Little boy blue

Master
BL 3 

Location/Date
3530 Hastings Street
Detroit, MI, 1951

Original release
Gotham 513

Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr

Produced by
Joe Von Battle

78 rpm
Gotham 513

LP
Collectables COL 5151, Krazy Kat KK 816

CD
Body & Soul 3074242, Collectables COL 0108, Collectables COLCD 5151, Flyright FLY CD 23, JSP Records JSPCD7703, P‑Vine PCD‑2270

Many of the early Joe Von Battle productions in Detroit were done in Battle’s Record Shop at 3530 Hastings Street. Battle was responsible for re-selling several of the very first Elmer Barbee pseudonym recordings to different record companies. Barbee had quit as Hooker’s manager by 1951. Battle, though, was some kind of ”agent” for Hooker up until the 1960s.


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