Crawlin' kingsnake
Alternate title
Crawlin' king snake
Master
59-1072
Location/Date
Universal Recording Corporation
Chicago, IL, January 22 1959
Vee-Jay 331
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Calvin Carter
Vee-Jay 331
45 rpm
Collectables COL 3356, Vee-Jay 331
EP
Top Rank TEP 130
LP
Buddah Records BDS 4002, Chameleon D1-74794, Charly LP 1004, Delta Blues DELB008LP, DJM DJD 28026, Everest Records FS 222, Exodus EX-325, GNP Crescendo GNPS 2-10007, Joy Records JOY 101, Joy Records JOYS 156, Top Rank International 33.002, Vee-Jay LP 1007, Vee-Jay LP 1049, Vee-Jay LP 8502, Vee-Jay VJR00005, WaxTime 771919
CD
Acrobat ACQCD 7103, Avid Roots EMSC1208, Chameleon D2-74794, Charly CD 4, Charly CD BM 7, Charly CD DIG 5, Charly CDGR 151, Charly CDGR 281, Charly CPCD 8242-2, Charly CR RED 6, Charly SNAJ 705, Charly VBCD 301, Collectables COL 0108, Collectables COL CD 7107, Fruit Tree FT821, GNP Crescendo GNPD 2-0007, Jasmine Records JASCD 562, Shout! Factory 8 26663 10646, Soul Jam Records 600804, Soul Jam Records 600871, Soul Jam Records 600913, Soul Jam Records 806184, Suite Beat SBCD2012, Timeless Classic Albums DOLCD0475, Union Square Music METRTN014, Vee-Jay VJR00003
Most of Hooker’s recordings for Vee-Jay were done in Bill Putnam’s newly built studio, Universal Recording Corporation, on 46 E. Walton Street in Chicago, with his ”#2-man”, Bernie Clapper, engineering (in studio 2). Hooker’s Vee-Jay ”contacts” were Jimmy Bracken, Ewart Abner and especially Calvin Carter, who also was the foremost producer. When Putnam in 1957 started his United Recording at Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, Clapper took the lead in Chicago.
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