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A1	The Journey Written-By – J. L. Hooker*	3:37
A2	I Don't Want Your Money Written-By – J. L. Hooker*	2:58
A3	Hey, Baby Written-By – J. L. Hooker*	3:22
A4	Mad Man Blues Written-By – J. L. Hooker*	2:39
A5	Bluebird Written-By – J. L. Hooker*	2:55
A6	Worried Life Blues Written-By – M. Merriweather*	3:00
B1	Apologize Written-By – J. L. Hooker*	2:57
B2	Lonely Boy Boogie Written-By – J. L. Hooker*	3:16
B3	Please Don't Go Written-By – M. Morganfield*	2:26
B4	Dreamin' Blues Written-By – J. L. Hooker*	3:02
B5	Hey Boogie Written-By – J. L. Hooker*	2:59
B6	Just Me And My Telephone Written-By – J. L. Hooker*	3:14

Companies, etc.

• Printed By – Doxy

Credits

• Bass Guitar – Eddie Kirkland (tracks: B6)
• Sleeve Notes – Studs Terkel
• Vocals, Guitar – John Lee Hooker

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).

Tracks A1 to A5, B1, B2 & B4 to B6 published by Arc Music - BMI.
Track A6 published by Duchess Music - BMI.
Track B3 published by Arc Music/Watertoons Music - BMI.

Track 6 publishing company misspelled as 'Durchess Music'.

Manufactured in Europe. HQ virgin vinyl 140 gram.
Printed in 2013 by DOL.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 8 013252886751

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