It Serves You Right to Suffer is an album by blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 singer, songwriter, and guitarist John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally closest to Delta blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark...

, released on the Impulse Records label in early 1966 (catalogue no. 9103). It was part of the short-lived Impulse folk music

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 division, with the slogan adapted from their jazz promotion, "the new wave of folk is on Impulse!"

Signed to Impulse's parent label ABC Records

ABC Records

ABC Records was an American record label, founded in New York City in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records. It originated as the main popular music label operated the Am-Par Record Corporation, the music subsidiary of the American Broadcasting Company . ABC-Paramount Records' first president was Samuel H....

, this is the only album Hooker made for the jazz label. Producer Bob Thiele

Bob Thiele

Bob Thiele was an American record producer who worked on countless classic jazz albums and record labels.-Biography:...

 partnered Hooker with session musicians all possessing jazz pedigree, presenting a unique setting for his music. The released songs are a mix of new compositions and re-working of ones Hooker had previously recorded, and includes a cover of the Barrett Strong

Barrett Strong

Barrett Strong is an American singer and songwriter. Strong was the first artist to record a hit for Motown, although he is best remembered for his work as a songwriter, particularly in association with producer Norman Whitfield.-His career:Strong was among the first artists signed to Berry...

 1959 Motown hit "Money (That's What I Want)

Money (That's What I Want)

"Money " is a 1959 hit single by Barrett Strong for the Tamla label, distributed nationally on Anna Records. The song was written by Tamla founder Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford, and became the first hit record for Gordy's Motown enterprise....

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The album was reissued for compact disc

Compact Disc

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 by MCA Records

MCA Records

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  on July 27, 1999.

Track listing

All songs by John Lee Hooker except "Money" by Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy, Jr. is an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label, as well as its many subsidiaries.-Early years:...

 and Janie Bradford

Janie Bradford

Janie Bradford is an American songwriter, most known for her tenure with Motown. With Berry Gordy, she co-wrote "Money ", originally recorded by Barrett Strong and used by The Beatles on their second album With The Beatles...

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Side one

1. "Shake It Baby" – 4:23
2. "Country Boy" – 5:42
3. "Bottle Up & Go
   Bottle Up and Go
   "Bottle Up and Go" or "Bottle It Up and Go" is a song that is a standard of the blues. Based on earlier songs, Delta bluesman Tommy McClennan recorded "Bottle It Up and Go" in 1939. The song has been interpreted and recorded by numerous artists, sometimes using alternate titles, such as "Step It...
   
   " – 2:27
4. "You're Wrong" – 4:22

Side two

1. "Sugar Mama
   Sugar Mama (song)
   "Sugar Mama" or "Sugar Mama Blues" is a song that is a standard of the blues. Inspired by earlier blues songs, early Chicago bluesman Tampa Red recorded "Sugar Mama Blues No. 1" in 1934...
   
   " – 3:15
2. "Decoration Day
   Memorial Day
   Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War...
   
   " – 5:11
3. "Money
   Money (That's What I Want)
   "Money " is a 1959 hit single by Barrett Strong for the Tamla label, distributed nationally on Anna Records. The song was written by Tamla founder Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford, and became the first hit record for Gordy's Motown enterprise....
   
   " – 2:26
4. "It Serves You Right To Suffer" – 5:15

Personnel

• John Lee Hooker - vocals, guitar
• Barry Galbraith
  Barry Galbraith
  Joseph Barry Galbraith was an American jazz guitarist.Galbraith moved to New York City from Vermont early in the 1940s and found work playing with Babe Russin, Art Tatum, Red Norvo, Hal McIntyre, and Teddy Powell...
  
   - guitar
• Milt Hinton
  Milt Hinton
  Milton John "Milt" Hinton , "the dean of jazz bass players," was an American jazz double bassist and photographer. He was nicknamed "The Judge".-Biography:...
  
   - bass
• Panama Francis - drums
• William Wells
  Dicky Wells
  William Wells, , more famous under the name of Dicky Wells , was an American jazz trombonist....
  
   - trombone on "Money"
• Billy Preston
  Billy Preston
  William Everett "Billy" Preston was a musician who gained notoriety and fame, first as a session musician for the likes of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and The Beatles, and later finding fame as a solo artist with hits such as "Space Race", "Will It Go Round in Circles" and "Nothing from...
  
  - piano on "It Serves You Right to Suffer"