Earl HookerEarl Zebedee Hookerb. January 15, 1930 in Clarksdale, Mississippid. April 21, 1970 at the Chicago State Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Chicago, Illinoisburied April 25, 1970 at Restvale Ce,etery in Worth, ILdiscography
10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm King 4599 (US 2/1953)
10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm King 4600 (US 2/1953)
= Record Shop Special 02 (Fr 1954)
King LP 727 (credited to John Lee Hooker)
# King LP 885 (actually John Lee Hooker credited to Memphis Slim)
King unissued
Rockin' 512
Rockin' HTCD 5020-2 (1998)
Rockin' 519
= DeLuxe 6025 (1953/54?)
Rockin' HTCD 5020-2
Rockin' 513
# Arhoolie 1066# Rockin' LP 102* Nighthawk LP 109
Rockin' unissued
Rockin' HTCD 5502-2Henry Stone Music 25002
Sun unissued
* Arhoolie LP 1066// Sun LP 1060\\ Sun CD box 7[] Charly CR 30127
# Charly CD 30127* Sun CD Box 7
# Charly CR 30127 (1977)* Sun LP 1060 (1989)|| Charly CPCD 8302 (1997)
Argo 5265
C. J. 605
C. J. 613
Profile 4011
= Passion 4011
= All Points 2000
# USA 790# Mel 1005
* Bright Star 146
Bea & Baby 106
= Checker 947 (1960)
= Marjette 2011 (196?)
Chief C 7012
Chief C 7015
Chief C 7016
= Chief C-7039 (1961)
Chief 7020 (US 11/1960)
= Sue WI-392 (UK 9/1965)
Elmore James discographyJohnny Jones discographyHomesick James discographyJunior Wells discography
Chief C-7021
* Mel 1005 (1964)
Chief C-7029
Chief C-7031
Age 29101
Age 29102
# Bright Star 1038
Age 29104
Age 29105
Age 29106
Ember EMB 3356, King KS 1085, See For Miles 6009, King Masters 6009 do not contain Earl Hooker tracks !
King LP 727 (US 1961)
(=) Ember EMB 3356 (UK 1960)(=) King KS 1085 (US 1976) "Moanin' And Stompin' Blues"
(=) King KS 1085 (US 1976) "Moanin' And Stompin' Blues"
(=?) Bellaphon BID 8021 (Germany 1976)
= King KLP-727 (US 1988)
(=) Gusto GD 5032 (DLP 1976 "Moanin' And Stompin' Blues"
= King/Vivid Sound 727 (Jp 1983)
(=?) Polydor 2310.054 (19??) "Moanin' Blues"
(=) See For Miles 6009 (UK 1998)= King Masters 6009 (US 2002) "Don't You Remember Me"
= King Masters 6009 (US 2002) "Don't You Remember Me"
(=) Charly CD 245 (UK 20??)
= Sundazed SLP 5425 (US 2015)
Age 29110
Age 29111
Age 29112
Age 29113
Age 29114
Age unissued
Charly CRB 1135
Checker 1025
Checker unissued
# Chicago Slide LP 005Chess CDRED 36
Chess 1827
Muddy Waters discography
Chess 1839
Mel-Lon 1001 (US 1963)
Chess 1827 / Chess 1839
7 inch 45 rpm EPnotes by Guy Stevens PYE Int. NEP 44010 (UK 9/1963)
USA 779
USA 779 (repress)
Mel 1005 (US 1964)
Junior Wells discography
USA 808
notes by Seymour SteinKing 885 ("Taken from our Vaults - A Real Collectors Item")King / Vivid Sound DJK 12-885 (Jp)
King / Vivid Sound DJK 12-885 (Jp)
Cuca unissued
# * Black Magic BM 9006[] Cuca KS 3400
Jim-Ko unissued
C. J. 643
Blue Flame BLP 101
C. J. unissued
Blue Flame BLP 103
notes by Guy Stevens Sue ILP 921 (UK 1965)
Cuca 1194
Cuca 6733
Cuca KS-3400 (US 1967)
notes by Peter Shertser = Red Lightnin' 009 (UK 1972) "There's A Fungus Amung Us"
notes by Al Smith = Bluesway BLS-6072 (US 1973) "Do You Remember The Great Earl Hooker"
notes by Peter Shertser= Red Lightnin' CD 6118 (UK 1999) "There's A Fungus Amung Us" (digitally remastered)
= Catfish 134 (UK 1999)= Multimedia 6118 (US 1999)
= Sundazed SUNLP 5206 (US 2006) "The Genius of Earl Hooker"www.sundazed.com
= P-Vine PVCP8159 (Jp 1998)
Black Magic BM 9006
[] Black Magic BM 9006
rec. 1967 in Sauk City, Wisconsin; Earl Hooker, g; Bobby Fields, ts; org; b; dr
unissued
notes by Bob Koester Delmark DS-619 (US 1969)
notes by Bob Koester Delmark DS-619 (UK 1969) "distributed by ESQUIRE RECORDS TALENT LIMITED"
notes by Bob Koester = Goody GY 10003 (Fr 1969) "Electric Blues, Chicago Style Vol. 3"
= Goody GY 10003 (Fr 1969) with false title on back cover: "Vol. 4 Jimmy 'Fast Fingers' Dawkins"
= Delmark DD-619 (US 1991)
= Delmark DE-619 (US 2007) "On The Chicago Blues Scene"
Sleepy John Estes discographyDelmark Records discography
notes by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie F 1044
= Arhoolie AR 19003 (F)
= Trio PA-3058 (Jp)
(=) Arhoolie CD 324 (1990)
Arhoolie Records discography
= P-Vine PCD 24110 (Jp 2001)
Arhoolie unissued
Arhoolie CD 468
Cuca 1445
Bluesway BLS-6032 (US 1969)
= Stateside SSL 10298 (UK 1969)
= Probe IPR-8193 (Jp 1969)
notes by Yutaka Sakurai = Bluesway SR-394 (Jp 1970)
notes by Julio Palacios= ABC TK 3007 (Sp 1976)(El camino del blues 8)
= Movieplay TK 3007 (Brazil 19??)(El camino del blues 8)
Bluesway Records discography
Bluesway BLS 6036
Bluesway BLS 6038
notes by Tony Russell= BGO BGOCD392
Bluesway unissued
MCA CD 10760 (1993)
Blue Thumb 103 (US)
Blue Horizon 57-3166 (UK 1969)
gatefold DLP Poppy PYS-60.003 (US 1969)= RCA Victor 740 069 (France 1969)
= RCA Victor SHP-6124/25 (Jp)
= Tomato TOM-2-7006 (US 1978)
gatefold DLP = Tomato DLP 2696181 (Germany 1989)
2 CD setnotes by Bill Dahl = Tomato CD TOM-3001 (US 2002)
notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver Scout Sc-6 (Germany 1969)
notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver = CBS S 63912 (UK 1969)
notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver = Optimism/L+R LR CD-2071 (US 198?)
notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver= Bellaphon/L+R CD 42.071 (Germany 1991)
4 CD setnotes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver (=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 726222 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1965/1966/1967/1969"
concert review by Paul Oliver (Jazz Monthly December 1969, pp. 24-25) at WeenieCampbell.com, scanned & OCRed by Alan Balfour
American Folk Blues Festival discographyScout Records discographyL+R Records discographyJuke Boy Bonner discographyJohn Jackson discographyMagic Sam discographyWhistling Alex Moore discographyMac Thompson discography
7 inch 45 rpm Arhoolie 45-521
Bluesway BLS-6039
Bluesway BLS-6040
Blue Thumb BTS 12 (US)
= Blue Horizon 7-63850 (UK)
= One Way/MCA MCAD 22120
notes by John Mendelsohn Blue Thumb BTS 8702 (US 1970)
notes by John Mendelsohn = Blue Thumb BTS 2000 (US 1970)
[Blue Thumb BT3 7002 "All Day Thumb Sucker Revisited" (US 1995) without Nathan Beauregard track]
notes by Tony Russell CBS LP 52796 (UK 1970)
LP accompanying Tony Russell's book by the same title (London: Studio Vista, 1970)
Blue Flame discography
Blue Flame BLP 102
Buddah BDS 7511
Red Lightnin' RL 005
Red Lightnin' Records discography
notes by Jim Frith Blues Obscurities BOV7
Blues Obscurities discography
DLPnotes by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 006 (UK 1971)
= Broadside CD STERN1 (UK 2008)
notes by Al Smith Blues On Blues 10002
Blues on Blues discography
notes by Pete Welding= Antilles LP 7024 (1976)
[] either one of theseappears on Red Lightnin'RLCD0092 (UK 1992)
notes by Joel Selvin Bluesway BLS 6055
Bluesway BLS/BLQ 6059
MCA CD 11756 (1998)
notes by Joel Selvin Bluesway BLS-1973
Bluesway BLS-6061
Bluesway BLS-6062
Rarities No. 25 (UK)
Rarities No. 28 (UK)
Arhoolie 1051
= Arhoolie C-206(double cassettewith Arhoolie F 1044)
Blues Obscurities BOV5 (UK)
Blues Obscuritiesdiscography
Chicago Slide CS-005 (US 1979)BU 137/138,39
Blue Night / Chicago Slide Records discographyHound Dog Taylor discographyJohn Littlejohn discography
notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 102
Nighthawk Records discography
Charly CR 30126 (UK)"The Roots of Rock" series
notes by Martin Hawkins Charly CR 30127 (UK 8/1977)
notes by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 0018 (UK)
notes by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 0021 (UK 5/1978)
Red Lightnin' Records discographyEddie Boyd discographyL.C. McKinley discography
Blue Night BN 073-1669
Blue Night discography
Earl Hooker, g; Lillian Offitt, # voc; A.C. Reed, * voc; Big Moose Walker,
Jewel/P-Vine PLP-9015 (Jp)
= Paula 18 (1981)
= P-Vine PCD-2124 (Jp)
= Paula PCD-18
= P-Vine PCD 24045 (Jp 2003)
MCA MCA-1365Jazz Heritage series
notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 109
4 LP set P-Vine PLP-9022-9025 (Jp 1981)
Charly CRB 1061 (UK)
notes by Sebastian Danchin = Black Magic 9006 (NL 1985)
= Black Top CD BT-1093 (US 1993)
9 LP box set Charly Sun Box 105
Sun Bluesbox discography
notes by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie 1066 (US 1986)
notes by Chris Strachwitz = Arhoolie AR 19027 (EU)(distributed by Musidisc-Europe)
(=) Arhoolie CD 324 (#)
(=) P-Vine PCD 24110 (Jp 2001)
(=) P-Vine PCD-93705 (Jp 2013)
notes by Neil SlavenCharly CRB 1133 (UK)
(=) Charly CD 219 (UK 1990) Junior Wells / Earl Hooker:Messin' With The Kid
notes by Neil SlavenCharly CRB 1134 (UK)
notes by Neil SlavenCharly CRB 1135 (UK)
Hound Dog Taylor discographyJohn Littlejohn discography
P-Vine/Chess PLP-6074 (Jp 1986)
P-Vine PLP-341 (Jp)
Charly/Sun LP 1060 (UK)
(=) Charly SUN CD 29 (1990)
notes by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie CD 324
notes by Norman Darwen Charly CD RED 36 (UK)
Red Lightnin' RLCD 0092
Editions Atlas BLU-CD 3036 (Fr 1992) (Les Génies Du Blues #36)
= Orbis BLU NC 033 (UK 1994)
= Orbis BLU NM 033 (cassette) (UK 1995)
= Orbis BLU GNC 033 (Germany/EU 1995)
MCA CD 10760
more info
Lenox 1012 (Fr)
Lenox CD 1012
notes by Chris Smith Ace CDCHD 526 (UK)
4 CD set with 44 pp. bookletCharly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)
Arhoolie CD 102
Arhoolie CD 590 (US)
= Ace CDCHD 590 (UK)
Charly CPCD 8302 (Germany 1997)
originally reissuedon Red Lightnin'
Culture Press 1006
Cuca KS-3400 (1967)
P-Vine PVCP8159 (Jp)
notes by Mary Katherine AldinMCA CD 11756
Rockin' HTCD 5502-2
Disque D'Or D 747
MCA CD 11811
5 CD box66-pp. booklet by Chris Strachwitz, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt & Elijah Wald Arhoolie CD 491 (US 2000)
P-Vine PCD-24045
Blue City BCCD-1325 (US 200?)
Hip-O DVD
Henry Stone Music 25002
notes (December 2003) by Victor Pearlin Collectables CD 2884 (US 2004)
Fuel CD 061554
4 CD set JSP JSPCD 7777 (UK)
7 inch 45 rpmJBE 45-001
4 CD setnotes by Neil SlavenJSP JSPCD 7796
Sundown CD 4002
Sundown Records discography
4 CD setnotes by Neil SlavenJSP JSPCD 77150
101-track 4 CD set packaged in a 128-pp. booknotes by Jim O'Neal, artist notes by Bill Dahl, gospel notes by Robert M. Marovich and producer notes by Michael Robert FrankEarwig CD 4975 (7/2019)
7 inch 45 rpm SUN SP-102 (Rockinitis repro)
3 CD digipak with outer slipcase and 78-pp. book Wienerworld WNRCD5112 (UK November 27, 2020)
thanks to Alan Balfour, 'blues4sale', Paul Pelletier, Jennings Falcon, Chris Stovall Brown, James Porter, Gerrit Robs, Joe Brensinger, Lex Jansen, Costa Zafiropoulos, Patrick Banino, Gerard Herzhaft, Howard Rye, Keith Randall and Klaus Kilian for additional info / scans / MP3