Sensation: Documenting the Sensation Recordings 1948-1952 LP

John Lee Hooker is a fireball of blues tension, with every pluck of the string echoing like stripped gears grinding in the dark. This LP, "Sensation: Documenting the Sensation Recordings 1948-1952," packs raw renditions including the haunting "Burnin' Hell" and the serpentine charm of "Boogie Chillen'." Hooker's thumb thumps out bass lines like a one-man orchestra, twisting lyrical shapes with spontaneous improvisation during sessions that rocked the post-war fabric of America. Feel that pulse; it's the electric heartbeat of the blues, laid bare on vinyl.