Boom boom
Master
61-2204
Location/Date
Universal Recording Corporation
Chicago, IL, October 26 1961
Vee-Jay 438
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 3082, Goldies 45 D‑2451, President PT 295, Stateside SS 203, Trip TR‑168, Vee‑Jay 438
EP
Charly CTD 106, Outta Sight RSV064
LP
Bellaphon BLS5523, Bellevue Publishing 02090‑VB, Blues Joint 8017, Buddah Records BDS 4002, Chameleon D1‑74794, Charly CLYCAR 298, Charly CRB 1004, Concord VJR‑37597‑01, Craft Recordings CR00544, Delta Blues DELB008LP, Diggers Factory MOR‑909, DJM DJD 28026, Exodus EX‑325, GNP Crescendo GNPS 2‑10007, Instant INS 5009, Joy Records JOY 124, Joy Records JOYS 156, Not Now Music NOT3LP258, Power Station Music 3566, Rat Pack Records 783721, Saga Records 089 116‑2, Tradition LP 2089, Trip TLX‑9504, Trip TOP 16‑46, Universal 678 199‑5, Up Front UPF 104, Vee‑Jay LP 1043, Vee‑Jay LP 1049, Vee‑Jay LP 1074, Vee‑Jay LP 1100, Vee‑Jay VJLP 8502, Vee‑Jay VJR00005, Vee‑Jay VJS 2‑1004, Vinyl Lovers 6785420, Vinyl Passion VP80784 , Wagram Music 3358456, Wagram Music 3394126, Wax Love WLV82054, WaxTime 500 408738
CD
Acrobat ACQCD 7103, Avid Roots EMSC1208, Big3 Records BT3229, Chameleon D2‑74794, Charly CBMCD016, Charly CD 4, Charly CD BM 7, Charly CD DIG 5, Charly CDGR 151, Charly CDGR 298, Charly CDRB 10, Charly CPCD 8242‑2, Charly CR RED 6, Charly QBCD 8, Charly SNAJ 705, Charly VBCD 301, 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, Hip‑O Records B0006127‑02, Hip‑O Records B0008590‑02, Hoodoo Records 263481, Instant CD INS 5009, Music Club MCCD 020, Not Now Music NOT2CD518, Not Now Music NOT4CD031, Rat Pack Records 783721, Recall SMDCD 187, Rhino CD R2 70572, Rhino R2 71915, Shout! Factory 8 26663 10198, Shout! Factory 8 26663 11289, Snapper Music SBLUECD020, Soul Jam Records 600881, Soul Jam Records 600913, SPV Recordings SPVCD 95940, Suite Beat SBCD2012, Tomato R2 71659, Union Square Music INTROTCD01, Union Square Music METRTN014, Union Square Music SIMPTNCD026, Vee‑Jay VJD 81043, Vee‑Jay VJD 81049, Vee‑Jay VJR00003
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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