John Lee Hooker - The Vee Jay Years - 1955-1964

      
          Disc One
01.     Unfriendly Woman [02:53]
(Hooker, Bracken)
Recorded October 19th, 1955 - Vee-Jay 265, Vee-Jay CD 713
02.     Wheel and Deal [02:33]
Recorded October 19th, 1955
Top Rank EP 136, DJM LP 28026, Charly LP 1029
03.     Mambo Chillun [02:47]
Recorded October 19th, 1955 - Vee-Jay 164, Vee-Jay CD 713
04.     Time is Marching [03:02]
Recorded October 19th, 1955 - Vee-Jay 164, Vee-Jay LP 1007, Vee-Jay LP 8502, Vee-Jay CD 713
05.     I'm So Worried Baby [03:12]
(Hooker, Bracken)
Recorded March 27th, 1956 - Vee-Jay 233, Charly CD 176, Vee-Jay CD 713
06.     Baby Lee [03:00]
(Hooker, Bracken)
Recorded March 27th, 1956 - Vee-Jay 205, Vee-Jay LP 1007, Vee-Jay CD 713
07.     Dimples [02:12]
Recorded March 27th, 1956 - Vee-Jay 205, Vee-Jay LP 1007, Vee-Jay LP 1049, Vee-Jay CD 713
08.     Every Night [03:00]
Recorded March 27th, 1956 - Vee-Jay 188, Vee-Jay LP 1007, Vee-Jay CD 713
09.     The Road is So Rough [03:03]
Recorded March 27th, 1956 - Vee-Jay 233, Vee-Jay CD 713
10.     Trouble Blues [02:46]
Recorded March 27th, 1956 - Vee-Jay 188, Vee-Jay CD 713
11.     Stop Talking [02:12]
Recorded June 7th, 1956 - DJM LP 28026, Charly LP 1029
12.     Everybody Rockin' [02:41]
Recorded March 1st, 1957 - Top Rank EP 136, DJM LP 28026, Charly LP 1014
13.     I'm So Excited [02:54]
Recorded March 1st, 1957 - Vee-Jay 245, Vee-Jay LP 1007, Vee-Jay CD 713
14.     I Can See You When You're Weak [02:54] (a.k.a. I See You When You're Weak)
(Hooker, Bracken)
Recorded March 1st, 1957 - Vee-Jay 245, Charly CD 176, Vee-Jay CD 713
15.     Crawlin' Black Spider [02:45]
Recorded March 1st, 1957 - Top Rank EP 136, DJM LP 28026, Charly LP 1014
16.     Little Wheel [02:39]
Recorded June 23rd, 1957 - Vee-Jay 255, Vee-Jay LP 1007, Vee-Jay LP 1049, Vee-Jay CD 713
17.     Little Fine Woman [02:26]
(Hooker, Bracken)
Recorded June 23rd, 1957 - DJM LP 28026, Charly LP 1029
18.     Rosie Mae [02:46]
Recorded June 23rd, 1957 - Vee-Jay 255, Vee-Jay CD 713
19.     You Can Lead Me Baby [02:42]
Recorded June 23rd, 1957 - Vee-Jay 265, Vee-Jay CD 713


    Disc Two
20.     I Love You Honey [02:35]
(Williams)
Recorded June 10th, 1958 - Vee-Jay 293, Vee-Jay LP 1007, Vee-Jay CD 713
21.     You've Taken My Woman [02:29]
Recorded June 10th, 1958 - Vee-Jay 293, Vee-Jay CD 713
22.     Mama, You Got a Daughter [03:42]
(J.B. Lenoir)
Recorded 1959/60 - DJM LP 28026, Charly LP 1029, Chameleon CD 74794
23.     Nightmare [04:27]
Recorded 1959/60 - Charly LP 1029, Chameleon CD 74794
24.     House Rent Boogie [04:03]
Recorded 1959/60 - Charly LP 1004, Instant LP 5009
25.     Trying to Find a Woman [03:39]
Recorded 1959/60 - Charly CD Red Box 6
26.     Drive Me Away [02:56]
Recorded 1959/60 - Charly LP 1029
27.     I'm Goin' Home [03:58]
Recorded 1959/60 - Instant LP 5009
28.     Love Me All the Time [03:13]
Recorded 1959/60 - Charly LP 1029
29.     Lou Della [04:03]
Recorded 1959/60 - Instant LP 5009
30.     Bundle Up and Go [02:32]
Recorded 1959/60
31.     Wrong Doin' Woman [03:41]
Recorded 1959/60 - Charly LP 1029
32.     Maudie [02:25]
Recorded January 22nd, 1959 - Vee-Jay 308, Vee-Jay LP 1007, Vee-Jay LP 8502
33.     Tennessee Blues [02:26]
Recorded January 22nd, 1959 - Vee-Jay 319
34.     I'm In the Mood [02:45]
Recorded January 22nd, 1959 - Vee-Jay 308, Vee-Jay LP 1007, Vee-Jay LP 1049
35.     Boogie Chillun [02:37]
Recorded January 22nd, 1959 - Vee-Jay 319, Vee-Jay LP 1007, Vee-Jay LP 1049
36.     Hobo Blues [02:49]
Recorded January 22nd, 1959 - Vee-Jay 331, Vee-Jay LP 1007
37.     Crawlin' Kingsnake [02:44]
Recorded January 22nd, 1959
Vee-Jay 331, Vee-Jay LP 1007, Vee-Jay LP 1049, Vee-Jay LP 8502


    Disc Three
38.     I Wanna Walk [02:14]
Recorded March 1st, 1960 - Vee-Jay LP 1023
39.     Canal Street Blues [02:56]
Recorded March 1st, 1960 - Vee-Jay LP 1023
40.     I'll Know Tonight [02:40]
Recorded March 1st, 1960 - Vee-Jay LP 1023
41.     I Can't Believe [02:52]
Recorded March 1st, 1960 - Vee-Jay LP 1023
42.     Goin' to California [02:25]
Recorded March 1st, 1960 - Vee-Jay LP 1023
43.     Whiskey and Wimmen [02:59]
Recorded March 1st, 1960 - Vee-Jay LP 1023, Vee-Jay LP 1049, Vee-Jay LP 8502
44.     Run On [02:12]
Recorded March 1st, 1960 - Vee-Jay LP 1023
45.     Solid Sender [02:36]
Recorded March 1st, 1960 - Vee-Jay 349, Vee-Jay LP 1023
46.     Sunny Land [02:31]
Recorded March 1st, 1960 - Vee-Jay LP 1023
47.     Dusty Road [02:21]
Recorded March 1st, 1960 - Vee-Jay 366, Vee-Jay LP 1023, Vee-Jay LP 1049
48.     I'm a Stranger [02:42]
Recorded March 1st, 1960 - Vee-Jay LP 1023
49.     No Shoes [02:25]
Recorded March 1st, 1960 - Vee-Jay 349, Vee-Jay LP 1023, Vee-Jay LP 1049
50.     Five Long Years [03:38]
(Boyd)
Recorded New York City, April 29th, 1960 - Vee-Jay LP 1033
51.     I Like to See You Walk [02:55]
Recorded New York City, April 29th, 1960 - Vee-Jay LP 1033
52.     Wednesday Evening Blues [03:59]
Recorded New York City, April 29th, 1960 - Vee-Jay LP 1033, Vee-Jay LP 8502
53.     Take Me As I Am [03:02]
Recorded New York City, April 29th, 1960 - Vee-Jay 397, Vee-Jay LP 1033
54.     My First Wife Left Me [03:34]
Recorded New York City, April 29th, 1960 - Vee-Jay LP 1033, Vee-Jay LP 8502
55.     You're Looking Good Tonight [02:57]
Recorded New York City, April 29th, 1960 - Vee-Jay LP 1033
56.     You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone [03:03]
Recorded New York City, April 29th, 1960 - Charly LP 1029
57.     Dirty Ground Hog [03:32]
Recorded New York City, April 29th, 1960 - Instant LP 5009
58.     She Loves My Best Friend [04:34]
Recorded New York City, April 29th, 1960 - Charly CD Red Box 6
59.     Sally Mae [04:02]
Recorded New York City, April 29th, 1960 - Charly LP 1029, Charly LP 1081 (note: mistitled as 'Sadie Mae')
60.     Moanin' Blues [03:14]
Recorded New York City, April 29th, 1960 - Charly LP 1029


    Disc Four
61.     The Hobo [03:06] (a.k.a. Hobo Blues/Dusty Road)
Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, June 25th, 1960
Vee-Jay LP 1033, Vee-Jay LP 1049, Vanguard LP 2087, Vanguard LP 9083, Vanguard CD 115
62.     Maudie [02:45]
Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, June 25th, 1960
Vanguard LP 2087, Vanguard LP 9083
63.     Tupelo [03:23] (a.k.a. Backwater Blues)
Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, June 25th, 1960
Vee-Jay 366, Vee-Jay LP 1033, Vee-Jay LP 1049, Vanguard LP 2087, Vanguard LP 9083, Vanguard CD 115
64.     Want Ad Blues [02:17]
(Boyd)
Recorded January 4th, 1961 - Vee-Jay 397, Vee-Jay LP 1033, Vee-Jay LP 8502
65.     Will the Circle be Unbroken [02:35]
(trad. arr. John Lee Hooker)
Recorded January 4th, 1961 - Dynasty LP 7301
66.     I'm Goin' Upstairs [02:57]
Recorded January 4th, 1961 - Vee-Jay 397, Vee-Jay LP 1033
67.     I Left My Baby [04:27]
Recorded January 4th, 1961 - Charly LP 1081
68.     Hard Headed Woman [02:32]
Recorded January 4th, 1961 - Vee-Jay LP 1033
69.     I'm Mad Again [02:42]
Recorded January 4th, 1961 - Vee-Jay 397, Vee-Jay LP 1033
70.     Process [03:39]
Recorded 1961 - Vee-Jay LP 1043
71.     Thelma [03:33]
Recorded 1961 - Vee-Jay LP 1043
72.     What Do You Say [02:31]
Recorded 1961 - Vee-Jay LP 1043
73.     Boom Boom [02:31]
Recorded 1961 - Vee-Jay 438, Vee-Jay LP 1043, Vee-Jay LP 1049, Vee-Jay LP 1100 (w. audience noise overdubbed), Vee-Jay LP 8502
74.     Blues Before Sunrise [03:51]
Recorded 1961 - Vee-Jay LP 1043, Vee-Jay LP 8502
75.     I Lost a Good Girl [02:52]
Recorded 1961 - Vee-Jay LP 1043
76.     She's Mine [02:24] (a.k.a. Keep Your Hands to Yourself)
Recorded 1961 - Vee-Jay 453, Vee-Jay LP 1043
77.     I Got a Letter This Morning [02:44]
Recorded 1961 - Vee-Jay LP 1043
78.     A New Leaf [02:31]
Recorded 1961 - Vee-Jay 453, Vee-Jay LP 1043
79.     Let's Make It [02:24]
Recorded 1961 - Vee-Jay 438, Vee-Jay LP 1043, Vee-Jay LP 1049
80.     Drug Store Woman [02:44]
Recorded 1961 - Vee-Jay LP 1043


    Disc Five
81.     Old Time Shimmy [02:22]
Recorded 1962 - Vee-Jay LP 1058
82.     Onions [02:11]
Recorded 1962 - Vee-Jay LP 1058
83.     You Know I Love You [01:57]
Recorded 1962 - Vee-Jay LP 1058
84.     Send Me Your Pillow [02:25]
Recorded 1962 - Vee-Jay 575, Vee-Jay LP 1058
85.     Big Soul [02:10]
Recorded 1962 - Vee-Jay LP 1058
86.     Frisco Blues [02:46] (a.k.a. San Francisco)
Recorded 1962 - Vee-Jay 493, Vee-Jay LP 1058
87.     She Shot Me Down [02:52]
Recorded 1962 - Vee-Jay LP 1058
88.     Take a Look at Yourself [02:49]
Recorded 1962 - Vee-Jay 493, Vee-Jay LP 1058
89.     Good Rocking Mama [02:29]
Recorded 1962 - Vee-Jay LP 1058
90.     I Love Her [02:14]
Recorded 1962 - Vee-Jay LP 1058
91.     No One Told Me [02:12]
Recorded 1962 - Vee-Jay LP 1058
92.     Don't Look Back [02:41] (mono version of track 106)
Recorded 1963 - Charly CD Red Box 6
93.     One Way Ticket [03:29]
Recorded 1963 - Vee-Jay LP 1066
94.     Half a Stranger [04:24]
Recorded 1963 - Vee-Jay LP 1066
95.     Bottle Up and Go [02:26]
Recorded 1963 - Vee-Jay LP 1066
96.     My Grinding Mill [03:13]
Recorded 1963 - Vee-Jay LP 1066
97.     I Want to Ramble [02:29]
Recorded 1963 - Vee-Jay LP 1066
98.     Sadie Mae [02:54]
Recorded 1963 - Charly CD Red Box 6 (note: this track is listed as being on Charly LP 1081, but it's actually track 59 mistitled)
99.     This is Hip [02:30]
Recorded 1963 - Charly LP 1004
100.     Poor Me [03:12]
Recorded 1963 - Vee-Jay LP 1066
101.     I Want to Shout [02:26]
Recorded 1963 - Vee-Jay LP 1066
102.     Love is a Burning Thing [02:42]
Recorded 1963 - Vee-Jay LP 1066
103.     I Want to Hug You [02:42]
Recorded 1963 - Vee-Jay LP 1066
104.     I'm Leaving Baby [02:13] (a.k.a. I'm Leaving)
Recorded 1963 - Vee-Jay 538, Vee-Jay LP 1066
105.     Birmingham Blues [02:55]
Recorded 1963 - Vee-Jay 538, Vee-Jay LP 1066
106.     Don't Look Back [02:54] (stereo version of 92)
Recorded 1963 - Vee-Jay 575, Vee-Jay LP 1066


    Disc Six
107.     I Can't Quit You Now Blues [02:51]
Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 26/8th, 1963
Vee-Jay LP 1078, Vanguard CD 77005
108.     Stop Baby, Don't Hold Me [01:44] (a.k.a. Stop Baby Don't Hold Me That Way)
Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 26/8th, 1963
Vee-Jay LP 1078
109.     Tupelo [05:16]
Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 26/8th, 1963
Vee-Jay LP 1078
110.     Bus Station Blues [03:38]
Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 26/8th, 1963
Vee-Jay LP 1078, Vanguard LP (7)9145, Vanguard LP/CD 77
111.     Freight Train to My Friend [03:25] (a.k.a. Freight Train Be My Friend)
Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 26/8th, 1963
Vee-Jay LP 1078
112.     Boom, Boom, Boom [02:30]
Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 26/8th, 1963
Vee-Jay LP 1078
113.     Talk That Talk Baby [01:25]
Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 26/8th, 1963
Vee-Jay LP 1078, Vee-Jay LP 8502
114.     Sometime Baby You Make Me Feel So Bad [03:26]
Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 26/8th, 1963
Vee-Jay LP 1078, Vanguard LP (7)9145, Vanguard LP/CD 115
115.     You've Got to Walk Yourself [04:51] (a.k.a. You're Gonna Need Another Favor)
Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 26/8th, 1963
Vee-Jay LP 1078, Dynasty LP 7301
116.     Let's Make It [02:23]
Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 26/8th, 1963
Vee-Jay LP 1078
117.     The Mighty Fire [04:45]
Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 26/8th, 1963
Vee-Jay LP 1078, Vee-Jay LP 8502
118.     Big Legs, Tight Skirt [02:18]
Recorded 1964 - Vee-Jay 670, Chameleon CD 74794
119.     Flowers on the Hour [02:40]
Recorded 1964 - Vee-Jay 708, Dynasty LP 7301
120.     It Serves Me Right to Suffer [03:32] (a.k.a. It Serves Me Right)
Recorded 1964 - Vee-Jay 708, Dynasty LP 7301
121.     It Ain't No Big Thing Baby [04:13] (a.k.a. Ain't No Big Thing Baby)
Recorded 1964 - Dynasty LP 7301
122.     She Left Me One Wednesday [03:42]
Recorded 1964 - Charly LP 1029
123.     You Can Run [03:04] (a.k.a. You Can Run Baby)
Recorded 1964 - Dynasty LP 7301
124.     New Sally Mae [03:37]
Recorded 1964 - Dynasty LP 7301
125.     Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine [02:39]
Recorded 1964 - Vee-Jay 670, Dynasty LP 7301
126.     She's Long, She's Tall [02:29]
Recorded 1964 - Dynasty LP 7301
127.     You're Mellow [04:08]
Recorded 1964 - Dynasty LP 7301