tracks

Sally Mae
War Is Over (Goodbye California) (Extended Version)
War Is Over (Goodbye California) (Alt Take)
War Is Over (Goodbye California) (Alt Extended Version)
Boogie Chillen'
Henry's Swing Club
Drifting From Door To Door
Hobo Blues
Numbers Blues (Aka She Ain’t Good For Nothin’)
Alberta
Alberta (Alt Take)
Howlin' Wolf
Crawlin' King Snake
Hoogie Boogie (Instrumental)
Hastings Street Boogie (Extended Version)
Build Myself A Cave (Aka The World Is In A Tangle) (Take #1)
Build Myself A Cave (Take #2)
Build Myself A Cave (Take #3)
Build Myself A Cave (Specialty LP Version)
Graveyard Blues
Momma Poppa Boogie
Burnin' Hell
Sailing Blues (Aka Drifting Blues)
Black Cat Blues
Weeping Willow Boogie
Miss Sadie Mae
Sail On Little Girl
Alberta Part 2
Wednesday Evening
Canal Street Blues
Huckle Up Baby
Let Your Daddy Ride
Goin' On Highway #51
My Baby's Got Somethin'
Boogie Chillen' #2 (Take 1)
Boogie Chillen' #2 (Take 2)
Boogie Chillen' #2 (Take 4)
Boogie Chillen' #2
Boogie Chillen' #2 (Aka 21 Boogie) (Extended Version)
Roll 'N' Roll (Alt Take)
Rollin' Blues
Three Long Years Today
Strike Blues (Extended Version)
Do My Baby Think Of Me?
Give Me Your Phone Number (Alt Take)
The Story Of A Married Woman (Alt Take)
Moon Is Rising (Alt Take)
John L's House Rent Boogie (Aka House Rent Boogie)
John L's House Rent Boogie (Fragment) (Alt Incomplete Take)
Queen Bee
Grinder Man
Walkin' This Highway
Women In My Life (Aka Goin' Away Baby)
Tease Me Baby (Aka Tease Me Over Baby)
I Need Lovin' (Aka Tease Me Over Baby)
How Can You Do It
I'm In The Mood (Three Voice)
I'm In The Mood (Humming Version)
I'm In The Mood (With Harmonica Overdub)
I'm In The Mood (Alt One Voice)
Turn Over A New Leaf
It Hurts Me So
It Hurts Me So (Alt Take)
I Got Eyes For You
I Got Eyes For You (Take 2 Or Take 5)
Key To The Highway
I Got The Key (Aka Key To The Highway)
Bluebird Blues
That's All Right
It's Time For Lovin' To Be Done
That's All Right Boogie (Under Dub)

notes

Comes in 3fold digipak in slipcase w/42p booklet.

These three CDs contain all of the Besman John Lee Hooker sides gathered in one place for the first time. Also included is the Little Eddie Kirkland RPM single with John Lee Hooker on second guitar and vocal.
19 different, previously unreleased versions of songs appeared in the research for the project, including extended takes and alternative versions.
There is an introductory note from Peter Guralnick and a comprehensive overview of the music from Dr Wayne Goins, Director of Jazz Studies at Kansas State University.
It also comes with a sessionography covering all the tracks on the CDs.
These early Hooker recordings are akin to jazz as much as the blues, with an improvisatory feel, harking back to the pre-war era, but with a very distinct approach and a unique sound presaging the blues that was to come, into the 50s and 60s.

credits

Producer – Bernard Besman

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