Dimples
Master
56-445
Location/Date
Universal Recording Corporation
Chicago, IL, March 27 1956
Vee-Jay 205
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Eddie Taylor, gtr; George Washington, bs; Tom Whitehead, dms
Produced by
Calvin Carter
Vee‑Jay 205
45 rpm
Collectables COL 3357, President PT 295, Stateside SS 297, Trip TR‑169, Vee‑Jay 205
EP
Charly CTD 106, Outta Sight RSV064, Top Rank TEP 130
LP
Bellaphon BLS5523, Bellevue Publishing 02090‑VB, Blues Joint 8003, Buddah Records BDS 4002, Chameleon D1‑74794, Charly CRB 1004, Concord VJR‑37597‑01, Diggers Factory MOR‑909, Discophon S.C. 2.043, DJM DJD 28026, GNP Crescendo GNPS 2‑10007, Instant INS 5009, Joy Records JOY 101, Joy Records JOYS 156, Not Now Music NOT3LP258, Pan Am Records 9152254, Power Station Music 3566, Rat Pack Records 783721, Saga Records 089 116‑2, Top Rank International 33.002, Tradition LP 2089, Trip TLX‑9504, Trip TOP 16‑46, Universal 678 199‑5, Vee‑Jay LP 1007, Vee‑Jay LP 1020, Vee‑Jay LP 1049, Vee‑Jay LP 1074, Vee‑Jay VJR00005, Vee‑Jay VJS 2‑1004, Wagram Music 3358456, Wagram Music 3394126, Wax Love WLV82053, WaxTime 771919
CD
Acrobat ACQCD 7103, Avid Roots EMSC1208, Big3 Records BT3229, Chameleon D2‑74794, Charly CBMCD016, Charly CD 4, Charly CD BM 7, Charly CD DIG 5, Charly CDGR 151, Charly CDGR 281, Charly CDRB 10, Charly CPCD 8242‑2, Charly CR RED 6, Charly QBCD 8, Charly SAM 101, Charly SNAJ 705, Charly VBCD 301, Collectables COL 0108, Craft Recordings CR00015, Digital Deja2 D2CD07, Documents 600258, Editions Atlas WIS CD 602, Fruit Tree FT821, GNP Crescendo GNPD 2‑0007, Hip‑O Records B0006127‑02, Hip‑O Records B0008590‑02, Instant CD INS 5009, Jasmine Records JASCD 562, Music Club MCCD 020, Not Now Music NOT2CD518, Not Now Music NOT4CD031, Rat Pack Records 783721, Recall SMDCD 187, Rhino CD R2 70572, Rhino R2 71915, Saga Records 532 122‑3, Shout! Factory 8 26663 10198, Shout! Factory 8 26663 10646, Shout! Factory 8 26663 11289, Snapper Music SBLUECD020, Soul Jam Records 600804, Soul Jam Records 600913, SPV Recordings SPVCD 95940, Suite Beat SBCD2012, Timeless Classic Albums DOLCD0475, Tomato R2 71659, Union Square Music INTROTCD01, Union Square Music METRTN014, Union Square Music SIMPTNCD026, Vee‑Jay NVD2‑713, Vee‑Jay VJD 81007, Vee‑Jay VJD 81049, Vee‑Jay VJR00003
Most of Hooker’s recordings for Vee-Jay were done in Bill Putnam’s newly built studio, Universal Recording Corporation, on 46 E. Walton Street in Chicago, with his ”#2-man”, Bernie Clapper, engineering (in studio 2). Hooker’s Vee-Jay ”contacts” were Jimmy Bracken, Ewart Abner and especially Calvin Carter, who also was the foremost producer. When Putnam in 1957 started his United Recording at Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, Clapper took the lead in Chicago.
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