Nightmare blues
Master
K 5769
Location/Date
3530 Hastings Street
Detroit, MI, August 1949
King 4323
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Joe Von Battle
King 4323
LP
Audio Lab AL 1520, Ember Records EMB 3356, Gusto GD 5032X‑2, King KS‑1085, King LP 727, Polydor 2310256
CD
Avid Roots AMSC1382, Body & Soul 3063142, Castle Pulse PLS CD 349, Charly 245, Collectables COL CD 2877, Documents 600258, JSP Records JSPCD7703, P‑Vine PCD‑3755, Proper Records INTRO CD 2038, Proper Records PROPERBOX 111, Soul Jam Records 600843, Union Square Music SIMPTNCD026, Varèse Vintage 302 066 597 2
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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