John Lee Hooker: It Serve You Right To Suffer (LP)

A blues album on Impulse! Records? That also happened under Bob Thiele. For "It Serve You Right To Suffer", the producer provided John Lee Hooker with a band of experienced jazz musicians who accompanied the guitarist with the smoky bass voice in a deliberately restrained and unobtrusive manner. Verve Acoustic Sounds Series: Stereo, completely analog mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original tapes, QPR pressing (180 g), sturdy tip-on gatefold (Stoughton Printing), padded inner sleeve.