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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Mad Man Blues 2:45£0.69
Listen  2. Hey Boogie 2:15£0.69
Listen  3. Louise 3:03£0.69
Listen  4. High Priced Woman 2:42£0.69
Listen  5. Union Station Blues 2:55£0.69
Listen  6. Ground Hog Blues 2:57£0.69
Listen  7. Leave My Wife Alone 2:47£0.69
Listen  8. Ramblin' By Myself 3:19£0.69
Listen  9. Dreamin' Blues 3:06£0.59
Listen10. Just Me And My Telephone 3:21£0.69
Listen11. Walkin' The Boogie (Alternate Take) 2:33£0.69
Listen12. Sugar Mama 3:12£0.69
Listen13. Please Don't Go 2:28£0.69
Listen14. I Don't Want Your Money 3:03£0.69
Listen15. Hey Baby 3:28£0.69
Listen16. Bluebird 3:01£0.69


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Listen  1. Walkin' The Boogie (Single Version) 2:55£0.69
Listen  2. Love Blues 2:59£0.69
Listen  3. Lonely Boy Boogie (a/ka/ New Boogie) 3:51£0.69
Listen  4. Apologize 3:03£0.69
Listen  5. The Journey 4:17£0.69
Listen  6. Worried Life Blues 3:05£0.69
Listen  7. Down At The Landing 2:54£0.69
Listen  8. You Have Two Hearts 3:16£0.69
Listen  9. It's My Own Fault 2:59£0.69
Listen10. Blues For Big Town 3:10£0.69
Listen11. Women And Money 2:56£0.69
Listen12. Big Fine Woman 2:59£0.69
Listen13. Tell Me Baby 3:40£0.69
Listen14. Blues For Christmas 3:19£0.69
Listen15. Cry Baby Cry 3:20£0.69

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Hooker was already making hits (for Modern) when he started to record for Chicago's legendary Chess Records in 1952. So he's at the peak of his powers on these solo sides from 1952 to '54, and with Eddie "Guitar" Burns, pianist Lafayette Leak, and drummer Fred Below in 1966. The '50s numbers stomp and grind through Hooker's typically down-'n'-dirty songwriting. "Ground Hog Blues" is especially gritty, as he describes how he'll poison his woman's lover. Those cuts also show the influence of pre-war blues personalities Sleepy John Estes (on "Worried Life Blues"), Tampa Red ("Sugar Mama"), Sonny Boy Williamson ("Louise"), Johnny Temple ("Please Don't Go"), and Big Joe Williams ("Bluebird"). The '66 band recordings include his classics "The Waterfront" and "One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer". --Ted Drozdowski


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Spanning a brief period between 1952 and 1954, THE COMPLETE'50S CHESS RECORDINGS captures the legendary bluesman in the early stage of his recording career. This collection kicksoff with the rare single "Mad Man Blues" and "Hey Boogie", two raw, primitively recorded tracks that showcase the primal blues fire of Hooker's rich voice and raunchy guitar style. Though the remaining tracks are somewhat better recorded, the higher fidelity only serves to bring Hooker's dark, powerful sound into full focus.
The majority of the performances on this collection are basically solo performances, withHooker's foot stamping out the beat on a wooden floor as hecoaxes some amazing rhythms and sounds out of his guitar. Later recordings like "Tell Me Baby" and "Big Fine Woman" feature a full band and are quite reminiscent of Hooker's classic early '60s recordings for the Vee-Jay label. THE COMPLETE'50S CHESS RECORDINGS provides a fascinating look at a rarely heard but very rewarding period in the career of one of the greatest blues artists to ever step up to a microphone.

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