Definitive Collection [Metro]
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Tracklist
CD 1
Trouble Blues (02:45) Hooker, John Lee
Baby Lee (02:51) Hooker, John Lee
Dimples (02:13) Hooker, John Lee
Every Night (02:59) Hooker, John Lee
I Love You Honey (02:33) Hooker, John Lee
I'm In The Mood (02:43) Hooker, John Lee
Little Wheel (02:36) Hooker, John Lee
I See You When You're Weak (02:53) Hooker, John Lee
I'm So Excited (02:53) Hooker, John Lee
Crawling King Snake (02:44) Hooker, John Lee
Wheel And Deal (02:32) Hooker, John Lee
I'm Going Upstairs (02:54) Hooker, John Lee
The Road Is So Rough (03:02) Hooker, John Lee
Boom Boom (02:31) Hooker, John Lee
I'm Mad Again (02:38) Hooker, John Lee
Boogie Chillen (02:36) Hooker, John Lee
Don't Look Back (02:54) Hooker, John Lee
Mama, You Got A Daughter (02:37) Hooker, John Lee
Solid Sender (02:35) Hooker, John Lee
Want Ad Blues (02:14) Hooker, John Lee
Hard Headed Woman (02:31) Hooker, John Lee
This Is Hip (02:29) Hooker, John Lee
It Serves Me Right To Suffer (03:31) Hooker, John Lee
She's Long, She's Tall (She Weeps Like A Willow Tree) (02:28) Hooker, John Lee
Review
No, it's not the definitive collection, covering just Hooker's time with Vee-Jay from the mid-'50s to the mid-'60s. In fact, it's not even the definitive collection of the Vee-Jay years, although with 24 tracks, it's pretty long for a single-disc retrospective of that phase. Hooker's Vee-Jay catalog is pretty well traveled, and this isn't the lengthiest survey of it. But because Hooker's Vee-Jay period was very good, this CD is very good, with its couple dozen slices of the label and era that produced his best full-band recordings (and the ones that are most approachable for R&B/rock listeners). As would happen with any 24-song Vee-Jay anthology, not everyone will think these are the best 24 tracks that could have been selected: "Maudie" and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" are the most notable absentees. However, it does have some of his most familiar recordings -- "Dimples," "Boom Boom," "I'm Mad Again" (covered by the Animals), the underrated "Don't Look Back" (covered by Them), the original version of "It Serves You Right to Suffer" (here titled "It Serves Me Right to Suffer"), and his Vee-Jay versions of "Boogie Chillun," "I'm in the Mood," and "Crawlin' Kingsnake." ~ Richie Unterberger
Contributors
Artist HOOKER JOHN LEE
Artist John Lee Hooker
Label Metro
Product Details
DUIN 18O3DQ9QO87
GTIN 0698458100528
Release Date 03.03.2000
Amount of Discs 1
Age Classification (FSK) Without restriction
Product type CD
Track Count 24