Dimples
Master
56-445
Location/Date
Universal Recording Corporation
Chicago, IL, March 27 1956
Vee-Jay 205
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Eddie Taylor, gtr; George Washington, bs; Tom Whitehead, dms
Produced by
Calvin Carter
Vee-Jay 205
45 rpm
Collectables COL 3357, Trip TR-169, Vee-Jay 205
EP
Charly CTD 106, Outta Sight RSV064, Top Rank TEP 130
LP
Blues Joint LPS 8003, Buddah Records BDS 4002, Chameleon D1-74794, Charly LP 1004, Concord VJR-37597-01, DJM DJD 28026, GNP Crescendo GNPS 2-10007, Instant INS 5009, Joy Records JOY 101, Joy Records JOYS 156, Top Rank International 33.002, Tradition LP 2089, Vee-Jay LP 1007, Vee-Jay LP 1020, Vee-Jay LP 1049, Vee-Jay LP 1074, 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 CDRB 10, Charly CPCD 8242-2, Charly CR RED 6, Charly SAM 101, Charly SNAJ 705, Charly VBCD 301, Collectables COL 0108, Craft Recordings CR00015, Fruit Tree FT821, GNP Crescendo GNPD 2-0007, Hip-O Records B0008590-02, Instant CD INS 5009, Jasmine Records JASCD 562, Rhino CD R2 70572, Saga 532 122-3, Shout! Factory 8 26663 10198, Shout! Factory 8 26663 10646, Shout! Factory 8 26663 11289, Snapper Music SBLUECD020, Soul Jam Records 600804, Soul Jam Records 600913, SPV Recordings SPVCD 95940, Suite Beat SBCD2012, Timeless Classic Albums DOLCD0475, Tomato R2 71659, Union Square Music INTROTCD01, Union Square Music METRTN014, Union Square Music SIMPTNCD026, Vee-Jay NVD2-713, 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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