John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat - Hooker 'N' Heat (2LP)
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John Lee Hooker - guitar, vocals [click here to see more vinyl featuring John Lee Hooker]
Alan Wilson – piano, harmonica
Henry Vestine - guitar
Antonio de la Barreda – bass
Adolfo de la Parra - drums
Written by Bernard Besman (B4, D3), John Lee Hooker
2 LPs, gatefold sleeve
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : Pure Pleasure
Original Label : Liberty
Recorded at Liberty Studios, Los Angeles in May 1970 by Dino Lappas
Produced by Skip Taylor & Robert Hite Jr.
Re-mastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios
Originally released in 1971
Reissued in September 2009
Tracks:
Side A :
2. The Feelin’ Is Gone
3. Send Me Your Pillow
4. Sittin’ Here Thinkin’
5. Meet Me In The Bottom
Side B :
1 Alimonia Blues
2. Drifter
3. You Talk Too Much
4. Burning Hell
5. Bottle Up And Go
Side C :
2. I Got My Eyes On You
3. Whiskey and Wimmen
4. Just You And Me
Side D :
1. Let’s Make It
2. Peavine
3. Boogie Chillin’ No 2
Reviews:
« When this two-LP set was initially released in January 1971, Canned Heat was back to its R&B roots, sporting slightly revised personnel. In the spring of the previous year, Larry "The Mole" Taylor (bass) and Harvey Mandel (guitar) simultaneously accepted invitations to join John Mayall's concurrent incarnation of the Bluesbreakers. This marked the return of Henry "Sunflower" Vestine (guitar) and the incorporation of Antonio "Tony" de la Barreda (bass), a highly skilled constituent of Aldolfo de la Parra (drums). Sadly, it would also be the final effort to include co-founder Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, who passed away in September 1970. Hooker 'n Heat (1971) is a low-key affair split between unaccompanied solo John Lee Hooker (guitar/vocals) tunes, collaborations between Hooker and Wilson (piano/guitar/harmonica), as well as five full-blown confabs between Hooker and Heat. The first platter focuses on Hooker's looser entries that vacillate from the relatively uninspired ramblings of "Send Me Your Pillow" and "Drifter" to the essential and guttural "Feelin' Is Gone" or spirited "Bottle Up and Go." The latter being among those with Wilson on piano. Perhaps the best of the batch is the lengthy seven-minute-plus "World Today," which is languid and poignant talking blues, with Hooker lamenting the concurrent state of affairs around the globe. "I Got My Eyes on You" is an unabashed derivative of Hooker's classic "Dimples," with the title changed for what were most likely legal rather than artistic concerns. That said, the readings of the seminal "Burning Hell" and "Bottle Up and Go" kept their familiar monikers intact. The full-fledged collaborations shine as both parties unleash some of their finest respective work. While Canned Heat get top bill -- probably as it was the group's record company that sprung for Hooker 'n Heat -- make no mistake, as Hooker steers the combo with the same gritty and percussive guitar leads that have become his trademark. The epic "Boogie Chillen No. 2" stretches over 11 and a half minutes and is full of the same swagger as the original, with the support of Canned Heat igniting the verses and simmering on the subsequent instrumental breaks with all killer and no filler. The 2002 two-CD pressing by the French Magic Records label is augmented with "It's All Right," with a single edit of "Whiskey and Wimmen." » AllMusic Review by Lindsay Planer
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4.57 / 5