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Master
61-1715
Location/Date
Universal Recording Corporation
Chicago, IL, January 4 1961
Vee-Jay 397
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Lefty Bates, gtr; Quinn Wilson, bs; Earl Phillips, dms
Produced by
Calvin Carter
Vee‑Jay 397
LP
Bulldog Records BDL 1011, Chameleon D1‑74794, Charly CRB 1014, Delta Blues DELB008LP, Diggers Factory MOR‑909, Everest Records FS 222, Exodus EX‑325, GNP Crescendo GNPS 2‑10007, Joy Records JOYS 133, Not Now Music NOT3LP258, Red Bank Records RBR002, Vee‑Jay LP 1033, Vee‑Jay VJLP 8502, Vinyl Lovers 6785447, Vinyl Passion VP80784 , Wax Love WLV82054
CD
Acrobat ACQCD 7103, Big3 Records BT3229, Chameleon D2‑74794, Charly CD 4, Charly CD DIG 5, Charly CDGR 300, Charly CPCD 8242‑2, Charly CR RED 6, Charly QBCD 8, Charly SNAJ 705, Collectables COL 0108, Collectables COL CD 7107, Craft Recordings CR00015, Digital Deja2 D2CD07, Documents 600258, Fruit Tree FT821, GNP Crescendo GNPD 2‑0007, Hoodoo Records 263499, Not Now Music NOT2CD518, Not Now Music NOT4CD031, Recall SMDCD 187, Soul Jam Records 806184, Union Square Music INTROTCD01, Union Square Music METRTN014, Vee‑Jay VJD 81033
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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