House rent boogie
Location/Date
Idessa Malone Recording Service, 8634 Dumbarton Road
Detroit, MI, Mid 1950
Staff 710
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Idessa Malone
Gotham 506, Staff 710
LP
Blues Classics BC 12, Collectables COL 5151, Krazy Kat KK 816, Red Lightnin' RL 003
CD
Body & Soul 3074242, Charly CD DIG 5, Charly CDGR 176, Collectables COL 0108, Collectables COLCD 5151, Flyright FLY CD 23, Proper Records PROPERBOX 111, Red Lightnin' RLCD 0093
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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