Whiskey and wimmen
Alternate titles
Whiskey wimmen, Whisky and woman
Master
60-1378
Location/Date
Universal Recording Corporation
Chicago, IL, March 1 1960
Vee-Jay LP 1023
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Lefty Bates, gtr; Sylvester Hickman, bs; Jimmy Turner, dms
Produced by
Calvin Carter
Collectables COL 3356
EP
Stateside SE 1019
LP
Buddah Records BDS 4002, Chameleon D1-74794, Charly LP 1081, Exodus EX-325, GNP Crescendo GNPS 2-10007, Joy Records JOYS 129, Joy Records JOYS 156, Vee-Jay LP 1023, Vee-Jay LP 1049, Vee-Jay LP 8502, Vee-Jay VJR00005
CD
Avid Roots EMSC1208, Chameleon D2-74794, Charly CDGR 284, Charly CDRB 10, Charly CR RED 6, Charly SNAJ 705, Collectables COL 0108, Collectables COL CD 7107, GNP Crescendo GNPD 2-0007, Shout! Factory 8 26663 10198, 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 METRTN014, Union Square Music SIMPTNCD026, 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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