Little wheel
Master
57-717
Location/Date
Universal Recording Corporation
Chicago, IL, June 23 1957
Vee-Jay 255
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Eddie Taylor, gtr; Frankie Bradford, pno; Everett McCrary, bs; Richard Johnson, dms
Produced by
Calvin Carter
Vee-Jay 255
45 rpm
Vee-Jay 255
EP
Stateside SE 1019
LP
Buddah Records BDS 4002, Charly LP 1014, Delta Blues DELB008LP, DJM DJD 28026, Everest Records FS 222, 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 1074, WaxTime 771919
CD
Acrobat ACQCD 7103, Avid Roots EMSC1208, Charly CD 4, Charly CD BM 7, Charly CDGR 281, Charly CR RED 6, Charly SNAJ 705, Collectables COL 0108, Craft Recordings CR00015, Fruit Tree FT821, GNP Crescendo GNPD 2-0007, Jasmine Records JASCD 562, Saga 532 122-3, Shout! Factory 8 26663 10646, Soul Jam Records 600804, Soul Jam Records 600881, Soul Jam Records 600913, Soul Jam Records 806184, Suite Beat SBCD2012, Timeless Classic Albums DOLCD0475, Union Square Music INTROTCD01, Union Square Music METRTN014, Vee-Jay NVD2-713
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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