Highway blues
Location/Date
Idessa Malone Recording Service, 8634 Dumbarton Road
Detroit, MI, Mid to Late 1949
Prize 704
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Idessa Malone
Prize 704, Staff 704
LP
Goldenlane Records CLP 3479, Krazy Kat KK 200
CD
Body & Soul 3063142, JSP Records JSPCD7703, Krazy Kat CD 05, Proper Records PROPERBOX 111
Staff records was run by distributor Idessa Malone in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.. Billboard says she left the running of the label to newly found partners in late 1948 opening her own Dessa label, but still with a financial interest in Staff. By October 1949, after disagreements with her partners, she dumped the Dessa label (Decca hadn't been too happy with the name) and became full owner of Staff again. In September 1952 she was mentioned as "former owner of Staff Records" and was then contemplating opening a label for religious recordings, "Divine Recording Services".
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