John Lee Hooker - The Real Folk Blues

180-gram LP. All-analog mastering by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab and pressed at Quality Record Pressings.

Originally recorded in Chicago in May 1966, The Real Folk Blues features John Lee Hooker reworking older songs and improvising new material with guitarist Eddie Burns and Chicago musicians Lafayette Leake and S.P. Leary.

This 2026 reissue is part of the Chess Records 75 Series from Chess Records and Acoustic Sounds.