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Specialty Profiles

Various Artists/John Lee Hooker
Release Date: 08/29/2006
Original Release:  2006
# of Discs:   2
J&R Item # 894269_CD
UPC # 888072300538
Label: Fantasy (distributor)
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Disc: 1
1. Boogie Chillen, No. 2 - John Lee Hooker sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. I'm Mad - John Lee Hooker sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Everybody's Blues - John Lee Hooker sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. Burnin' Hell - John Lee Hooker sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. Do My Baby Think of Me - John Lee Hooker sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. Goin' Down Highway 51 - John Lee Hooker sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. My Baby's Got Something - John Lee Hooker sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. I Need Lovin' - John Lee Hooker sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Grinder Man - John Lee Hooker sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. No More Doggin' (aka No More Foolin') - John Lee Hooker sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. I Need Love So Bad - John Lee Hooker sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Huckle up Baby - John Lee Hooker sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. Nothin' But Trouble (Don't Take Your Wife's Family In) - John Lee Hooker sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. Odds Against Me (aka Backbiters and Syndicators) - John Lee Hooker sound samples  real  |  windows media

Disc: 2
1. R.M. Blues - Roy Milton & His Solid Senders sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. Pink Champagne - Joe Liggins sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Please Send Me Someone to Love - Percy Mayfield sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. Dream Girl - Jesse & Marvin sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. Things That I Used to Do, The - Guitar Slim sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. I'll Come Running Back to You - Sam Cooke sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Leavin' It All Up to You - Don & Dewey sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. Dizzy Miss Lizzy - Larry Williams sound samples  real  |  windows media

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Performer: Various Artists/John Lee Hooker
Producer: Joe Siracuse; Johnny Vincent; Bernie Besman; Cheryl Pawelski (Compilation); Colin Escott (Compilation)
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: John Lee Hooker (vocals, guitar); Eddie "Guitar" Burns (harmonica); John Hooks (tenor saxophone); John Griffith (piano); Thomas Whitehead (drums). Audio Remasterer: Joe Tarantino. Liner Note Author: Colin Escott. Recording information: Esquire Recording Studios, Detroit, MI (12/??/1949-10/18/1954). Photographer: Lawrence Shustak. John Lee Hooker recorded for many record labels during his long career. But this sampling of some of his Specialty sides finds him at his best, on tracks like his much-recorded "Boogie Chillen No. 2," the simmering "I'm Mad," the brooding "Nothin' But Trouble," and the risqu� "Grinder Man." Featuring many solo cuts (the artist's idiosyncratic timing defeated most accompanists), these quality sides display Hooker in his prime. John Lee Hooker's brief association with the Specialty label doesn't immediately come to mind as do his recordings for, say, Modern, Chess, Vee Jay, or ABC/Bluesway. In 1954 the founder of Los Angeles-based Specialty Records, Art Rupe, bought 35 Hooker tunes, several of which had been cut in Detroit four years earlier. Rupe issued one single to test the market: "I'm Mad" backed with "Everybody's Blues." The record sales were disappointing and the tapes remained in the can until surfacing in 1970. Like so many John Lee Hooker compositions, over the years these songs were re-recorded, sometimes with different titles, and then slapped on one of the many albums released by a mixed bag of labels. However, these 14 tracks represent a composite of those raw early sides, featuring both solo Hooker (with his guitar and stompin' foot) and fronting a raucous juke joint combo. As an extra bonus, the Specialty Profiles series includes a sampler that showcases R&B gems by Specialty acts of the era, including Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Larry Williams, Roy Milton, Lloyd Price, Percy Mayfield, Don & Dewey, Joe Liggins, Jesse & Marvin, and Guitar Slim. ~ Al Campbell
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