Specialty Profiles (2006)

Product Summary Label: SPECIALTY UPC: 00888072300538 Release Date: 8/29/2006 Buy.com Sku: 202864145 Item#: M34NGW Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Boogie Chillen #2 ~ John Lee Hooker 2. I'm Mad ~ John Lee Hooker 3. Everybody's Blues ~ John Lee Hooker 4. Burnin' Hell ~ John Lee Hooker 5. Do My Baby Think Of Me ~ John Lee Hooker 6. Goin' Down Highway 51 ~ John Lee Hooker 7. My Baby's Got Something ~ John Lee Hooker 8. I Need Lovin' ~ John Lee Hooker 9. Grinder Man ~ John Lee Hooker 10. No More Doggin' (A.K.A. No More Foolin') ~ John Lee Hooker 11. I Need Love So Bad ~ John Lee Hooker 12. Huckle Up Baby ~ John Lee Hooker 13. Nothin' But Trouble (Don't Take Your Wife's Family In) ~ John Lee Hooker 14. Odds Against Me (A.K.A. Backbiters And Syndicators) ~ John Lee Hooker Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. R.M Blues - (with Roy Milton & His Solid Senders) ~ John Lee Hooker 2. Pink Champagne - (with Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers) ~ John Lee Hooker 3. Please Send Me Someone to Love - (with Percy Mayfield) ~ John Lee Hooker 4. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - (with Lloyd Price) ~ John Lee Hooker 5. Dream Girl - (with Jesse & Marvin) ~ John Lee Hooker 6. Things We Used to Do - (with Guitar Slim) ~ John Lee Hooker 7. Long Tall Sally - (with Little Richard) ~ John Lee Hooker 8. I'll Come Running Back to You - (with Sam Cooke) ~ John Lee Hooker 9. Leavin' It All up to You - (with Don & Dewey) ~ John Lee Hooker 10. Dizzy Miss Lizzy - (with Larry Williams) ~ John Lee Hooker (P) 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc. (C) 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: John Lee Hooker (vocals, guitar); Eddie "Guitar" Burns (harmonica); John Hooks (tenor saxophone); John Griffith (piano); Thomas Whitehead (drums). Audio Remasterer: Joe Tarantino. Liner Note Author: Colin Escott. Recording information: Esquire Recording Studios, Detroit, MI (12/??/1949-10/18/1954). Photographer: Lawrence Shustak. John Lee Hooker recorded for many record labels during his long career. But this sampling of some of his Specialty sides finds him at his best, on tracks like his much-recorded "Boogie Chillen No. 2," the simmering "I'm Mad," the brooding "Nothin' But Trouble," and the risqu? "Grinder Man." Featuring many solo cuts (the artist's idiosyncratic timing defeated most accompanists), these quality sides display Hooker in his prime. John Lee Hooker's brief association with the Specialty label doesn't immediately come to mind as do his recordings for, say, Modern, Chess, Vee Jay, or ABC/Bluesway. In 1954 the founder of Los Angeles-based Specialty Records, Art Rupe, bought 35 Hooker tunes, several of which had been cut in Detroit four years earlier. Rupe issued one single to test the market: "I'm Mad" backed with "Everybody's Blues." The record sales were disappointing and the tapes remained in the can until surfacing in 1970. Like so many John Lee Hooker compositions, over the years these songs were re-recorded, sometimes with different titles, and then slapped on one of the many albums released by a mixed bag of labels. However, these 14 tracks represent a composite of those raw early sides, featuring both solo Hooker (with his guitar and stompin' foot) and fronting a raucous juke joint combo. As an extra bonus, the Specialty Profiles series includes a sampler that showcases R&B gems by Specialty acts of the era, including Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Larry Williams, Roy Milton, Lloyd Price, Percy Mayfield, Don & Dewey, Joe Liggins, Jesse & Marvin, and Guitar Slim. ~ Al Campbell Producer: Joe Siracuse; Johnny Vincent; Bernie Besman; Cheryl Pawelski (Compilation); Colin Escott (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 08/29/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 30053 Label : Fantasy (distributor) Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00888072300538