Tracklist

A1	Johnny Lee's Original Boogie	2:50
A2	She Left Me By Myself	2:50
A3	Out The Door I Went	2:58
A4	My Baby She's Long And Tall	3:03
A5	No Mortgage On My Soul	3:15
A6	I Come To You Baby	2:43
A7	I Rule My Den	2:44
B1	The Great Disaster Of 1936	3:02
B2	The Winding Highway	2:52
B3	She Quit Me	2:47
B4	How Long Can This Go On	2:50
B5	Can I Say Hello	3:07
B6	I Had A Dream	2:57
B7	Me And A Woman	2:38
C1	Throw My Money Around	2:40
C2	Well I Got To Leave	2:51
C3	I Gotta Be Comin' Back	2:38
C4	I Don't Be Welcome Here	2:59
C5	Two Voice Original Mood	3:05
C6	Three Voice Original Mood	3:05
C7	Johnny Says Come Back	3:13
D1	The Story Of A Married Woman	2:45
D2	Snap Them Fingers Boogie	3:01
D3	Lord What More Can I Do?	2:54
D4	Baby Please Don't Go	2:17
D5	I'm Going Away	3:02
D6	Hummin' The Blues	3:04
D7	Johnny Lee And The Thing	2:44
E1	Slow Down Your Chatter Baby	2:55
E2	I Did Everything	3:21
E3	First Version Of Someone To Love	2:46
E4	Second Version Of Someone To Love	3:00
E5	There's A Day Comin' Baby	3:03
E6	I Was Beggin' My Baby	4:14
E7	Nobody To Talk To Me	3:02
F1	I'm Gonna Whip Ya Baby	2:56
F2	It's A Crime And A Shame	2:46
F3	I Met The Grindin' Man	2:59
F4	Louisiana Blues For You	2:49
F5	Long, Long Way From Home	2:49
F6	Sometime	2:58
F7	T.B.'s Killin' Me	2:54

Credits

• Artwork – Robert Grossman
• Compiled By, Coordinator – Daniel Bourgoise*
• Design – Mike Salisbury, Ria Lewerke
• Guitar [Uncredited], Vocals [Uncredited], Words By, Music By – John Lee Hooker
• Remastered By – Bob Brown
• Supervised By [Editorial Supervision] – Greg Shaw
• Words By, Music By, Producer [Original Recordings], Liner Notes, Piano, Organ – Bernie Besman*

Notes

42 never-before-released takes.

Recorded at United Sound, Detroit 1948-1952. Remastered from the original acetate masters.

© MCMLXXVIII United Artists Records, Inc. Packaged in a box.

Auto-coupled sides:
Disc 1: sides 1 & 6
Disc 2: sides 2 & 5
Disc 3: sides 3 & 4

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): UA-LA-127-J1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): UA-LA-127-J2
• Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): UA-LA-127-J3
• Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): UA-LA-127-J4
• Matrix / Runout (Side E runout): UA-LA-127-J5
• Matrix / Runout (Side F runout): UA-LA-127 J6
• Other (Price Code): 0998

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
7243 8 33912 2 6, CDEM 1568	John Lee Hooker	Alternative Boogie : Early Studio Recordings 1948-1952 ‎(3xCD, Comp, RM)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	7243 8 33912 2 6, CDEM 1568	Europe	1995
7243 8 33912 2 6	John Lee Hooker	Alternative Boogie : Early Studio Recordings 1948-1952 ‎(3xCD, Comp, Club, RM)	Capitol Records	7243 8 33912 2 6	Canada	1995

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