Onions
Master
62-2652
Location/Date
Universal Recording Corporation
Chicago, IL, 1962
Vee-Jay LP 1058
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Unknown, saxes; Unknown, pno; Unknown, gtr; Unknown, bs; Unknown, dms
Produced by
Calvin Carter
Charly CTD 106
LP
Bellaphon BLS5523, Charly CLYCAR 298, Charly CRB 1004, Diggers Factory MOR‑909, Joy Records JOYS 147, Tradition LP 2089, Vee‑Jay DS 7006, Vee‑Jay LP 1058, Vee‑Jay VJS 2‑1004, Vinyl Lovers 6785420, WaxTime 500 408738
CD
Charly CD 62, Charly CDGR 151, Charly CDGR 298, Charly CR RED 6, Collectables COL 0108, Documents 600258, Hoodoo Records 263481, Soul Jam Records 600881, Tomato R2 71659, Union Square Music INTROTCD01, Vee‑Jay VJD 81058
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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