Key to the highway
Alternate title
I got the key
Master
MM 3013
Location/Date
United Sound Systems
Detroit, MI, May 22 1952
Modern 886
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Eddie Kirkland, vcl/gtr; Unknown, org
Produced by
Bernard "Bernie" Besman
Modern 886
45 rpm
Modern 886
LP
America Records 30 AM 6077, Crown LP 5353, Demon Records FIEND 154, United US-7731
CD
Ace JLHBOX 019, Acrobat ACQCD 7103, Body & Soul BS2500, Demon Records FIEND CD 154, Jasmine Records JASMCD 3084 2, Official 86065, Soul Jam Records 600913, Soul Jam Records 806181, Union Square Music SIMPTNCD026
Bernard ”Bernie” Besman was the producer of Hooker’s singles for Modern and Sensation from 1948-1952 at United Sound Systems Studios on 5840 2nd Boulevard in Detroit, with studio owner James Siracuse’s son Joe Siracuse as engineer. From late 1952 (when Besman moved to California) Joe Bihari from Modern and Joe Siracuse took care of the productions.
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