Documenting The Sensation Recordings 1948-52

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2020-05-29

Label: Ace

Comes in 3fold digipak in slipcase w/42p booklet.

These three CDs contain all of the Besman John Lee Hooker sides gathered in one place for the first time. Also included is the Little Eddie Kirkland RPM single with John Lee Hooker on second guitar and vocal.
19 different, previously unreleased versions of songs appeared in the research for the project, including extended takes and alternative versions.
There is an introductory note from Peter Guralnick and a comprehensive overview of the music from Dr Wayne Goins, Director of Jazz Studies at Kansas State University.
It also comes with a sessionography covering all the tracks on the CDs.
These early Hooker recordings are akin to jazz as much as the blues, with an improvisatory feel, harking back to the pre-war era, but with a very distinct approach and a unique sound presaging the blues that was to come, into the 50s and 60s.