Originally released on the Liberty label in 1969 (‘Hallelujah’) and 1970 (‘Cook Book’) in the UK (1968/69 in the US), these were the band’s fourth and fifth albums chronologically
‘Hallelujah’ contains one great blues song after another in an impressively eclectic set
‘Cook Book’ is a collection of Canned Heat’s finest recordings up to that point – essentially a ‘greatest hits’ from the period. It features the classic Canned Heat line up of Bob “The Bear” Hite, Al “Blind Owl” Wilson, Henry Vestine on guitar, Bob Cook on drums and bassist Larry TaylorlThis 2022 BGO Records release now includes a bonus track (‘Let’s Work Together’) and has been newly remastered