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John Lee Hooker
Testament 3
Genres: Country, Blues, Pop

Track Listings (60) - Disc #1
1. Dimples
2. Unfriendly Woman
3. Time Is Marchin
4. Im So Worried Baby
5. Every Night
6. The Road Is So Rough
7. Trouble Blues
8. Baby Lee
9. Everybody Rockin
10. Im So Excited
11. Crawlin Black Spider
12. Little Wheel
13. Little Fine Woman
14. Rosie Mae
15. You Can Lead Me Baby
16. I Love You Honey
17. Youve Taken My Woman
18. Mama You Got A Daughter
19. Maudie
20. Im In The Mood
21. Boogie Chillun
22. Hobo Blues
23. Crawlin Kingsnake
24. Nightmare
25. House Rent Boogie
26. Drive Me Away
27. Sally Mae
28. Moanin Blues
29. Tupelo (Live)
30. Wednesday Evening Blues
31. Dirty Ground Hog
32. Five Long Years
33. My First Wife Left Me
34. I Cant Believe
35. Solid Sender
36. Sunny Land
37. Im A Stranger
38. No Shoes
39. One Way Ticket
40. Half A Stranger
41. Boom Boom
42. Whiskey And Wimmin
43. Dusty Road
44. Im Mad Again
45. Want Ad Blues
46. Im Going Upstairs
47. Process
48. Lets Make It
49. Blues Before Sunrise
50. Ive Got A Letter
51. Drug Store Woman
52. Send Me Your Pillow
53. Take A Look At Yourself
54. This Is Hip
55. Im Leaving Baby
56. Birmingham Blues
57. Dont Look Back
58. Your Baby Aint Sweet Like Mine
59. It Serves Me Right To Suffer
60. Big Legs Tight Skirt

CD Details

All Artists: John Lee Hooker
Title: Testament 3
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Artistry / Mps
Original Release Date: 1/1/1956
Re-Release Date: 11/27/2001
Album Type: Box set, Import
Genres: Country, Blues, Pop
Styles: Classic Country, Contemporary Blues, Delta Blues, Traditional Blues, Regional Blues, Detroit Blues, Electric Blues, Acoustic Blues, Singer-Songwriters
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPCs: 803415570522, 766487984829

Synopsis

Album Description

UK release compiled from the late blues legend's recordings for Chicago's famous Vee Jay Records between 1955 & 1964 while at his artistic peak. Here are 60 highlights from that Vee Jay era. Each disc has been themed to reflect various aspects of his unique sound. Disc one is Hooker in various small group settings, disc two concentrates on his atmospheric, folk blues sound, whilst the third disc collects together the best from his later, urban blues style. Here are his definitive readings of such classic songs as 'I'm In The Mood', 'Crawling Kingsnake' & the originals of the two biggest hits of his career, 'Boom, Boom' & 'Dimples'. Housed in a compact, handsome box, each disc is presented in its own attractive wallet. 2001.

CD Reviews

Good stuff from Hooker's best period

Docendo Discimus | Vita scholae | 04/09/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This may look like a second-rate box set, but it actually draws from John Lee Hooker's best period, his classic 50s and 60s Vee-Jay sides, which produced some of his most accessible and enjoyable singles ("Dimples", "Hobo Blues", "Blues Before Sunrise", "Big Legs, Tight Skirt", "Time Is Marchin'", "It Serves Me Right To Suffer").

Not everything you'll ever want to hear from that period is here, and Tomato's two discs covering the same period and titled "The Early Years vol. I-II remain the best overview of the Hook's Vee-Jay years, but this is actually a good place to get a lot of great stuff all at once."