiddio - John Lee Hooker & Charles Brown (1994)  13. Dimples - John Lee Hooker & Los Lobos (9/96) 14. Don't Look Back - John Lee Hooker & Van Morrison (4/96)  15. Up And Down - John Lee Hooker & Johnnie Johnson (5/91)  16. Mean Mean World - John Lee Hooker & Zakiya Hooker (1991)  17. Boogie Chillen' - John Lee Hooker & Eric Clapton (6/98)

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