First-year pressing
Plays & Sings The Blues 1961 US Pressing (LP 1454)
Plays & Sings The Blues by John Lee Hooker
Mono
- Artist
- John Lee Hooker
- Title
- Plays & Sings The Blues
- Labels
- Chess LP 1454
- Chess LP-1454
- Country
- US
- Released
- March 15, 1961
- Format
- LP, Album, Mono
Runout and matrix codes
Etched or stamped in the dead wax between the last track and the label. If yours match, you have this pressing.
- U-10653A-side label
- U-10654B-side label
- CH 10653 P.P. SheldonA-side runout etching
- CH 10654 P.P. SheldonB-side runout etching
Other US pressings of Plays & Sings The Blues
- 1961Chess LP-1454LP, Album
- 1961Chess LP-1454LP, Album, Promo, Mono
- 1961Chess LP 1454 / Chess LP-1454LP, Album, Mono
- 1966Chess LPS-1454LP, Album, Stereo
- 1986Chess CH-9199 / MCA Records CH-9199LP, Album, Reissue
- 1986Chess CH-9199LP, Album, Reissue
- 1986Chess CH-9199 / MCA Records CH-9199LP, Album, Reissue
- 2012Chess LP 1454 / Chess LP-1454LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono
- ?Chess LP-1454LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
- ?Chess LP 1454 / Chess LP-1454LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
- ?Chess LP-1454LP, Album, Reissue, Mono