Live at Sugar Hill
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| Live at Sugar Hill | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | November 1962 | |||
| Venue | Sugar Hill, San Francisco, California | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 37:16 | |||
| Label | Galaxy | |||
| Producer | Sol Weiss, Jim Easton | |||
| John Lee Hooker chronology | ||||
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| Reissue cover | ||||
 Boogie Chillun (1974) | ||||
Live at Sugar Hill is a live album by blues musician John Lee Hooker recorded in the Sugar Hill club in California in 1962 and released by the Galaxy label. The album was reissued in 1974 by Fantasy as the first disc of the double LP Boogie Chillun which added ten additional previously unreleased recordings from the same concerts.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  [2] |
AllMusic reviewer Richie Unterberger stated: "Recorded live in November 1962 in San Francisco, this dates from the period in which Hooker often presented himself as a sort of blues/folk singer for the coffeehouse crowd, toning down his volume and aggressiveness somewhat. There's something of a muted "unplugged" feel to these solo performances (though an electric guitar is used). It's not ineffective, though not among his best work; it's the kind of Hooker you might want to put on past midnight, just before going to sleep".[1]