Mad man blues
Master
U 60
Location/Date
3530 Hastings Street
Detroit, MI, Late 1950
Gone
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Joe Von Battle
Chess 1462, Gone
45 rpm
Collectables COL 3480
EP
Chess CRE 6014
LP
Chess 2CH 60011, Chess CH‑2‑9214, Chess CXMD 4005, Chess LP 1454, P‑Vine PLP‑837, Sonet GP‑9932, Wagram Music 3358456, Wagram Music 3394126, WaxTime 772281
CD
Acrobat ACQCD 7103, Avid Roots EMSC1208, Body & Soul 3067872, Charly CD BM 38, Charly CD DIG 5, Documents 600258, Hoodoo Records 263481, JSP Records JSPCD7703, MCA CHD‑9199, MCA CHD‑9383, MCA CHD2‑9391, Not Now Music NOT4CD031, Proper Records PROPERBOX 111, See For Miles SEECD 402, Timeless Classic Albums DOLCD0475, Universal MCD 09391
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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