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Past Perfect While I have little information on the Past Perfect label it appears to have been manufactured in Japan and distributed in Germany. I have seen releases by other artists in this same "Silver Line" a series which has black covers with reflective silver printing and cover art.
LPs
	904392-980 Boogie Chillen, 2000 Wednesday Evening Blues/ My First Wife Left Me/ Boogie Chillen/ Sally Mae/ Henry's Swing Club/ Hobo Blues/ Crawling King Snake/ Alberta// Do My Baby Think of Me/ Three Long Years Today/ Strike Blues/ Grinder Man/ Walkin' This Highway/ Four Woman In My Life/ I Need Lovin'/ Find Me A Woman/ I'm In The Mood
Phonic
	PHL 5514-American Jazz & Blues History vol. 12, 1978 Tracks?
	PHL 5514-American Jazz & Blues History vol. 25, 1979 Tracks?

Planet Info
45s
	PLF 114-Mai Lee/Don't Bee Messing with My Bread, 1966

Point Blank (Virgin) Info
45s
	POB 4-Boogie At Russian Hill/The Blues Will Never Die, 1993
	POB 10-Chill Out (Things Gonna Change)/Tupelo, 1995
	S7-19518-Dimples/Don't Look Back, 1997
	38664-Burnin' Hell/Boogie At Russian Hill, 1997
LPs
	VPBLP 12-Boom Boom, 1992 Boom Boom/ I'm Bad Like Jesse James/ Same Old Blues Again/ Sugar Mama/ Trick Bag (Shoppin' For My Tombstone)// Boogie At Russian Hill/ Hittin' The Bottle Again/ Bottle Up And Go/ Thought I Heard/ I Ain't Gonna Suffer No More
	VPBLP 22-Chill Out, 1995 Chill Out (Things Gonna Change)/ Deep Blue Sea/ Kiddio/ Medley: Serves Me Right To Suffer/Syndicator/ One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer/ Tupelo// Woman On My Mind/ Annie Mae/ Too Young/ Talkin' The Blues/ If You've Never Been In Love/ We'll Meet Again

Polydor
45s
	NH 52930-Shake It Baby/Let's Make It, 1964
	24 4400-???/???, 19??
	2001363-Shake It Baby/ Let's Make It (German Pressing)
	2001 363-Shake It Baby/ Let's Make It (Belgian Pressing)
	VANS 11 861 944-7 Van Morrison's release, Too Long In Exile was released on Polydor under the custom Exile Banner. Hooker repays a long due favor pairing up for a remake of Gloria on the LP.
EPs
	DCP-621.518 Surf Festival, 1974? This strangely titled Brazilian pressing contains 4 tracks from the AFBF shows released on LP by Polydor UK. Note this is a 7" 33rpm disc. Shake It Baby, John Lee Hooker/ I Wanna See My Baby, T-Bone Walker// We're Gonna Rock, Memphis Slim/ Let's Make It Baby, John Lee Hooker
	27 777 American Folk Blues Festival, 1974? French pressed various artists EP. Shake It Baby-John Lee Hooker/ Hey Baby-Shakey Jake// I'm Nervous-Memphis Slim/ I Wanna See My Baby-T. Bone Walker
LPs In 1973 Polydor leased Hooker's "Texas Slim" sides from King, now part of Starday records in Nashville, and released Slim's Stomp. At first glance this seems to be a reissue of King LP 727 . A couple of things make it unique. First, the Von Battle and Malone recorded tracks appear chronologically. Secondly, the echo added to the tracks on other LP issues was not on these making it the first issue of these tracks in their original form since the 78 releases.
	2310256-Slim's Stomp, 1973 Stomp Boogie/ Who's Been Jivin' You/ Black Man Blues/ Nightmare Blues/ Late Last Night/ Wanderin' Blues/ Don't Go Baby// Devil's Jump/ I'm Gonna Kill That Woman/ Moanin' Blues/ The Numbers/ Heart Trouble Blues/ Slim's Stomp/ Thinkin' Blues/ Don't You Remember Me
	??-Blues Anthology Vol. 2 (Various?), 19??
	46-397-American Folk Blues Festival (Various Artists), 1974

President
45s
	295-Dimples/Boom Boom, 1970

Probe (UK)
LPs
	SPB 1016-If You Miss 'Im, I Got 'Im, 1971 Reissue of Bluesway 6038
	SPB 1034-Endless Boogie, 1971 This single lp release is missing several tracks from the 2LP set issued on ABC 720 (I Got) A Good Un/ Pots On, Gas On High/ Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U// I Don't Need No Steam Heat/ We Might As Well Call It Through (I Didn't Get Married To Your Two Timing Mother)/ Sittin' In My Dark Room/ Endless Boogie Parts 27 and 28
	SPB 1057-Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive, 197? Reissue of ABC 736

Probe (Fra)
45s
	2C 006-92474- Doin' the Shout/ Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U Single issue of material from ABC 720, Endless Boogie
LPs
C064-93751-Live At Soledad Prison, 197? Reissue of ABC 761
C064-94333-Born In Mississippi, Raised Up In Tennessee, 197? Reissue of ABC 768

P-Vine Shortly before All Platinum/Sugarhill sold to MCA much of the Chess catalog would be leased to a Japanese company named Blues Interactions who would release the material under the P-Vine banner.. The labels bore a striking resemblance to the early Chess label and even much of the original artwork and liner notes would be used on the releases. These Japanese pressings would have been released with a lyric sheet and Obi strip. A later reissue of the Vee Jay LP, Burnin' would also mimick the label and jacket design of the original.
LPs
	PLP 393-The Blues, 1989 Reissue of United 7710. Record label bears the title of "Driftin' Thru The Blues" although the tracks originate with Crown 5232 jacket is a copy of Crown LP 5157
	PLP 812-House of The Blues, 1983 Reissue of Chess 1438
	PLP 837-Mad Man Blues, 1984 Let's Go Out Tonight/ Peace Lovin' Man/ Stella Mae/ I Put My Trust In You/ One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer// Mad Man Blues/ Hey Boogie/ In The Mood/ You Know, I Know/ I'll Never Trust Your Love Again/ The Waterfront
	6061-Blues For Big Town (VA), 1985 Big Ed & His Combo-Biscuit Baking Mama/ Big Ed & His Combo-Superstition/ Bobo Jenkins-Democrat Blues/ Bobo Jenkins-Bad Luck and Trouble/ Eddie Burns-Treat Me Like I Treat You/ Eddie Burns-Don't Cha Leave Me Baby/ Texas Red & Jimmy-Black Snake Blues// John Lee Hooker-Walkin' The Boogie (alt. take)/ John Lee Hooker-Blues For Big Town/ John Lee Hooker-Big Fine Mama/ John Lee Hooker- Blues For Christmas/ Calvin Frazier-Lilly Mae/ Calvin Frazier-Have Blues Will Travel/ Katie Watkins-Trying To Get You Off My Mind
	PLP 6708-I'm John Lee Hooker, 198? Reissue of Vee Jay 1007
	6709-Burnin', 198? Reissue of Vee Jay 1043

Pye International-Pye/Chess Pye would first start issuing Chess material in 1959. A few Chess releases had previously been released under the London American label part of Chess' deal with Decca Ltd. Starting in 1965 issues would begin to carry the Chess logo and the CRE prefix, while still being distributed by Pye, often referred to as Pye/Chess releases.
45s
	7N 25255-High Priced Woman/Sugar Mama, 1964
EPs

	44029-The Blues Vol 1, Pt 1 (Various Artists), 1964
	44034-Love Blues, 1964 Love Blues/ Louise// Ramblin' By Myself/ Ground Hog Blues

LPs
	NPL 2842-House of The Blues, 1964 Reissue of Chess 1438

Red Lightnin' I had originally stated that this release was the first issue of many of John Lee's sides released under aliases on the King label. New information indicates that this and all subsequent reissues are from an Advent lp of the same name Advent 2804. The far left label appears to be the original and was sent out as review copies upon original release. The second may be a second press or standard commercial copy. Both are considerably heavier pressing than the two at right. I am unsure of the release sequence of the last two labels pictured, however the 3rd label from the left bears the "C.H. Rumble" pressing credit common on UK pressings of suspicious origin.The black and white jacket was issued with the design on the far right.
LPs
	RL 003-No Friend Around, 1970 Stomp Boogie/ Black Man Blues/ Helpless Blues/ Goin' Mad Blues/ Morning Blues/ Roll N' Roll/ No Friend Around// Low Down Midnight Boogie/ House Rent Boogie/ Wandering Blues/ Landing Blues/ My Baby's Got Somethin'/ Decoration Day Blues/ Do The Boogie

Regal This is the one issue I've found on New Zealand's Regal Label, part of HMV New Zealand and apparently distributed by EMI.
LPs
	SREG 30003-John Lee Hooker Sings Blues, 1964? NZ issue of Ember 3356

Regency I am still in the process of tracking down information on the Canadian label which seemed to be releasing, not so much reissues, but concurrent releases with their US couterparts even using the same catalog numbers and jackets. Much like the "Maple Leaf" King issues these pressings were more or less original but for the Canadian market.
LPs
	John Lee Hooker Sings Blues, 1960 Canadian issue of King LP 727
	VJ-LP-1023-Travelin'-1961 Canadian issue of Vee Jay LP 1023, using same release number and a jacket that appears identical to US releases. The dead wax bears the Vee Jay Matrix along with a date of 2-11-61

Riverside Riverside UK was the first (and only) company to release a Detroit, 1959 session for Bill Grauer on LP. Although two others, an April session in Detroit would be released on Riverside 838 and later, a New York session would be released as Riverside 321 for whatever reason Grauer never released the material in the US. While the earlier released issues were pressed by Phillips and carry the original Riverside "Reels" logo I have had some difficulty tracking down dates and release numbers for the later issues with the boxed "R" logo.
45s
		RS 4501-I Need Some Money/ Bundle Up And Go
EPs The two EPs released in the UK oddly enough are not from the UK release of LP 008 but are taken from the US releases, That's My Story, Riverside 321
	REP 3202-Wednesday Evenin', 1964 I Need Some Money/ Come On And See About Me// Wednesday Evenin' Blues/ No More Doggin'
	REP 3202-Wednesday Evenin', 1964 French Pressing
		REP 3207-Democrat Man, 1964 Democrat Man/ I Want To Talk To You// I'm Wanderin'
		REP 3207-Democrat Man, 1964 French Pressing
LPs Bill Grauer had released 2 LPs in the states from sessions in Detroit and New York in 1959 and 1960. Riverside 321 and 838 were probably released in 1960-61. Another Grauer Detroit session recorded in 1959 for some reason was never issued in the states. It was, however released on the Riverside label in the UK in 1964.
		RLP 008-Burning Hell, 1964 Burning Hell/ Graveyard Blues/ Baby Please Don't Go/ Jackson, Tennessee/ You Live Your Life and I'll Live Mine/ Smokestack Lightnin'/ /How Can You Do It?/ I Don't Want No Woman If Her Hair Ain't No Longer Than Mine/ I Rolled and Turned and Cried The Whole Night Long/ Blues For My Baby/ Key To The Highway/ Natchez Fire
		673005-You're Leavin' Me, Baby, 1969? (RS 3309 Canada) Reissue of Riverside 321, That's My Story
		673020-Tupela Blues, 1969? (RS 3304) Thus far this German and Canadia issues appear to have the title mis-spelled "Tupela" on the jacket. The UK versions I've seen have it correctly spelled with an "o" at the end. Reissue of Riverside 838 , Country Blues

Roots
Based in Belgium, the Roots label released two LPs of remastered material from 50s and 60s sessions.
	113016-Walking The Blues, 1990 Dreaming The Blues/ Hey Boogie/ Just Me And My Telephone/ Ground Hog Blues/ High Priced Woman/ Leave My Wife Alone/ Louise/ Ramblin' By Myself/ Union Station Blues// Hey Baby/ I Don't Want Your Money/ Lonely Boy Boogie/ Love Blues/ Mad Man Blues/ Please Don't Go/ Sugar Mama/ The Journey/ Walkin' The Boogie
	113025-Vol. 2 Hobo Blues, 1990 It's My Own Fault Darling/ Women and Money/ Little Wheel/ Hobo Blues/ Crawlin' King Snake/ I'm In The Mood/ Maudie/ My First Wife Left Me/ Wednesday Evening Blues/ Want Ad Blues// Blues Before Sunrise/ Stella Mae/ Peace Lovin' Man/ I Put My Trust In You/ One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer/ You Know, I Know/ The Waterfront

Silvertone Silvertone records would release several of Hooker's later LPs in the UK. Many of these would not be released in the US on vinyl at all.
45s
	ORE 10-The Healer/Rockin' Chair, 1989
	ORE 18-I'm In The Mood/ My Dream-1990
	ORE 21-Baby Lee/Cuttin' Out, 1990 Baby Lee performed with Robert Cray/Cuttin' Out with Canned Heat
	0395-Mr. Lucky/Mr. Lucky, 1990? Spanished Pressed white label double sided promo.
	ZB 43385-The Healer/Rockin' Chair, 1990 (German Issue)
	ZB 43681- In The Mood/ No Substitue,(German Pressing), 1992 Distributed by BMG.
	ZB 43711-I'm In The Mood/My Dream, 199? (German Issue)
	LPs
	508-The Healer, 1989
	519-Mr. Lucky, 1991 Want To Hug You/ Mr. Lucky/ Backstabbers/ This Is Hip/ I Cover The Waterfront// Highway 13/ Stripped Me Naked/ Susie/ Crawlin' Kingsnake/ Father Was A Jockey

Sonet I had originally listed Sonet as a Portuguese label as my copy of the Specialty release, Hooker, Hopkins and Hogg, Specialty 5013 was pressed there. It is in fact a Swedish/Danish company that appears to have been reissing several JLH records in the mid-late 70s. It seems strange that I have found this release and several issued in the UK but the US release has, to this point, eluded me.
LPs
	RISLP 14113-Hooker, Hopkins & Hogg, 1977 Reissue of Specialty 5013
Specialty (UK)
LPs
	SNTF 5005-Alone, 197? Reissue of Specialty 2125

Star Club So far I have found this single release on the German label Star Club. I am not sure of date but it is a reissue of the Impulse LP, It Serves You Right To Suffer, Impulse 9103 . The reletive demand for this LP leads me to believe it may be a higher quality pressing than many reissues or perhaps the original itself.
LPs
	158 024 STY-It Serves You Right To Suffer, 19?? Reissue of Impulse 9103

Stateside (EMI Stateside) EMI would use the this label to release material leased from companies from the US, in Hooker's case, first Vee Jay then later ABC/Bluesway. Later issues would bear the EMI logo alongside that of Stateside.
45s
	SS 203-Boom Boom/Frisco Blues, 1963
	SS 297-Dimples/I'm Leaving, 1964
	SS 341-I Love You Honey/Send Me Your Pillow, 1964
	FSS 613-Cry Before I Go/ Boom Boom Boom,1967? French 45 issue of material from Bluesway 6012, Urban Blues.
	2C 006-90141-Mean, Mean Woman/ I Wanna Bugaloo French issue from Bluesway 6023, Simply The Truth

EPs
	SE 1008-Rhythm & Blues (Hooker & Reed), 1963 Big Boss Man (Reed)/ Good Lover (Reed)// She's Mine (Hooker)/ Dusty Road (Hooker)
	SE 1019-The Blues of John Lee Hooker, 1964 Whiskey And Wimmen/ Drug Store Woman// Boogie Chillun/ Little Wheel
	SE 1023-I'm John Lee Hooker, 1964 I'm So Excited/ Baby Lee// Time Is Marching/ Maudie

LPs
	10014-The Folklore of JLH, 1962 Reissue of Vee Jay 1033
	10046-Preachin' The Blues (Various Artists), 1963
	10053-The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker, 1964 Reissue of Vee Jay 1058
	10074-I Want To Shout The Blues, 1964 Reissue of Vee Jay 1066, John Lee Hooker on Campus.
	10069-The Best of The Blues (VA?), 1964
	10246-Urban Blues, 1968 Reissue of Bluesway 6012
	C062-91429-If You Miss 'im...I Got 'Im, 197? Reissue of Bluesway 6038
	94239-Born In Mississippi, Raised Up In Tennessee, 1973? Reissue of ABC 768

Sue Info
45s
WI 361-Boogie Chillun'/I'm In The Mood, 1965

Time Wind
LPs
	50017-Little Wheel, 19?? Little Wheel/ I'm In The Mood/ Hobo Blues/ Crawling King Snake/ Blues Before Sunrise// Want Ad Blues/ My First Wife Left Me/ Wednesday Evening Blues/ Maudie/ Time Is Marching

Tomato
	LP 2696021-John Lee Hooker Father of The Blues "Live", 198? A single LP reissue of material orignally relased on Tomato 7009, The Cream
	2696141 I'll Play The Blues For You, 1989. This live lp seems to have been recorded in Chicago some time around the fall of 1977. Hooker shares the record with fellow blues legend Albert King. Hooker titles; Feel Good/Boom Boom/Serves Me Right/ One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer/King Snake
	96602 Alone, 1989 Another 2 LP live set from Hunter College, New York February 1976 Features John Lee with no extra accompaniment aside from one enthusiastic audience member with a harmonica. I Miss You So/Jesse James/Dark Room/I'll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive/Boogie Chillun/When My First Wife Left Me/ Boom Boom/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer/I Feel Good/ Some People/T.B./Baby Please Don't Go/Mama Killed A Chicken/ Hobo/Tired Of Being Your Doggie/All Night Long/Crawlin' King Snake
Topline A late reissue of Vee Jay material liscensed through Charly UK.
LPs
	Top 176-Burnin', 1987 Reissue of Vee Jay 1043

Top Rank Originally formed as the New York branch of the UK's Rank Records LTD, Top Rank's life as a label was brief. Started in 1959 and headed by Kurt Mohr for French Odeon, the label would fold 18 months later and be bought out and briefly revived by EMI before the start of their Stateside label. Thus far all of the JLH Top Rank releases I have found are Vee Jay leases bearing both the Top Rank logo and another that varies with country of origin. Mohr had also released other Vee Jay artists such as Jimmy Reed and The Staple Singers under the Top Rank Banner.
EPs
	RES-136, 1960? Released under the Arteco label Wheel and Deal/ The Road Is Rough// Everybody Rockin'/ Crawlin' Black Spider
LPs
	RLP 103-I'm John Lee Hooker Reissue of Vee Jay LP 1007
	3302-John Lee Hooker, Blues Modernos Reissue of Vee Jay sides on the Spanish Discophon label.

Visadisc Info
EPs
	231-Rhythm and Blues (VA), 196? When My Wife Quit Me, John Lee Hooker/ Livin' With The Blues, Brownie McGhee// Kidman Blues, Memphis Minnie/ Trying To Change My Ways, St. Louis Jimmy
	275-John Lee Hooker Sings The Blues, 196? I Love To See You Walk/ Lost My Job// I'm Gonna Keep On Walking/ Shake It Up And Go

Vivid Sound Much like the P-Vine releases this Japanese company released reissues keeping true to the original cover art. This release, however misses the mark a little with the label desgin.
VS-1030 John Lee Hooker Sings Blues, 1983 Reissue of King 727

Vogue
78s I have noticed another issue of Vogue 2102. The label is more red in color and has a tax stamp. I am not sure at this time whether it is an ealier, later or export issue.
	V 2102-Hoogie Boogie/Whistlin' and Moanin' Blues, 1952 Reissue of of Modern sides from 20-663 and 20-668
LPs
I have the Vogue Chess re-issues listed here for now as that's how they've been listed in most places I've found them.
	515009-The Real Folk Blues, 1982 Reissue of Chess 1508
	515025-House of The Blues, 1982? Reissue of Chess 1438
	590317-Anthologie du Blues Vol. 4, 198? Reissue of Everest 222

Xtra This reissue of John Lee's collaboration with the Groundhogs is interesting if for nothing else than it's creative re-titling. "Mai Lee" has now become "Mary", "Losing You" has been changed to "Loosing", and "Little Dreamer" for some reason has become "Lay Down Little Drummer". Similar mistakes and misquotes have appeared on several issues from non-English speaking countries and are to be expected I would guess. As Xtra is a UK company I can't help but think that perhaps there were other motives behind some of these odd titles.
LPs
	1114-John Lee Hooker, 1971 Reissue of Verve Folkways 3003, ...And Seven Nights

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