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John Lee Hooker - John Lee Hooker: The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 Audio CD

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Title: John Lee Hooker: The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990
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Release Date: 1991-11-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Teachin' the Blues 2: Boogie Chillen' 3: Sally Mae 4: Let Your Daddy Ride 5: Crawlin' King Snake 6: Weeping Willow Boogie 7: Hobo Blues 8: Huckle up Baby 9: I'm in the Mood 10: John l's House Rent Boogie 11: No More Doggin' 12: I Need Some Money 13: Frisco Blues 14: Dimples 15: It Serves Me Right to Suffer 16: Bottle up and Go 17: Boom Boom 18: Big Legs, Tight Skirt 19: You Know, I Know 20: One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer 21: Let's Go Out Tonight 22: I Cover the Waterfront 23: She's Mine (Keep Your Hands to Yourself) 24: Back Biters and Syndicators [*] 25: Think Twice Before You Go [*] 26: Shake It Baby [*] 27: I'm Bad Like Jesse James [*] 28: Peavine 29: Burning Hell 30: Terraplane Blues - John Lee Hooker, Roy Rogers 31: I'm in the Mood - John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, Roy Rogers

One of The Best Hooker Anthologies


Hooker, who because of legal entanglements, recorded under a lot of different names (John Lee Cooker, etc. John Lee Hooker: The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 is one of the best, if not the best anthologies of the blues master early work and some of his later work. . . ), is one of the alltime greats, able to evoke haunting tones and moods on some songs, while kicking off a rocking boogie vibe in others. Just about all of the blues standards that he is known for are on this collection - Boogie Children, Crawling Kingsnake Blues, House Rent Boogie, One Bourbor, One Scotch, Onr Beer, and many others.

If you want to get the best representation of his early era, and pickup his later comeback material elsewhere, this is a great way to get your fill of Johnny Lee.


the ultimate collection 1948-1990 by john lee hooker
pretty good but a little disappointing for the price.


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Where does one begin? This collection of 31 classic hits, though some 12 years premature to be complete, is an excellent start, and will literally save you hundreds of dollars if you are an avid collector. A truly original Emperor of the Blues has left behind a legacy that few of us can fathom. I might add that you will need that money to own every recording he's made since 1990; they are superb! You will be disappointed if you go out and buy everything out there. You can run into some pretty iffy recordings and collections, and lots of rehashed material pieced together under different titles, especially when rummaging through all the Best ofs and compilations that have been produced over the years, so it is best to stick with John Lee's early and later classics, like Live at the Cafe Au Go-Go and Live at Soledad Prison, and for more recent excellence The Healer and The Best of Friends. My favorite John Lee Hooker treasure is the The Healer Original Master Recording Gold CD B000000IS9. Beautiful.


Get Hooked
This fabulous 2-CD compilation, nicely packaged and including a good booklet, profiles The Hook in all his glory. Thank you Rhino for doin' it one more time. Perfect if you're new to John Lee and an excellent overview for those attempting to efficiently replace several worn-white Hooker LPs, The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 provides everything except the board he's beating his foot on. Those who would weep and wail that this compilation is incomplete are losing sight of the basic truth about Hooker, he only did one thing. And it was incredibly simple. And he did it over and over and over. Most Hooker songs aren't even structured like songs, they seem to begin and end in vapor. But what happens in-between is nothing short of magical.

The blues has never, never produced a richer or more authoritative voice, as a singer, John Lee Hooker is untouchable. His guitar playing is beyond simple, it's rudimentary, but that boogie groove is his and his alone and he works it to death - you can feel it in bones you didn't know you had. What is really nice about this compilation is the authenticity, you get The Hook in the raw. (Some later work had him collaborating in very unfortunate over-productions. ) You simply can't go wrong in this anthology but I guarantee you that if you begin with Peavine you will find it almost impossible to turn back. In a world of manufactured music that is slick, shiny smooth, and totally without soul it is thoroughly refreshing to encounter this. Buy it.


I'm teachin' the blues to this cat.
It doesn't have every important track by him, but it's the best that's available. This is a solid collection of songs by John Lee Hooker, spanning most of his long career.


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