Guitar Heroes, Volume 1

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Annotation

Eversound Records and Tapes Pty Ltd Brookvale 938 3440

Annotation last modified on 2013-05-06 05:43 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sweet Thang
recording of:
Sweet Thang
writer:
Bill Lamont (rhythm & blues singer) and John Lee Brantley
Jimi Hendrix2:41
2I'm a Man (Berry's Blues)
Chuck Berry4:23
3Somebody Walking in My House
recording of:
Somebody Walked in My House
Howlin’ Wolf2:13
4I'm Ready
recording of:
I’m Ready
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Unart Music Corp. (ended) and Hoochie Coochie Music
Muddy Waters1:51
5Frisco Blues
John Lee Hooker2:11
6Ramrod
Duane Eddy1:55
7Billy Comet's Blues
Bill Haley2:11
8Blowin' the Fuses
guitar:
Brownie McGhee (from 1961 until 1962)
harmonica:
Sonny Terry (from 1961 until 1962)
vocals:
Brownie McGhee (from 1961 until 1962) and Sonny Terry (from 1961 until 1962)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee6:12
9Rooster Blues
Lightening Slim2:45
10Blue Bossa
recording of:
Blue Bossa
composer:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer)
George Benson13:05
11Live My Life
Bo Diddley2:43
12Tell Me Pretty Mama
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:05
13Caledonia
Memphis Slim2:16
14Boom Boom
producer:
Calvin Carter
bass:
James Jamerson
drums (drum set):
Benny Benjamin (US drummer) (in 1961)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
piano:
Joe Hunter (of the Motown "Funk Brothers" studio ensemble)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Crosby
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1967)
recorded at:
Universal Recording Corporation, Studio B in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1961-10-26)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 218) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 463)
recording of:
Boom Boom (on 1961-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.
John Lee Hooker3.32:38
15West Coast Idea
recording of:
West Coast Idea
writer:
Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page
Eric Clapton2:18