John Lee Hooker

LP (Stereo Mix Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Craft Recordings reissues blues legend John Lee Hooker's 1962 classic Burnin' on LP and CD.  The singer-guitarist was supported by the personnel who would later comprise Motown's legendary Funk Brothers house band including Mike Terry on baritone saxophone, Joe Hunter on piano, James Jamerson on bass, and Benny Benjamin on drums.  Another future Motown legend, Hank Cosby, played tenor saxophone, while early Funk Brother Larry Veeder supplied additional guitar.  The album yielded a top twenty R&B hit for Hooker, "Boom Boom."  It was one of only two songs in his career to reach the Billboard Hot 100; The Animals' subsequent cover would repeat the feat. The CD contains the mono and stereo mixes plus a previously unreleased alternate take of "Thelma;" the vinyl edition has the LP's stereo mix only.