20th Century Masters: The Best Of John Lee Hooker (Millennium Collection) [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

John Lee Hooker, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection (Series)

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 20, 1999)
• Original Release Date: April 20, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B00000I9CM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #220,697 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Not comprehensive by any stretch of the imagination--there's only 12 tracks, for heaven's sake--this is still a pretty good collection for the casual or beginning John Lee Hooker fan. The remastering job on these tracks is excellent, and the material is topnotch, from the barfly's anthem "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" to the down-deep-in-the-blues "It Serves You Right to Suffer." All of the songs are served up with Hooker's trademark boogie-woogie sound, and it just doesn't get any better than that. --Genevieve Williams

Product Description
The 20th Century Masters series is the best-selling single-artist line in music history and is being re-released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in its ground-breaking, environmentally-friendly packaging format. A first for the music industry, the standard package (both sleeve and tray) will be completely paper-recyclable, continuing the company's long-standing commitment to being "green."

To further reduce the amount of paper in the Eco-Pack, the CD booklet will no longer be offered. Official liner notes are easily accessible on the Internet at http://www.ilovethatsong.com/green.

UMe is the first North American music company to replace the traditional jewel case with recycled paperboard sleeves and the plastic tray with trays made from PaperFoam®, a new packaging technology from Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, that is paper-recyclable and biodegradable. Shorewood Packaging is the first North American packaging supplier to produce disc trays from PaperFoam®. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars abslolutely a must, outstanding music and quality sound, July 24, 1999

By A Customer

This is such a treat, especially for those who have heard the old time recordings . A wonderful job of presenting the old music with nearly zero sound defects. If you like Junior Wells' Hoodoo Man Blues, this you will like even better! A bit quicker and more toe-tapping.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an absolutely fantastic CD, buy it, buy it, buy it!, April 23, 1999

By A Customer

I thought that the remastering was done excellently and would recommend this cd to anyone. I want some RealPlayer samples that I can download from anywhere, though, please.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an absolutely fantastic CD, buy it, buy it, buy it!, April 23, 1999

By A Customer

I thought that the remastering was done excellently and would recommend this cd to anyone.