Blues before sunrise
Master
61-2205
Location/Date
Universal Recording Corporation
Chicago, IL, October 26 1961
Vee-Jay LP 1043
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Joe Edward Hunter, pno; Hank Cosby, ts; Andrew 'Mike' Terry, baritonesax; Larry Veeder, gtr; James Jamerson, bs; Benny Benjamin, dms
Produced by
Calvin Carter
Collectables COL 3358
LP
Blues Joint 8017, Bulldog Records BDL 1011, Charly CLYCAR 298, Charly CRB 1004, Craft Recordings CR00544, Everest Records FS 222, Exodus EX‑325, GNP Crescendo GNPS 2‑10007, Joy Records JOY 124, Vee‑Jay LP 1043, Vee‑Jay VJLP 8502, Vinyl Passion VP80784 , Wagram Music 3358456, Wagram Music 3394126, Wax Love WLV82054, WaxTime 500 408738
CD
Avid Roots EMSC1208, Big3 Records BT3229, Charly CD 62, Charly CDGR 298, Charly CR RED 6, Charly SNAJ 705, Collectables COL 0108, Collectables COL CD 7107, Craft Recordings CR00015, Craft Recordings CR00545, Digital Deja2 D2CD07, Documents 600258, Fruit Tree FT821, GNP Crescendo GNPD 2‑0007, Hoodoo Records 263481, Music Club MCCD 020, Not Now Music NOT2CD518, Not Now Music NOT4CD031, Snapper Music SBLUECD020, Soul Jam Records 806184, Union Square Music METRTN014, Vee‑Jay VJD 81043
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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