Thinking blues
Master
K 5890 Take 2
Location/Date
Idessa Malone Recording Service, 8634 Dumbarton Road
Detroit, MI, March 1950
King 4377
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Idessa Malone
King 4377
EP
Ember Records EMB EP 4561
LP
Ember Records EMB 3356, Gusto GD 5032X-2, King KS 1085, King LP 727, Polydor 2310256
CD
Avid Roots AMSC1382, Body & Soul 3067872, Charly 245, Collectables COL CD 2877, JSP Records JSPCD7703, Proper Records PROPERBOX 111, Varèse Vintage 302 066 597 2
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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