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1	The Journey	3:37
2	I Don't Want Your Money	2:54
3	Hey, Baby	3:22
4	Mad Man Blues	2:39
5	Bluebird	2:55
6	Worried Life Blues	3:00
7	Apologize	2:57
8	Lonely Boy Boogie	3:16
9	Please Don't Go Written-By – M. Morganfield*	2:26
10	Dreamin' Blues	3:02
11	Hey Boogie	2:59
12	Just Me And My Telephone Bass – Eddie Kirkland	3:14

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – MCA Records Canada
• Distributed By – MCA Records Canada
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.

Credits

• Liner Notes – Don Kamerer
• Vocals, Guitar – John Lee Hooker
• Written-By – John Lee Hooker (tracks: 1 to 8, 10 to 12)

Notes

All cuts recorded in Detroit, late 1952, except "Mad Man Blues", "Hey Boogie" (Detroit, late 1951), "Dreamin' Blues" (Detroit, 1951) and "Just Me And My Telephone" (Detroit, 1951 or 1952)
Digitally remastered form (sic) Original Chess Records masters.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 076732919927
• Matrix / Runout: #920425DD CHBD-9199

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LP-1454	John Lee Hooker	Plays & Sings The Blues ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Chess	LP-1454	US	1961
MCD09199, CHD19166, 329 199-2	John Lee Hooker	Plays And Sings The Blues ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	MCA Records, Chess, MCA Records	MCD09199, CHD19166, 329 199-2	Europe	1989
CD CHESS 1008	John Lee Hooker	Plays And Sings The Blues ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Chess	CD CHESS 1008	Europe	1989
UICY-76562, CHBD-9199	John Lee Hooker	Plays And Sings The Blues ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Chess, Chess	UICY-76562, CHBD-9199	Japan	2013
GP-9932	John Lee Hooker	The Blues ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Sonet, Grand Prix	GP-9932	Sweden	Unknown