JOHN LEE HOOKER Alone / rare Specialty LP (1970) NMint / Hear It
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JOHN LEE HOOKER
… ALONE
He was beloved worldwide as the king of the endless boogie, a genuine blues superstar whose droning, hypnotic one-chord grooves were at once both ultra-primitive and timeless.
"The Hook" was a Mississippi native who became the top gent on the Detroit blues circuit in the years following World War II. Hooker heard Memphis calling while he was still in his teens, but he couldn't gain much of a foothold there. So he relocated to Cincinnati for a seven-year stretch before making the big move to the Motor City in 1943.
In 1948, the aspiring bluesman hooked up with entrepreneur Bernie Besman, who helped him hammer out his solo debut sides, "Sally Mae" and its seminal flip, "Boogie Chillen." This was blues as primitive as anything then on the market; Hooker's dark, ruminative vocals were backed only by his own ringing, heavily amplified guitar and insistently pounding foot. Their efforts were quickly rewarded. Los Angeles-based Modern Records issued the sides and "Boogie Chillen" [Bill Dahl – ALL MUSIC GUIDE]
This is a seldom seen 1970 album from Specialty Records. The sessions on it were cut in Detroit between 1948 and 1951 by Bernard Besman, the guy who first discovered Hooker. There is no trace of piano or other instruments on these sides, only Hooker. Some of these appeared on the Sensation, Modern, Chance or were leased to other companies.
TRACK LISTING:
- I Need Lovin’
- Do My Baby Think Of Me
- Build Myself A Cave
- Black Cat Blues
- Alberta
- Boogie Chillen #2
- Momma Poppa Boogie
- Sailing Blues
- Graveyard Blues
- Huckle Up Baby
- Three Long Years Today
- Walkin’ This Highway
- Burnin’ Hell
CONDITION: NEAR MINT and with a punch in the corner – as it is a promo.
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