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Canned Heat, John Lee Hooker: Hooker 'N Heat - 2x LP 180g Vinyl, Limited, Remastered

                 



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Condition: MINT (M)    More Info
Label: Pure Pleasure Records PPANLST35002
Country: UK
Released: 2009-10-02
Genre: Pop-Rock
Barcode: 5060149620960
Quantity: 2 in stock
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When this two-LP set was initially released in January 1971, Canned Heat was back to its R&B roots. Sporting a slightly revised personnel with the return of Henry 'Sunflower' Vestine and the incorporation of Antonio 'Tony' de la Barreda on bass, a highly skilled constituent of Aldolfo de la Parra on 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 tunes, collaborations between Hooker and Wilson, as well as five full-blown confabs between Hooker and Heat. 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. Canned Heat are hands down the best back-up band John Lee Hooker has recorded. And despite the cover billing, they are very much a back-up group, for this is really a John Lee Hooker album, and one of his best in a long while. Much of the credit goes to the Heat's planning and programming. They have caught Hooker in a variety of settings: soloist in his own characteristic idiom; playing a fantastic series of duets with the late Al Wilson; and fronting the entire band (minus Hite, who worked on the project, and spread his infectious good humor, from the control booth) for some righteous, raunchy boogie. Canned Heat have made no secret of the fact that their entire boogie series, spread over some three albums, draws its inspiration from Hooker's work, so the combination is a natural. The second album in this two-record set is given over to band numbers, and it's the best of the two.   Mention should be made of the earth-moving power of Antonio de la Barreda and Adolfo de la Parra, the Heat's south-of-the-border rhythm section, and of the engineering, which may still be a little too clean for Hooker, but then, nobody records in barns anymore. Hooker fans are going to dig this record, and so are Heat fans, and that includes a lot of people. Let 'em boogie!

Als dieses 2LP-Set im Januar 1971 erstmalig veröffentlicht wurde, war Canned Heat wieder bei ihren Rhythm'n'Blues-Wurzeln angekommen. Die Besetzung der Band hatte sich mit der Rückkehr von Henry 'Sunflower' Vestine, Antonio 'Tony' de la Barreda am Bass und dem erfahrenen Aldolfo de la Parra am Schlagzeug nur leicht geändert. Bedauerlicherweise war es aber auch der letzte Auftritt vom Mitbegründer der Band, Alan 'Blind Owl' Wilson, der im September 1970 verstarb. Bei aller Zurückhaltung ist "Hooker 'n Heat" doch ein gemeinsames Werk, aufgeteilt zwischen unbegleiteten Solos von John Lee Hooker, Stücken von dem Duo Hooker / Wilson und allen Fünf als kompletter Band. Und gerade diese Kollaborationen erstrahlen als die jeweils großartigsten Arbeiten der Band bzw. des Solisten. Auch wenn die Band als Namensgeber für die LP fungiert - wahrscheinlich stammte die Idee zum Titel "Hooker 'n Heat" von der Plattenfirma der Band - so sollte man sich nicht täuschen lassen, denn Hooker steuert mit seinen rauen und perkussiven Gitarrenriffs, die sein Markenzeichen geworden sind, die ganze Combo. Das epische "Boogie Chillen No. 2" erstreckt sich über 11 1/2 Minuten und zeichnet sich durch die gleiche 'Kraftmeierei' wie das Original aus, mithilfe von Canned Heat zünden di

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Tracklist
 
A1Messin' With The Hook2:17
A2The Feelin' Is Gone4:31
A3Send Me Your Pillow3:39
A4Sittin' Here Thinkin'4:11
A5Meet Me In The Bottom3:34
B1Alimonia Blues4:28
B2Drifter4:39
B3You Talk Too Much3:08
B4Burning Hell3:55
B5Bottle Up And Go2:20
C1The World Today7:22
C2I Got My Eyes On You4:21
C3Whiskey And Wimmen'4:33
C4Just You And Me7:37
D1Let's Make It4:04
D2Peavine5:00
D3Boogie Chillen No. 211:35


Barcode and Identifiers
Barcode: 5 060149 620960
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / RunoutSide A runout, stamped: PPAN LST 35002-A -19411-
Matrix / RunoutSide B runout, stamped: PPAN LST 35002-B -19411-
Matrix / RunoutSide C runout, stamped: PPAN LST 35002-C -19412-
Matrix / RunoutSide D runout, stamped: PPAN LST 35002-D -19412-


Credits
Art Direction - Norman Seeff
Design - Ron Wolin
Engineer - Dino Lappas
Engineer [Mix Down Engineers] - Bob Zimbler, Martin Birch
Photography By [Black And White Photography] - Philip Melnick
Photography By [Cover Photography] - Tom Tucker
Producer [Produced By] - Bob Hite, Skip Taylor
Written-By - Bernard Besman (Tracks: B4, D3), John Lee Hooker

Notes
Recorded at: Liberty Studios, Los Angeles, California - May, 1970
Mix down engineers [...] at: De Lane Lea Studios - London, England - Sept., 1970

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Tracklisting is supplied by a third party and matched by catalogue number or barcode. Tracks on the release may differ from what is being sold.
     
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