Thelma
Master
61-2202
Location/Date
Universal Recording Corporation
Chicago, IL, October 26 1961
Vee-Jay LP 1043
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Joe Edward Hunter, pno; Henry R. Cosby, ts; Andrew 'Mike' Terry, baritonesax; Larry Veeder, gtr; James Jamerson, bs; Benny Benjamin, dms
Produced by
Calvin Carter
Charly CLYCAR 298, Craft Recordings CR00544, Joy Records JOY 124, Vee‑Jay DS 7007, Vee‑Jay LP 1043, Vinyl Passion VP80784 , WaxTime 500 408738
CD
Avid Roots EMSC1208, Big3 Records BT3229, Charly CD 170, Charly CDGR 298, Charly CR RED 6, Collectables COL 0108, Craft Recordings CR00545, Documents 600258, Editions Atlas WIS CD 602, Hoodoo Records 263481, Not Now Music NOT4CD031, Real Gone Music Company RGMCD105, Reel To Reel Music RTRCD71, Soul Jam Records 600881, Soul Jam Records 600913, Tomato R2 71659, 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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