Process

Master
61-2201 

Location/Date
Universal Recording Corporation
Chicago, IL, October 26 1961

Original release
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

LP
Charly CLYCAR 298, Craft Recordings CR00544, Exodus EX‑325, GNP Crescendo GNPS 2‑10007, Joy Records JOY 124, Trip TLX‑9504, Trip TOP 16‑46, Vee‑Jay LP 1043, Vee‑Jay VJLP 8502, Vinyl Passion VP80784 , WaxTime 500 408738

CD
Avid Roots EMSC1208, Charly CD 170, Charly CDGR 298, Charly CR RED 6, Charly SNAJ 705, Collectables COL 0108, Collectables COL CD 7107, Craft Recordings CR00545, Documents 600258, Fruit Tree FT821, GNP Crescendo GNPD 2‑0007, Hoodoo Records 263481, Snapper Music SBLUECD020, Soul Jam Records 600881, 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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