Until Motown, Detroit lacked a major record label. Activity came from a handful of independents - Fortune, JVB, Sensation and Staff among them - who relied on local talent. Then there was Elmer Barbee, the owner of a record store with a studio in the rear. He it was who found John Lee Hooker playing a little bar on Monroe Street. The pair persisted for a year before - through the success of Boogie Chillun - Hooker's talent became increasingly widely known. Here are many of Hooker's early Detroit recordings and of the many who hoped to achieve - and occasionally succeeded in achieving - similar success. CD A: JOHN LEE HOOKER: 1.Rocks 2.Leavin’ Chicago 3.Wednesday Evening Blues 4.Mercy Blues 5.Boogie Woogie 6.Good Business 7.Poor Slim Tk 1 8.Shake Your Boogie 9.Poor Slim Tk 2 10.Down So Long 11.Miss Pearl Boogie 12.Boogie Awhile 13.Tuesday Evening 14.Christmas Time Blues 15.Cotton Pickin’ Boogie 16.Low Down Boogie 17.We Gonna Make Everything Alright 18.Must I Wait Til Your Man Is Gone 19.Roll Me Baby 20.Miss Rosie Mae 21.Highway Blues 22.I Love To Boogie 23.Real Gone Gal 24.Little Boy Blue CD B: JOHN LEE HOOKER: 1.Questionnaire Blues 2.My Daddy Was A Jockey 3.Feed Her All Night 4.How Long Must I Be Your Slave 5.Ground Hog 6.Mean Old Train 7.Catfish 8.Have Mercy On Poor Me 9.I Came To See You Baby 10.I’m A Boogie Man 11.My Baby Left Me EDDIE BURNS: 12.I Ain’t Cheatin’ 13.Sunnyland Blues 14.Making A Fool Out Of Me 15.Gangster Blues 16.Grieving Blues 17.Where Did You Stay Last Night 18.Squeeze Me Baby 19.Decoration Day Blues 20.She Keeps Me Guessing 21.Sitting Here Wondering 22.I Love To Jump The Boogie 23.Tavern Lounge Boogie RICHARD BROTHERS: 24.Stolen Property BIG JACK REYNOLDS: 25.Going Down Slow CD C: SYLVESTER COTTON: 1.Three Cent Stamp Blues 2.Brownskin Woman 3.Ugly Woman 4.Christmas Blues 5.Cottonfield Blues 6.Stormy Weather Blues 7.Wife Lovin’ Blues 8.Stranger In Your Town Tk 1 9.Big Chested Mama Blues Tk 1 10.Thanksgiving Blues 11.Sak-relation Blues 12.Pay Day Blues 13.I Tried 14.When I’m Gone Tk 1 15.Waterlee Blues 16.Single Man Blues 17.Way Down In Hell 18.Stranger In Your Town Tk 2 19.Big Chested Mama Blues Tk 2 20. When I’m Gone Tk 2 ALFRED DUNHAM: 21.Mae Liza Tk 1 22.Sweet Lucy 23.Hattie Mae 24.Little Bitty Woman Tk 1 25.I Got A Woman 26.She Left Me CD D: ALFRED DUNHAM: 1.I Found Out 2.Genevee 3.Nezeree Blues 4.Mae Liza Tk 2 5.Little Bitty Woman Tk 2 L.C. GREEN & SAM KELLY: 6.When The Sun Was Shining 7.Little Schoolgirl 8.Remember Way Back 9.Shine My Light JAMES WALTON: 10.Eva Lee 11.If You Don’t Believe I’m Leaving 12.Papa Do BOBO JENKINS: 13.Decoration Day Blues Tk 1 14.Seasick And Water Bound 15.Ten Below Zero 16.Baby Don’t You Want To Go 17.Decoration Day Blues Tk 2 EDDIE KIRKLAND: 18.Mercy Blues 19.I’ll Move You 20.Train Done Gone 21.You Know I Love You 22.Blood On Your Hands 23.Love You Till The Day I Die 24.I Must Have Done Somebody Wrong