The Classic Early Years 1948-1951

Compilation by John Lee Hooker

Released 11 June 2002

blues

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Tracklist

CD 1
1
Boogie Chillen
3:09
3.0 ★
2
Sally Mae
3:12
1.0 ★
3
See See Baby
2:19
4
She Was in Chicago
2:57
5
Stomp Boogie
3:11
6
Who's Been Jiving You
3:10
7
Black Man Blues
3:36
8
Poor Joe
3:01
9
Good Business
3:33
10
Boogie Woogie
3:31
11
Helpless Blues
3:40
12
Goin' Mad Blues
3:46
13
Low Down Midnite Boogie
3:35
14
Landing Blues
3:26
15
Morning Blues
3:04
16
Drifting From Door to Door
2:59
17
Hobo Blues
3:02
18
Howlin' Wolf
2:38
19
Crawling King Snake
3:00
1.0 ★
20
She Ain't Good for Nothin'
2:46
21
Cotton Pickin' Blues
2:45
22
Must I Wait Til Your Man Is Gone
3:05
23
We Gonna Make Everything Alright
3:05
24
Miss Rosie Mae
3:08
25
Highway Blues
3:05
CD 2
1
Hoogie Boogie
2:57
2
Graveyard Blues
3:14
3
Whistlin' and Moaning Blues
3:07
4
I Love to Boogie
3:13
5
Miss Eloise
2:41
6
Burnin' Hell
2:42
7
I Had a Dream
3:00
8
Nightmare Blues
2:53
9
Late Last Night
3:02
10
Wandering Blues
3:18
11
Don't Go Baby
3:12
12
Devil's Jump
2:53
13
I'm Gonna Kill That Woman
3:05
14
Moaning Blues
3:02
15
The Numbers
3:12
16
Weeping Willow
2:49
17
Miss Sadie Mae
2:46
18
Sometime
3:00
19
Forgive Me
3:14
20
Heart Trouble Blues
3:03
21
Slim's Stomp
3:04
22
Miss Lorraine
3:03
23
Talkin' Boogie
3:07
24
Road Trouble
3:10
25
609 Boogie
3:17
CD 3
1
No Friend Around
2:56
2
Wednesday Evening
2:57
3
Canal Street Blues
2:45
4
Playin' the Races
3:09
5
Huckle Up Baby
2:48
6
Let Your Daddy Ride
2:55
7
Goin' on Highway 51
2:30
8
The Moon Above
2:39
9
She Left Me by Myself
2:50
10
No Mortgage on My Soul
3:17
11
My Baby's Got Something
2:49
12
Decoration Day Blues
3:02
13
Boogie Chillen No. 2
2:46
1.0 ★
14
Roll 'n' Roll
2:37
15
Crying All Night
2:44
16
One More Time
2:57
17
I Don't Be Welcome Here
3:02
18
Welfare Blues
2:58
19
Turnin' Gray Blues
2:48
20
The Story of a Married Woman
2:47
21
Mad Man Blues
2:42
22
Boogie Now
2:02
23
Thinking Blues
3:00
24
Don't You Remember Me
2:50
25
Give Me Your Phone Number
2:48
CD 4
1
Notoriety Woman
3:09
2
Never Satisfied
3:00
3
Moon Is Rising
2:49
4
Please Have Mercy
2:44
5
John L's House Rent Boogie
3:01
6
Queen Bee
2:35
7
You've Got Another Man
3:16
8
If You Need My Lovin' Baby
2:44
9
Nobody to Talk to Me
3:05
10
Prison Bound
3:44
11
Bumble Bee Blues
2:41
12
Questionnaire Blues
3:26
13
Real Gone Gal
3:14
14
Little Boy Blues
2:35
15
My Daddy Was a Jockey
3:18
16
Mean Old Train
3:10
17
Catfish
3:08
18
Louise
3:05
19
I'm Going Away
3:03
20
Tease Me Baby
3:03
21
Streets Is Filled With Women
3:14
22
Me and My Woman
2:40
23
Whistle Done Blown
3:11
24
How Can You Do It
2:41
25
I'm in the Mood
3:07
3.0 ★

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Release credits

Andres Durham
guitar [18]
Andrew Dunham
guitar [17]
Bernard Besman
producer [1.1, 1.19, 2.1]
Eddie Burns
harmonica [17]
Eddie Kirkland
guitar [18, 25]
John Lee Hooker
guitar [1.1-2, 1.19, 2.1, 2.17, 3.21, 4.18, 4.25], lead vocals [17], vocal [3.21, 1.1-2, 1.19, 2.1, 4.18, 4.25]

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The Classic Early Years 1948-1951
4x CD
11 June 2002