John Lee Hooker CD Discography

	John Lee Hooker Everybody's Blues

Current CD:		Fantasy/Specialty CD 7035 (SPCD-7035-2, 1993)
Current CD:		Ace CD 474 (CDCHD 474, U.K.) not licensed for sale in the U.S.A. or Canada
Original Release:		Fantasy/Specialty CD 7035 (SPCD-7035-2, 1993)

Specifications:		1 disc, 20 tracks, duration approx. 58 minutes Mono, ADD

Recorded:		Detroit, 1950-1954

Tracks:		01.	Do My Baby Think of Me [02:53] Recorded April 28th, 1950 - Sp LP 2125 DCC LP 042
		02.	Three Long Years Today [03:05] Recorded April 28th, 1950 - Sp LP 2125
		03.	Strike Blues [02:39] Recorded April 28th, 1950 - Sp LP 2127
		04.	Grinder Man [03:11] Recorded November 16th, 1950 - Sp LP 2127
		05.	Walkin' This Highway [02:19] Probably recorded November 16th, 1950 - Sp LP 2125
		06.	Four Women in My Life [03:13] (a.k.a. Women in My Life) Recorded April 2nd, 1951 - Modern 829, Kent LP 9006, Sp LP 2127
		07.	I Need Lovin' [02:56] (alt. take of Tease Me Baby) Recorded April 2nd, 1951 - Sp LP 2125
		08.	Find Me a Woman [02:41] (a.k.a. Reach My Goal) Recorded April 2nd, 1951 - Kent LP 9006, Sp LP 2127
		09.	I'm Mad [02:47] Recorded May 12/13th, 1954 - Sp 528, Negro Art LP 368
		10.	I Been Done So Wrong* [02:45] Recorded May 12/13th, 1954 - Sp LP 5013
		11.	Boogie Rambler [02:39] Recorded May 12/13th, 1954 - previously unissued
		12.	I Keep The Blues [02:33] Recorded May 12/13th, 1954 - previously unissued
		13.	No More Doggin' [02:29] (a.k.a. No More Foolin') (Taub-Gordon) Powerforce Music-BMI Recorded May 12/13th, 1954 - previously unissued
		14.	Everybody's Blues [02:50] Recorded May 12/13th, 1954 - Sp 528, Sp LP 5013
		15.	Anybody's Blues (I Love You Baby) [02:22] (alt. take of Everybody's Blues) Recorded May 12/13th, 1954 - previously unissued
		16.	Locked Up in Jail* [02:51] (a.k.a. Prison Blues) Recorded May 12/13th, 1954 - Sp LP 5013
		17.	Nothin' But Trouble (Don't Take Your Wife's Family In) [03:25] Recorded October 18th, 1954 - Sp LP 2149, Sp LP 5013
		18.	I Need Love So Bad [03:11] (Percy Mayfield) ATV Music-BMI Recorded October 18th, 1954 - Sp LP 2149, Sp LP 5013
		19.	Don't Trust Nobody [03:46] (a.k.a. I Had a Good Girl) Recorded October 18th, 1954 - Sp LP 2117, Ace LP 232
		20.	Odds Against Me* [03:06] (a.k.a. Backbiters and Syndicators) Recorded October 18th, 1954 - Sp LP 5013
		* - See note in Information Sources, Tracks

References:		Sp LP 2125 Alone (Specialty SPS 2125, 1970) DCC LP 042 40th Anniversary Album (DCC DZL 042, 1989) Sp LP 2127 Goin' Down Highway 51 (Specialty SPS 2127, 1971) Kent LP 9006 Detroit Blues (Kent 9006 - Various Artists, 1970) Negro Art LP 368 New Traditional Guitar Vol. 3 (Negro Art 368 - Various Artists, France) Sp LP 5013 Hooker, Hopkins and Hogg (Specialty SNTF 5013, 1973, U.K.) Sp LP 2149 Dark Muddy Bottom (Specialty SPS 2149 - Various Artists, 1971) Sp LP 2117 This is How It All Began (Specialty SPS 2117 - Various Artists, 1970) Ace LP 232 Blues Guitar Blasters (Ace CHA 232 - Various Artists, 198?, U.K.)

Personnel:		John Lee Hooker vocals; guitar Unknown piano on 09-13 Eddie Kirkland guitar on 06 Johnny Hooks tenor sax on 09-13 Tom Whitehead drums on tracks 09-16 (note: The Ace CD lists John Griffith and Theophilus Roosevelt as performers. Guess one of them's probably the piano player. Can't hear any additional instruments on there myself) Tracks 01-08 produced by Bernard Besman for Sensation Records Tracks 09-16 produced by Johnny Vincent at Esquire Recording Studios Tracks 17-20 produced by Joe Siracuse at United Sound Studios Selections 01-08 composed by John Lee Hooker and Bernard Besman (ATV Music/La Cienega Music-BMI); All other selections composed by John Lee Hooker (ATV Music-BMI), except where indicated Digital transfers from original analog master discs by Gordon Skene Digital transfers from original analog master tapes by Andrew Niedzwiecki Liner notes by Billy Vera (note: the same notes appear in Graveyard Blues)

Notes:		Chronologically sequenced compilation, containing the remainder of the tracks from the two LP's which Graveyard Blues draws from. Includes several previously unissued tracks.

Online:		LiquidAudio 01-20: CD Connection.com RealAudio 01-20: Tunes.COM RealAudio 01-05: Amazon.com, CDNOW, CD Universe, EveryCD, MacroMusic, Rock.com No Audio: All-Music Guide, Roots & Rhythm

Similar CD's:		Blues Brother (Ace CDCHD 405, 1992) - duplicates 01, 02, 04, 06, 07, 08


		INFORMATION SOURCES

Cover:		Scanned myself (with permission from Fantasy).

Release Details:		All from my Ace CD, bar the catalogue number for the Fantasy CD, which I got from Fantasy's web site.

Specifications:		Details from my Ace CD.

Recorded:		Details from Boogie Chillen book.

Tracks:		Track names and songwriting/publishing credits from the Ace CD. Durations from putting the disc in my player. Other issue info from Boogie Chillen book. (note: the Ace CD states a recording date of May 12th, 1954 for tracks 09-16, and also states that tracks 10, 16 and 20 were previously unissued). Dates for some of the references courtesy of Alan Balfour.

Personnel:		Musician credits from Blues Records 1943-70. All the other details are from my Ace CD.