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Vee Jay Records, Vee Jay Records
tracks a1,b1 bass Bill Lee
tracks a2, a3, a4, b2 bass Quinn Wilson
tracks a2, a3, a4, b2 drums Earl Phillips
tracks a2, a3, a4, b2 guitar Lefty Bates
tracks a2, a3, a4, b2 harmonica Jimmy Reed
vocals, guitar John Lee Hooker
tracks a1 to a4, a6 to b6 written-by John Lee Hooker
Recorded At Newport Folk Festival
Recorded At Universal Recording Studio
Mastered At Audio Matrix, Inc.
Lacquer Cut At Bell Sound Studios
Published By Conrad Publishing Co. Inc.
Published By Modern Music (7)
“LP 1033” on cover, “VJLP 1033” on label (see photos)

Tracks recorded:
Newport Folk Festival, 25 June 1960: A1, B1;
Chicago, 4 January 1961 [solo]: A5, A6, B3, B4, B5, B6;
Chicago, 4 January 1961 [with Jimmy Reed, Lefty Bates, Quinn Wilson and Earl Phillips]: A2, A3, A4, B2.

Conflicting writing credits for A4/A5: On back of sleeve, Eddie Boyd is credited for Five Long Years, but on labels, he is credited for Want Ad Blues.
The credits on sleeve is correct, and the credits on A side label is wrong.
Matrix / Runout: 61-1770 (Label, side A)
Matrix / Runout: 61-1771 (Label, side B)
Matrix / Runout: 61-1770-1 A (Runout side A, etched)
Matrix / Runout: 61-1771 2-17-61 (Runout side B, etched)
Matrix / Runout: AudioMatrix BellSound (Runout side A & B, stamped)



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