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Alone (Tomato) - cover from MacroMusicAlone - The First Concert (Blues Alliance) - cover from MacroMusic

John Lee Hooker
Alone

Current: Rhino 2CD 70387 (1991)
Current: Blues Alliance CD 13009 Alone - The First Concert (1996)
1 disc, omit tracks 09-17 (same tracks as Labor LP 4 Solo)
Current: Blues Alliance CD 13013 Alone - The Second Concert (1997)
1 disc, tracks re-titled, omit tracks 01-08 (same tracks as MMG LP 64005 Alone Vol. 2 - cover is kinda similar to the other Blues Alliance one, but with more grey (!)
Deleted?: Labor CD ODE 1147 Alone Volume One (1980)
1 disc, omit tracks 09-17 (re-titled CD issue of Labor LP 4 Solo - has a black on grey silhouette of Hooker's profile on the cover)
Original Release: Tomato 2LP 2696601
Specifications: 2 discs, 17 tracks, Stereo, AAD
Recorded: Live at Hunter College, New York City, February 6th, 1976
Tracks: 01. I Miss You So Labor LP 4
02. Jesse James Labor LP 4
03. Dark Room Labor LP 4
04. I'll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive Labor LP 4
05. Boogie Chillun Labor LP 4
06. When My First Wife Left Me Labor LP 4
07. Boom Boom Labor LP 4
08. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer Labor LP 4
Disc Two
09. Feel Good (a.k.a. Put Your Hand on Your Hip) MMG LP 64005
10. Some People (a.k.a. Trying to Survive) MMG LP 64005
11. T.B. (a.k.a. I Won't Be Back No More) MMG LP 64005
12. Baby Please Don't Go (a.k.a. She Left Me on My Bended Knee)
MMG LP 64005
13. Mama Killed a Chicken (a.k.a.You Ain't Too Old to Shift Them Gears)
MMG LP 64005
14. Hobo (a.k.a. Hobo Blues) MMG LP 64005
15. Tired of Being Your Doggie (a.k.a. I Wish You Could Change Your Ways)
MMG LP 64005
16. All Night Long (a.k.a. Boogie Chillen) MMG LP 64005
17. Crawling King Snake (a.k.a. Crawlin' King Snake) MMG LP 64005
References: Labor LP 4 Solo (Labor 4)
MMG LP 64005
Alone (Live in New York) Volume Two (MMG 64005, Germany)
Personnel: John Lee Hooker vocals; guitar

Produced by Kent Cooper and Heiner Stadler
Engineered by
Malcolm Addey
Remote recording facilities provided by Kaleb Sounds Inc., NYC

All songs written by John Lee Hooker

Cover design Emil Kojuharov (Blues Alliance 1)
Liner notes by
Robert Palmer (Tomato)/Kent Cooper (Blues Alliance 1&2)

Notes: Not to be confused (as some of the online stores/guides are) with Alone on Specialty which was a 1970 compilation of 1949-1951 sides (see Graveyard Blues and Everybody's Blues for more info).
Online: LiquidAudio 01-17: CD Connection.com
RealAudio 01-17:
Tunes.COM
RealAudio 01-05, 09-13:
Amazon.com, CDNOW, EveryCD, Rock.com
RealAudio 01-05:
CD Universe (BA1), MacroMusic (BA1)
RealAudio 09-13:
CD Universe (BA2), MacroMusic (BA2)

No audio: All-Music Guide, All-Music Guide (BA1), All-Music Guide (BA2), Roots & Rhythm



JOHN LEE HOOKER
The World's Greatest Blues Singer - with Session Discography



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INFORMATION SOURCES
Cover: Courtesy of MacroMusic (with permission from Rhino, Blues Alliance and MacroMusic).
Release Details: Rhino details from their web site.  Blues Alliance details from online stores.  Labor details from a copy of the CD in my local Tower Records.  Original Tomato catalogue number from Boogie Chillen book.
Specifications: Online stores, counting etc.
Recorded: Online sources cross-referenced with Boogie Chillen book.
Tracks: Tomato names and issues/references from Boogie Chillen book.  Alternative names from online stores.
Personnel: Online sources, cross-referenced with Boogie Chillen book, and from the back of the Labor CD mentioned above.