John Lee Hooker - Don't Turn Me From Your Door


Label:

Speakers Corner (Atco)

Genre:

Blues

Product No.:
AATC 33151
EAN: 4260019716057
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In Stock
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180 Gram Vinyl Record



180 Gram LP


180-gram vinyl

John Lee Hooker is not only a mystery but also an interesting man to study. Some, like the author Jacques Demêtre called the musician from Mississippi "the most raw and African of all blues players from a musical point of view," while the critic Net Hentoff was awestruck by Hooker's unfiltered power of expression that could scare the pants off a listener taken unawares. The numbers on this LP bear witness to the fact that Hooker's musical language could stir one's emotions deeply, even without the meaty "boom boom." Each title is like a raw diamond, which is intentionally uncut and is to be perceived with directness.

With a stutter and a slur in his speech, the singer declaims his song over a twangy guitar, which is driven along by the rhythmic meter. A final farewell is taken sluggishly and sullenly in the forthright text of "You Lost A Good Man," and even a song without words ("Misbelieving Baby") ponders a question in a purely instrumental monologue. Apart from a dash of boogie ("Pouring Down Rain") Hooker avoids all manner of sweet sounds and harmonies. He remains austerely raw, mercilessly honest, occasionally unforgiving and denies all thoughts of any kind regarding going "back to the roots." This sound IS the root of it all.

This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. More information under www.pure-analogue.com. All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid.

Recording: 1953 in Cincinnati (OH) and July 1961 in Miami (FL)
Production: Henry Stone

 



Side A
1. Stuttering Blues
2. Wobbling Baby
3. You Lost A Good Man
4. Love My Baby
5. Misbelieving Baby
6. Drifting Blues

Side B
1. Don't Turn Me From Your Door
2. My Baby Don't Love Me
3. I Ain't Got Nobody
4. Real Real Gone
5. Guitar Lovin' Man
6. Talk About Your Baby

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