JOHN LEE HOOKER House Of The Blues CHESS LP-1438 1960 original Black/Silver DG

ARTIST: JOHN LEE HOOKER

TITLE: HOUSE OF THE BLUES

LABEL: CHESS LP-1438

PRESSING: 1960 Original

COUNTRY: USA

CONDITION OF VINYL:  VG+, lots of lustre and shine, some surface marks & hairlines, a few brief moments of light crackle. Fantastic realistic sounding MONO recording. A SHELDON pressing.

CONDITION OF LABELS: Excellent deep groove, some light spindle marks

CONDITION OF COVER: VG+, clean front, very minor ring wear & rubbing, light creasing and corner wear

STEREO/MONO: MONO

ANALOG/DIGITAL:  ANALOG

MATRIX NUMBERS (SIDE A/SIDE B): 

LP 9554 SHELDON / LP 9555 SHELDON

Weight of record (includes record cover, inner sleeve, outer sleeve):335g

DESCRIPTION or information on this record

from allmusic.com: 

This 1959 Chess album collects 1951-1954 efforts by John Lee Hooker. 

Some important titles here are the ominous "Leave My Wife Alone," the stark "Sugar Mama," "Ramblin' by Myself," and with Eddie Kirkland on second guitar, "Louise" and "High Priced Woman."

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