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1	The Journey	3:37
2	I Don't Want Your Money	2:54
3	Hey, Baby	3:22
4	Mad Man Blues	2:39
5	Bluebird	2:55
6	Worried Life Blues	3:00
7	Apologize	2:57
8	Lonely Boy Boogie	3:16
9	Please Don't Go Written-By – M. Morganfield*	2:26
10	Dreamin' Blues	3:02
11	Hey Boogie	2:59
12	Just Me And My Telephone Bass – Eddie Kirkland	3:14

Companies, etc.

• Licensed To – Universal Music – UICY-76562

Credits

• Vocals, Guitar – John Lee Hooker
• Written-By – John Lee Hooker (tracks: 1 to 8, 10 to 12)

Notes

All cuts recorded in Detroit, late 1952, except "Mad Man Blues", "Hey Boogie" (Detroit, late 1951), "Dreamin' Blues" (Detroit, 1951) and "Just Me And My Telephone" (Detroit, 1951 or 1952)

Part of Universal Japan reissue series of Chess albums from the 1950s and 1960s. Contains a booklet with lyrics and notes in Japanese.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988005 840271

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LP-1454	John Lee Hooker	Plays & Sings The Blues ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Chess	LP-1454	US	1961
MCD09199, CHD19166, 329 199-2	John Lee Hooker	Plays And Sings The Blues ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	MCA Records, Chess, MCA Records	MCD09199, CHD19166, 329 199-2	Europe	1989
CD CHESS 1008	John Lee Hooker	Plays And Sings The Blues ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Chess	CD CHESS 1008	Europe	1989
GP-9932	John Lee Hooker	The Blues Vol. 4 ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Sonet, Grand Prix	GP-9932	Sweden	Unknown
MCD09199, CHD19166	John Lee Hooker	Plays And Sings The Blues ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	MCA Records, Chess	MCD09199, CHD19166	Germany	1989

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