Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Come Back Baby
2. Forgive Me
3. Streets Is Filled With Women
4. Moon Is Rising
5. Whistle Done Blown
6. Turnin' Gray Blues
7. She Was in Chicago
8. Lord Taketh My Baby Away
9. Just Like a Woman
10. Throw This Old Dog a Bone
11. Johnny Lee's Mood
12. Miss Eloise, Miss Eloise
13. Crying All Night
14. Welfare Blues
15. Johnny Lee's Original Boogie
16. She Left Me by Myself
17. Out the Door I Went
18. My Baby She's Long and Tall

Disc 2:

1. No Mortgage on My Soul
2. I Come to You Baby
3. I Rule My Den
4. Great Disaster of 1936
5. Winding Highway
6. She Quit Me
7. How Long Can This Go On?
8. Can I Say Hello
9. I Had a Dream Last Night
10. Me and My Woman
11. Throw My Money Around
12. Well I Got to Leave
13. I Gotta Be Comin' Back
14. I Don't Be Welcome Here
15. Two Voice Original Mood
16. Three Voice Original Mood
17. Johnny Says Come Back
18. Story of a Married Woman
19. Snap Them Fingers Boogie

Disc 3:

1. Lord What More Can I Do
2. Baby Please Don't Go
3. I'm Going Away
4. Humming the Blues
5. Johnny Lee and the Thing
6. Slow Down Your Chatter Baby
7. I Did Everything
8. Someone to Love [Version One]
9. Someone to Love [Version Two]
10. There's a Day Comin' Baby
11. I Was Beggin' My Baby
12. Nobody to Talk to Me (AKA Mean Old Train)
13. I'm Gonna Whip Ya Baby
14. It's a Crime and a Shame
15. I Met the Grindin' Man
16. Louisiana Blues for You
17. Long, Long Way from Home
18. Sometime
19. T.B. Is Killing Me

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #195529 in Music
• Released on: 1995-10-24
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

Hooker's Most Productive Era
This out-of-print CD represents John Lee Hooker at the peak of his powers. Over the course of three discs you get 56 tracks dating from 1948 to 1952. This collection covers roughly the same period as his classic The Legendary Modern Years 1948-1954 and in fact covers much of the same material--"Sally Mae," "Boogie Chillen," "I'm In the Mood"--though in alternate forms. These tracks were initially available on 1971's Coast to Coast Blues Band (tracks 1-14) and 1973's 3-LP set John Lee Hooker's Detroit (tracks 15-56), both on the United Artists label. Most of these tracks feature Hooker in a solo setting, occasionally overdubbing a second guitar or vocal part. However, he is accompanied by additional musicians on a handful of tracks. If you are an avid fan, these are essential recordings from Hooker's most productive era. Casual fans will be better served by the Modern collection mentioned above or Rhino's excellent 2-disc anthology. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED