Bluesville Records was an American record label subsidiary of Prestige Records, launched in 1959, with the primary purpose of documenting the work of the older classic bluesmen passed over by the changing audience. Such bluesmen as Roosevelt Sykes, Lightnin' Hopkins, Rev. Gary Davis, and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee recorded for the label, accounting for more than one quarter of their overall output. By 1966, Bluesville had ceased to issue LPs.[1][2][3][4]
Discography
edit| Catalog No. | Artist | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| BVLP 1001 | Al Smith | Hear My Blues | |
| BVLP 1002 | Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry | Down Home Blues | |
| BVLP 1003 | Willie Dixon | Willie's Blues | |
| BVLP 1004 | Mildred Anderson | Person to Person | |
| BVLP 1005 | Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry | Blues & Folk | |
| BVLP 1006 | Roosevelt Sykes | The Return of Roosevelt Sykes | |
| BVLP 1007 | Lonnie Johnson | Blues by Lonnie Johnson | |
| BVLP 1008 | Shakey Jake | Good Times | |
| BVLP 1009 | The Prestige All Stars | Soul Jazz Volume One | Compilation of tracks from Prestige PRLP 7130, PRLP 7081 & PRLP 7035 |
| BVLP 1010 | The Prestige All Stars | Soul Jazz Volume Two | Compilation of tracks from Prestige PRLP 7132, PRLP 7164, PRLP 7161 & PRLP 7162 |
| BVLP 1011 | Lonnie Johnson with Elmer Snowden | Blues & Ballads | |
| BVLP 1012 | Little Brother Montgomery | Tasty Blues | |
| BVLP 1013 | Al Smith | Midnight Special | |
| BVLP 1014 | Roosevelt Sykes | The Honeydripper | |
| BVLP 1015 | Blind Gary Davis | Harlem Street Singer | |
| BVLP 1016 | Sunnyland Slim | Slim's Shout | |
| BVLP 1017 | Mildred Anderson | No More in Life | |
| BVLP 1018 | Memphis Slim | Just Blues | |
| BVLP 1019 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Lightnin' | |
| BVLP 1020 | Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry | Blues All Around My Head | |
| BVLP 1021 | Arbee Stidham | Tired of Wandering | |
| BVLP 1022 | Curtis Jones | Trouble Blues | |
| BVLP 1023 | K. C. Douglas | K. C.'s Blues | |
| BVLP 1024 | Lonnie Johnson | Losing Game | |
| BVLP 1025 | Sonny Terry | Sonny's Story | |
| BVLP 1026 | Robert Pete Williams | Free Again | |
| BVLP 1027 | Shakey Jake | Mouth Harp Blues | |
| BVLP 1028 | St. Louis Jimmy | Going Down Slow | |
| BVLP 1029 | Lightnin' Hopkins with Sonny Terry | Last Night Blues | |
| BVLP 1030 | Tampa Red | Don't Tampa with the Blues | |
| BVLP 1031 | Memphis Slim | No Strain | |
| BVLP 1032 | Reverend Gary Davis | A Little More Faith | |
| BVLP 1033 | Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry | Blues in My Soul | |
| BVLP 1034 | Memphis Willie B. | Introducing Memphis Willie B. | |
| BVLP 1035 | Sidney Maiden | Trouble an' Blues | |
| BVLP 1036 | Furry Lewis | Back on My Feet Again | |
| BVLP 1037 | Furry Lewis | Done Changed My Mind | |
| BVLP 1038 | Pink Anderson | Carolina Blues Man | |
| BVLP 1039 | Mercy Dee Walton | A Pity and a Shame | |
| BVLP 1040 | Blind Willie McTell | Last Session | |
| BVLP 1041 | Henry Townsend | Tired of Bein' Mistreated | |
| BVLP 1042 | Brownie McGhee | Brownie's Blues | |
| BVLP 1043 | Tampa Red | Don't Jive Me | |
| BVLP 1044 | Lonnie Johnson with Victoria Spivey | Idle Hours | |
| BVLP 1045 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Blues in My Bottle | |
| BVLP 1046 | Blind Snooks Eaglin | That's All Right | |
| BVLP 1047 | Scrapper Blackwell | Mr. Scrapper's Blues | |
| BVLP 1048 | Memphis Willie B. | Hard Working Man Blues | |
| BVLP 1049 | Reverend Gary Davis | Say No to the Devil | |
| BVLP 1050 | K. C. Douglas | Big Road Blues | |
| BVLP 1051 | Pink Anderson | Medicine Show Man | |
| BVLP 1052 | Alberta Hunter / Lucille Hegamin / Victoria Spivey | Songs We Taught Your Mother | |
| BVLP 1053 | Memphis Slim | All Kinds of Blues | |
| BVLP 1054 | Victoria Spivey with Lonnie Johnson | Woman Blues | |
| BVLP 1055 | Memphis Slim / Tampa Red / Lonnie Johnson | Bawdy Blues | |
| BVLP 1056 | Big Joe Williams | Blues for Nine Strings | |
| BVLP 1057 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Walkin' This Road by Myself | |
| BVLP 1058 | Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry | Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry at The 2nd Fret | |
| BVLP 1059 | Sonny Terry | Sonny Is King | |
| BVLP 1060 | Wade Walton | Shake 'Em On Down | |
| BVLP 1061 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Lightnin' and Co. | |
| BVLP 1062 | Lonnie Johnson | Another Night to Cry | |
| BVLP 1063 | Smoky Babe | Hottest Brand Goin' | |
| BVLP 1064 | Robert Curtis Smith | Clarksdale Blues | |
| BVLP 1065 | Doug Quattlebaum | Softee Man Blues | |
| BVLP 1066 | Clarence Clay and William Scott | The New Gospel Keys | |
| BVLP 1067 | Big Joe Williams | Big Joe Williams at Folk City | |
| BVLP 1068 | Pete Franklin | Guitar Pete's Blues | |
| BVLP 1069 | Al Smith | Hear My Blues | Reissue of BVLP 1001 |
| BVLP 1070 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Smokes Like Lightning | |
| BVLP 1071 | Pink Anderson | The Blues of Pink Anderson: Ballad & Folksinger | |
| BVLP 1072 | Baby Tate | See What You Done Done | |
| BVLP 1073 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Goin' Away | |
| BVLP 1074 | Brooks Berry and Scrapper Blackwell | My Heart Struck Sorrow | |
| BVLP 1075 | Memphis Slim | Steady Rolling Blues | |
| BVLP 1076 | Alec Seward | Creepin' Blues | |
| BVLP 1077 | J. T. Adams and Shirley Griffith | Indiana Avenue Blues | |
| BVLP 1078 | Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan | The Master Musicians of India | |
| BVLP 1079 | Ali Akbar Khan | Classical Music of India | |
| BVLP 1081 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Got to Move Your Baby | Reissue of BVLP 1029 |
| BVLP 1083 | Big Joe Williams | Studio Blues | |
| BVLP 1084 | Lightnin' Hopkins | His Greatest Hits | |
| BVLP 1086 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Down Home Blues | |
| BVLP 1087 | Shirley Griffith | Saturday Blues | |
| BVLP 1089 | Oudi Hrant | Turkish Delights | |
| OBCCD-570-2 | Lonnie Johnson with Elmer Snowden | Blues, Ballads, and Jumpin' Jazz | Released in 1990 |
| 7PCD-4406-2 | Lightnin' Hopkins | The Complete Prestige/Bluesville Recordings | Seven CD box set released in 1991 |
| 00025218056328 | Lightnin' Hopkins | The Swarthmore Concert | Released in 1993 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Shaw, Arnold (1978). Honkers and Shouters. New York: Macmillan. p. 17. ISBN 0-02-061740-2.
- ^ Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography, Bsnpubs.com, accessed October 26, 2018
- ^ Wirz' American Music: Prestige Bluesville Discography, Wirz.de, accessed October 26, 2018
- ^ Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series - album index, Jazzdisco.org, accessed October 26, 2018
- ^ "Illustrated Prestige/Bluesville Records discography". Wirz.de. Retrieved 5 March 2023.