JOHN LEE HOOKER burning hell MONO UK 1st press LP 1958
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Description
Artist: JOHN LEE HOOKER
Title: BURNING HELL
Format: mono LP
Label: RIVERSIDE, UK (RLP 008)
Year: 1958
Style: blues
Info: Very rare original mono UK pressing LP featuring the "pure" Hooker - unadorned by R & B backing or vocal choirs. This is Hooker himself singing the country blues!
This is a very hard to locate 1st press with 1L1/2L1 matrix numbers and textured silver and blue Riverside labels with 'Recording First Published 1958' label text.
Comes in original front laminated and rear paste-on picture sleeve and has plain white paper inner sleeve.
12 tracks:-
-side 1:
BURNING HELL
GRAVEYARD BLUES
BABY PLEASE DON'T GO
JACKSON, TENNESSEE
YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE AND I'LL LIVE MINE
SMOKESTACK LIGHTNIN'
-side 2:
HOW CAN YOU DO IT?
I DON'T WANT NO WOMAN IF HER HAIR AIN'T NO LONGER THAN MINE
I ROLLED AND TURNED AND CRIED THE WHOLE NIGHT LONG
BLUES FOR MY BABY
KEY TO THE HIGHWAY
NATCHEZ FIRE
Vinyl in very good condition with mild surface wear and a couple of very small mild scratches, but actually plays fine with just occasional background crackles and a slight click here and there.
Labels look clean with an average amount of spindle marks.
Sleeve in very good+ condition with mild general wear and some slight discolouring on rear. No writing or stickers anywhere.
Inner sleeve in excellent condition.
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332 (GS 5.4.1 (332))
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