Wandering blues

Master
K 5771 

Location/Date
3530 Hastings Street
Detroit, MI, August 1949

Original release
King 4334

Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr

Produced by
Joe Von Battle

78 rpm
King 4334

EP
Ember Records EMB EP 4561

LP
Ember Records EMB 3356, Gusto GD 5032X‑2, King KS‑1085, King LP 727, Polydor 2310256, Wagram Music 3394126

CD
Avid Roots AMSC1382, Body & Soul 3063142, Castle Pulse PLS CD 349, Charly 245, Documents 600258, JSP Records JSPCD7703, Not Now Music NOT4CD031, P‑Vine PCD‑3755, Proper Records PROPERBOX 111, Shout! Factory 8 26663 10198, Soul Jam Records 600843, SPV Recordings SPVCD 95940, 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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