Bumble bee blues
Location/Date
Idessa Malone Recording Service, 8634 Dumbarton Road
Detroit, MI, Late 1950 or Early 1951
Staff 718
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Boogie Woogie Red, pno; Curtis Foster, dms
Produced by
Idessa Malone
Staff 718, Swing Time 266
LP
Krazy Kat KK 200, Polydor International 423242
CD
Body & Soul 3074242, Charly CDGR 176, JSP Records JSPCD7703, Shout! Factory 8 26663 10198, SPV Recordings SPVCD 95940
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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