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John Lee Hooker (The Galaxy Album)

John Lee Hooker

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Item Details

Genre
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Rock & Pop
Catalogue Number
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81225
Number of Discs
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1
Label
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State Of Art
Release Country
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Europe
Format
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CD
Other
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Limited, 6BonusTracks,Import

Product Description

Deluxe Edition: Thick Cardboard Fold Open Mini-LP Replica With Inner Slleeves. 24-Bit Remastered.This release presents one of Hooker’s most difficult to find albums, the eponymous John Lee Hooker, originally released in 1962 by the Fantasy Recordssubsidiary Galaxy label (it was retitled The King of Folk Blues on a later reissue for the French label America Records). The album includes a selection of hard-to-find recordings Hooker made with his electric guitar during different sessions in the 1950s. All of the dates were produced by Bernard Besman, the man whohelped define Hooker’s recorded sound, which often relied upon heavy walking beats, boogies, and an eerie atmosphere. Mostly, this long-play contains rawsolo 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 fullband performances such as “Lost My Job” and the great “Shake It Up and Go.”In addition to the original LP, this remastered collector’s CD contains 8 bonus tracks, including a number of underrated John Lee Hooker sides taped inChicago and Detroit between 1949 and 1957. Among the highlights are the fabulous blues “Let’s Talk It Over” (which also features the great Eddie Kirkland onguitar), “Lonely Boy Boogie,” “Baby, You Ain’t No Good,” “Bad Boy,” “Every Night” (here accompanied by a rhythm section), and the closing “Hey Boogie.” Thismaterial constitutes the foundation of Hooker’s incomparable musical legacy.

Track List   

  • 01． MIGHT AS WELL SAY WE’RE THROUGH
  • 02． RISIN’ SUN (LOUISIANA VOO-DOO)
  • 03． LOST MY JOB
  • 04． LEFT MY WIFE AND MY BABY
  • 05． TRAVELIN’ DAY AND NIGHT
  • 06． DEEP DOWN IN MY HEART
  • 07． SHAKE IT UP AND GO
  • 08． FIRE AT NATCHEZ
  • 09． THE SWEETEST GIRL I KNOW
  • 10． MAD WITH YOU BABY
  • 11． MY MOTHER-IN-LAW MOVED IN
  • 12． BALLAD TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Bonus tracks

  • 13． LET’S TALK IT OVER *
  • 14． BABY, YOU AIN’T NO GOOD *
  • 15． LONELY BOY BOOGIE *
  • 16． DRIFTING FROM DOOR TO DOOR (aka WHEN MY FIRST WIFE LEFT ME) *
  • 17． DON’T YOU REMEMBER ME *
  • 18． BAD BOY *
  • 19． EVERY NIGHT *
  • 20． HEY BOOGIE *

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