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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
1 Might As Well Say We're Through
2 Risin' Sun (Louisiana Voo-doo)
3 Lost My Job
4 Left My Wife and My Baby
5 Travelin' Day and Night
6 Deep Down in My Heart
7 Let's Talk It Over
8 Shake It Up and Go
9 Fire at Natchez
10 The Sweetest Girl I Know
11 Mad With You Baby
12 My Mother-in-law Moved In
13 Ballad to Abraham Lincoln
14 Baby, You Ain't No Good