The Classic Early Years 1948-1951

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Boogie Chillen
  3:09
• 2
  Sally Mae
  3:12
• 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
• 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
• 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

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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 [2.1, 2.17, 4.18, 4.25, 1.1-2, 1.19, 3.21], lead vocals [17], vocal [2.1, 1.1-2, 1.19, 3.21, 4.18, 4.25]

Issues

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  The Classic Early Years 1948-1951

  4x CD
  11 June 2002