John_Lee_Hooker-The_Legendary_Modern_Recordings_(1948-1954)-1994-JUST

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2006-01-15

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Artist.......: John Lee Hooker
Album........: The Legendary Modern Recordings (1948-1954)
Label........: Virgin
Genre........: Blues
Catnr........: 39658
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Jan-13-2006
str.date.....: 000-00-1994
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a

track  title                                          time

 01.   Boogie Chillen                                03:12
 02.   Sally Mae                                     03:13
 03.   Hoogie Boogie                                 02:58
 04.   Hobo Blues                                    03:05
 05.   Weeping Willow Boogie                         02:53
 06.   Drifting From Door To Door                    03:02
 07.   Crawling Kingsnake                            03:02
 08.   Women In My Life                              03:15
 09.   Howlin' Wolf                                  02:40
 10.   Playing The Races                             03:17
 11.   Let Your Daddy Ride                           02:41
 12.   Queen Bee                                     02:37
 13.   Wednesday Evening                             03:00
 14.   I'm In The Mood                               03:10
 15.   Tease Me Baby                                 03:05
 16.   Turn Over A New Leaf                          03:10
 17.   Rock House Boogie                             02:55
 18.   Too Much Boogie                               03:02
 19.   Need Somebody                                 03:01
 20.   Gotta Boogie                                  02:26
 21.   Jump Me One More Time                         02:32
 22.   Down Child                                    02:55
 23.   Bad Boy                                       03:06
 24.   Please Take Me Back                           02:57

                                            Runtime  71:14 min
                                            Size     78,9 MB


Release Notes:

From the beginning of his career, John Lee Hooker
recorded prolifically, sometimes for several labels
at once, sometimes under a number of pseudonyms.
That makes his discography a bit difficult for the
collector to sort out, but if you want just one
document of his early years, this is the anthology
of choice, containing 24 sides from 1948 to 1954
that were issued on the Modern label. These, more
than any other, are the recordings that did the
most to establish the Hooker prototype ù the
over-amplified electric guitar, the moody boogies,
the stomping foot rhythms performed without a
rhythm section (some sides feature accompaniment by
Eddie Kirkland on second guitar). Contains his two
most massive early hits, "Boogie Chillen" and "I'm
in the Mood," as well as his oft-covered "Crawling
Kingsnake." This one can get a bit similar-sounding
over the course of two dozen tracks, but little
other post-war electric blues can match the stark
power here.

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