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Master
61-2203 

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, Diggers Factory MOR‑909, Joy Records JOY 124, Vee‑Jay DS 7007, Vee‑Jay LP 1043, Vinyl Passion VP80784 , WaxTime 500 408738

CD
Avid Roots EMSC1208, Charly CD 170, Charly CDGR 151, Charly CDGR 298, Charly CDRB 10, Charly CPCD 8242‑2, Charly CR RED 6, Charly VBCD 301, Collectables COL 0108, Craft Recordings CR00545, Documents 600258, Editions Atlas WIS CD 602, Hoodoo Records 263481, Not Now Music NOT4CD031, Soul Jam Records 600881, Soul Jam Records 600913, Soul Jam Records 806181, 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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