John Lee Hooker - The Vee-Jay Years 1955-1964 (6CD) '1992
| Artist | John Lee Hooker Related artists |
| Album name | The Vee-Jay Years 1955-1964 (6CD) |
| Country | |
| Date | 1992 |
| Genre | Blues |
| Play time | 06:16:39 |
| Format / Bitrate | FLAC Stereo 891 Kbps
/ 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps |
| Media | CD |
| Size | 2490.34 Mb |
| Price | $8.95 |
Track list
CD 1
1. (00:02:51) - Unfriendly woman
2. (00:02:30) - Wheel and deal
3. (00:02:45) - Mambo cillun
4. (00:03:00) - Time is marching
5. (00:03:10) - I'm so worried baby
6. (00:02:58) - Baby Lee
7. (00:02:09) - Dimples
8. (00:02:57) - Every night
9. (00:03:01) - The road is so rough
10. (00:02:44) - Trouble blues
11. (00:02:09) - Stop talking
12. (00:02:38) - Everybody rockin'
13. (00:02:52) - I'm so excited
14. (00:02:51) - I can see you when you're weak
15. (00:02:42) - Crawlin' black spider
16. (00:02:37) - Little wheel
17. (00:02:23) - Little fine woman
18. (00:02:44) - Rosie Mae
19. (00:02:43) - You can lead me baby
CD 2
1. (00:02:32) - I love you honey
2. (00:02:26) - You've taken my woman
3. (00:03:40) - Mama, you've got a daughter
4. (00:04:24) - Nightmare
5. (00:04:01) - House rent boogie
6. (00:03:37) - Trying to find a woman
7. (00:02:53) - Drive me away
8. (00:03:56) - I'm goin' home
9. (00:03:11) - Love me all the time
10. (00:04:01) - Lou Della
11. (00:02:29) - Bundle up and go
12. (00:03:39) - Wrong doin' woman
13. (00:02:22) - Maudie
14. (00:02:23) - Tennessee blues
15. (00:02:42) - I'm in the mood
16. (00:02:35) - Boogie chillun
17. (00:02:47) - Hobo blues
18. (00:02:44) - Crawlin' kingsnake
CD 3
1. (00:02:12) - I wanna walk
2. (00:02:53) - Canal Street blues
3. (00:02:39) - I'll know tonight
4. (00:02:49) - I can't believe
5. (00:02:23) - Goin' to California
6. (00:02:56) - Whiskey and wimmen
7. (00:02:09) - Run on
8. (00:02:34) - Solid sender
9. (00:02:29) - Sunny land
10. (00:02:18) - Dusty road
11. (00:02:39) - I'm a stranger
12. (00:02:24) - No shoes
13. (00:03:36) - Five long years
14. (00:02:52) - I like to see you walk
15. (00:03:57) - Wednesday evening
16. (00:02:59) - Take me as I am
17. (00:03:32) - My first wife left me
18. (00:02:55) - You're looking good tonight
19. (00:03:00) - You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
20. (00:03:30) - Dirty ground hog
21. (00:04:32) - She loves my best friend
22. (00:03:59) - Sally Mae
23. (00:03:15) - Moanin' blues
CD 4
1. (00:03:07) - The hobo
2. (00:02:46) - Maudie
3. (00:03:21) - Tupelo
4. (00:02:14) - Want ad blues
5. (00:02:32) - Will the circle be unbroken
6. (00:02:55) - I'm goin' upstairs
7. (00:04:24) - I left my baby
8. (00:02:30) - Hard headed woman
9. (00:02:40) - I'm mad again
10. (00:03:37) - Process
11. (00:03:30) - Thelma
12. (00:02:29) - What do you say
13. (00:02:29) - Boom boom
14. (00:03:49) - Blues before sunrise
15. (00:02:50) - I lost a good girl
16. (00:02:22) - She's mine
17. (00:02:42) - I got a letter this morning
18. (00:02:28) - A new leaf
19. (00:02:21) - Let's make it
20. (00:02:45) - Drug store woman
CD 5
1. (00:02:20) - Old time shimmy
2. (00:02:08) - Onions
3. (00:01:54) - You know I love you
4. (00:02:23) - Send me your pillow
5. (00:02:07) - Big soul
6. (00:02:44) - Frisco blues
7. (00:02:48) - She shot me down
8. (00:02:46) - Take a look at yourself
9. (00:02:26) - Good rocking mama
10. (00:02:12) - I love her
11. (00:02:08) - No one told me
12. (00:02:37) - Don't look back
13. (00:03:27) - One way ticket
14. (00:04:23) - Half a stranger
15. (00:02:23) - Bottle up and go
16. (00:03:10) - My grinding mill
17. (00:02:27) - I want to ramble
18. (00:02:52) - Sadie Mae
19. (00:02:27) - This is hip
20. (00:03:10) - Poor me
21. (00:02:23) - I want to shout
22. (00:02:39) - Love is a burning t,hing
23. (00:02:40) - I want to hug you
24. (00:02:10) - I'm leaving baby
25. (00:02:52) - Birmingham blues
26. (00:02:55) - Don't look back
CD 6
1. (00:02:51) - I can't quit you now blues
2. (00:01:44) - Stop baby, don't hold me
3. (00:05:17) - Tupelo
4. (00:03:39) - Bus station blues
5. (00:03:25) - Freight train to my friend
6. (00:02:30) - Boom, boom, boom
7. (00:01:25) - Talk that talk baby
8. (00:03:27) - Sometime baby you make me feel so bad
9. (00:04:52) - You've got to walk yourself
10. (00:02:23) - Let's make it
11. (00:04:42) - The mighty fire
12. (00:02:16) - Big legs, tight skirt
13. (00:02:37) - Flowers on the hour
14. (00:03:30) - It serves me right to suffer
15. (00:04:11) - It ain't no big thing baby
16. (00:03:40) - She left me one wednesday
17. (00:03:02) - You can run
18. (00:03:34) - New Sally Mae
19. (00:02:37) - Your baby ain't sweet like mine
20. (00:02:27) - She's long, she's tall
21. (00:04:08) - You're mellow
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