John Lee Hooker - No Friend Around
| Genre: | Blues |
| Singer: | John Lee Hooker |
| Title: | No Friend Around |
| Short-info: | Label:
Red Lightnin' – RL 003
Type: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono Country: UK Date of released: 1983 Category: Blues Style: Electric Blues |
| MP3 album size .rar: | 1911 mb |
| APE album size .rar: | 1613 mb |
| Digital formats: | MP3 FLAC XM AU WAV AUD MP1 AA ADX |
- 1911 downloads at 53 mb/s
RAR archive MP3 format
- 1613 downloads at 43 mb/s
RAR archive FLAC format
Tracklist
| A1 | Stomp Boogie |
| A2 | Black Man Blues |
| A3 | Helpless Blues |
| A4 | Goin' Mad Blues |
| A5 | Morning Blues |
| A6 | Roll N' Roll |
| A7 | No Friend Around |
| B1 | Low Down Midnite Boogie |
| B2 | House Rent Boogie |
| B3 | Wandering Blues |
| B4 | Landing Blues |
| B5 | My Baby's Got Somethin' |
| B6 | Decoration Day Blues |
| B7 | Do The Boogie |
Companies, etc.
- Printed By – West Brothers Printers Limited
Credits
- Acoustic Guitar – John Lee Hooker (tracks: A5)
- Compiled By [Presented By] – Ian Sippen, Peter Shertser
- Drums – Curtis Foster (tracks: B7)
- Electric Guitar – John Lee Hooker (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, A7, B1 to B7)
- Liner Notes – Dave Sax
- Mastered By – John Hassell
- Photography By, Design – Barrie Kendrick
- Piano – James Watkins (tracks: B7)
- Vocals – John Lee Hooker (tracks: A2 to A7, B1 to B7)
Notes
Tracks A1, A2 recorded Dec. 1948Tracks A3, A4, B1, B4 recorded Dec. 1948/early 1949
Tracks A5, B7 recorded 1951
Tracks A6, A7, B2, B3, B5, B6, recorded early/mid 1950
Almost all originals used for this record are in virtually mint condition, However the original pressings leave much to be desired. The is some surface noise. Our engineer has deliberately left this so to avoid loosing "top" and "volume".
'Guitarist' label with boxed "MCPS".
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: MCPS
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LP 2804 | John Lee Hooker | No Friend Around (LP, Album, Bla) | Advent | LP 2804 | UK | 1969 |
| RLCD 0093 | John Lee Hooker | No Friend Around (CD, Comp, RE) | Red Lightnin' | RLCD 0093 | UK | 1992 |
| RLBC011 | John Lee Hooker | Helpless Blues (CD, Comp, RM) | Realisation Records | RLBC011 | UK | 1994 |
| SJP009 | John Lee Hooker | Helpless Blues (CD, Comp) | Tring International PLC | SJP009 | 1994 | |
| MAC CD 189 | John Lee Hooker | Wandering Blues (CD, Comp, RE) | Castle Communications | MAC CD 189 | UK | 1994 |
