Bluesville Records

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Bluesville Records is a subsidiary of Prestige Records, launched in the 1960s with the primary purpose of documenting the work of the older classic bluesmen passed over by the changing audience. Such bluesmen as Roosevelt Sykes recorded on this label.^[1]

Contents 1 Other bluesmen 2 See also 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] Other bluesmen

• Scrapper Blackwell
• Willie Dixon
• Shirley Griffith^[2]
• Alberta Hunter
• Lonnie Johnson
• Blind Willie McTell^[3]
• Tampa Red^[4]
• Roosevelt Sykes

[edit] See also

• List of record labels

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Shaw, Arnold (1978). Honkers and Shouters. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, p. 17. ISBN 0-02-061740-2. 
2. ^ Shirley Griffith discography. Retrieved on November 17, 2006.
3. ^ Blind Willie McTell. bluesnet. Retrieved on November 17, 2006.
4. ^ Szabad a zene. Retrieved on November 17, 2006.

[edit] External links

• Prestige - Bluesville discography
• Prestige Bluesville 1000 series (12 inch LP)