Boom boom
Master
61-2204
Location/Date
Universal Recording Corporation
Chicago, IL, October 26 1961
Vee-Jay 438
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Joe Edward Hunter, pno; Hank Cosby, ts; Andrew 'Mike' Terry, baritonesax; Larry Veeder, gtr; James Jamerson, bs; Benny Benjamin, dms
Produced by
Calvin Carter
Collectables COL 3082, Vee-Jay 438
EP
Charly CTD 106, Outta Sight RSV064
LP
Buddah Records BDS 4002, Chameleon D1-74794, Charly LP 1004, Concord VJR-37597-01, Craft Recordings CR00544, Delta Blues DELB008LP, DJM DJD 28026, Exodus EX-325, GNP Crescendo GNPS 2-10007, Instant INS 5009, Joy Records JOY 124, Joy Records JOYS 156, Tradition LP 2089, Up Front UPF 104, Vee-Jay LP 1043, Vee-Jay LP 1049, Vee-Jay LP 1074, Vee-Jay LP 1100, Vee-Jay LP 8502, Vee-Jay VJR00005
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 298, Charly CDRB 10, Charly CPCD 8242-2, Charly CR RED 6, Charly SNAJ 705, Charly VBCD 301, Collectables COL 0108, Collectables COL CD 7107, Craft Recordings CR00015, Craft Recordings CR00545, Fruit Tree FT821, GNP Crescendo GNPD 2-0007, Hip-O Records B0008590-02, Hoodoo Records 263481, Instant CD INS 5009, Rhino CD R2 70572, Shout! Factory 8 26663 10198, Shout! Factory 8 26663 11289, Snapper Music SBLUECD020, Soul Jam Records 600881, Soul Jam Records 600913, SPV Recordings SPVCD 95940, Suite Beat SBCD2012, Tomato R2 71659, Union Square Music INTROTCD01, 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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