









John Lee Hooker - It Serve You Right To Suffer
John Lee Hooker, guitar, vocals [click here to see more vinyl featuring John Lee Hooker]
Milt Hinton, bass [Click here to see more vinyl featuring Milt Hinton]
William Wells, trombone
David "Panama" Francis, drums
Joe Galbreath, guitar
1 LP, Gatefold Jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Verve Acoustic Sound Series
Original Label : Impulse
Recorded in 1965
Engineered by Bob Arnold
Original session produced by Bob Thiele
Mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab
Reissue produced by Chad Kassem
Originally released in 1966
Reissued in 2025
Tracks :
Side A:
1. Shake It Baby
2. Country Boy
1. Bottle Up And Go
2. You're Wrong
Side B:
1. Sugar Mama
2. Decoration Day
1. Money
2. It Serve You Right To Suffer
Reviews :
"Given Hooker's unpredictable timing and piss-poor track record recording with bands, this 1965 one-off session for the jazz label Impulse! would be a recipe for disaster. But with Panama Francis on drums, Milt Hinton on bass, and Barry Galbraith on second guitar, the result is some of the best John Lee Hooker material with a band that you're likely to come across. The other musicians stay in the pocket, never overplaying or trying to get Hooker to make chord changes he has no intention of making. This record should be played for every artist who records with Hooker nowadays, as it's a textbook example of how exactly to back the old master. The most surreal moment occurs when William Wells blows some totally cool trombone on Hooker's version of Berry Gordy's "Money." If you run across this one in a pile of 500 other John Lee Hooker CDs, grab it; it's one of the good ones." AllMusic Review by Cub Koda
Rating:
Discogs 4.66 / 5