JOHN LEE HOOKER - John Lee Hooker (Waxtime Reissue w/ 2 Bonus Tracks) - LP - 180g Vinyl

LP - 180g Black Vinyl. The complete album plus 2 Bonus Tracks.

This release presents one of Hooker's most difficult to find albums, the eponymous John Lee Hooker, originally released in 1962 by the Fantasy Records subsidiary Galaxy label.

It 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 who helped define Hooker's recorded sound, which often relied upon heavy walking beats, boogies, and an eerie atmosphere. Most of LP contains raw solo 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 full band performances such as 'Lost My Job', and the great 'Shake It Up and Go'. 

Tracklist:

A1. Might As Well Say We're Through
A2. Risin' Sun
A3. Lost My Job
A4. Left My Wife And My Baby
A5. Travelin' Day And Night
A6. Deep Down In My Heart
A7. Let's Talk It Over *

B1. Shake It Up And Go
B2. Fire At Natchez
B3. The Sweetest Girl I Know
B4. Mad With You Baby
B5. My Mother-In-Law Moved In
B6. Ballad To Abraham Lincoln
B7. Baby, You Ain't No Good *

* = Bonus Tracks