I'm so excited
Master
57-634
Location/Date
Universal Recording Corporation
Chicago, IL, March 1 1957
Vee-Jay 245
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Eddie Taylor, gtr; Quinn Wilson, bs; Tom Whitehead, dms
Produced by
Calvin Carter
Vee‑Jay 245
45 rpm
Vee‑Jay 245
EP
Stateside SE 1023
LP
Bellaphon BLS5523, Charly CRB 1014, Delta Blues DELB008LP, Discophon S.C. 2.043, DJM DJD 28026, Instant INS 5009, Joy Records JOY 101, Not Now Music NOT3LP258, Pan Am Records 9152254, Power Station Music 3566, Top Rank International 33.002, Tradition LP 2089, Vee‑Jay LP 1007, Wax Love WLV82053, WaxTime 771919
CD
Acrobat ACQCD 7103, Avid Roots EMSC1208, Big3 Records BT3229, Charly CD 62, Charly CD BM 19, Charly CD DIG 5, Charly CDGR 151, Charly CDGR 281, Charly CDRB 10, Charly CPCD 8242‑2, Charly CR RED 6, Charly SNAJ 705, Collectables COL 0108, Digital Deja2 D2CD07, Documents 600258, Editions Atlas WIS CD 602, Fruit Tree FT821, Instant CD INS 5009, Jasmine Records JASCD 562, Music Club MCCD 020, Not Now Music NOT2CD518, Not Now Music NOT4CD031, Recall SMDCD 187, Saga Records 532 122‑3, Shout! Factory 8 26663 10198, Shout! Factory 8 26663 10646, Snapper Music SBLUECD020, Soul Jam Records 600804, Soul Jam Records 600913, SPV Recordings SPVCD 95940, Timeless Classic Albums DOLCD0475, Tomato R2 71659, Union Square Music INTROTCD01, Vee‑Jay NVD2‑713, Vee‑Jay VJD 81007
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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