Blue Horizon Recordsdiscography
sold exclusively through R&B Monthly #13 (February 1965)
Blue Horizon 45-1000
Columbia 488992-2
Hubert Sumlin discography
Blue Horizon 45-1001 sold exclusively through R&B Monthly #15 (April 1965)
Meteor 5018 (US 1955)
= Blue Horizon 45-1001 (UK 4/1965)as by Woodrow Adams
Woodrow Adams discography
RPM 434 (US 1955)
Blue Horizon 45-1002 (UK 1965) as by Little George Smith
George 'Harmonica' Smith discography
Planet 101/102 (US 1948) [Chester A. Scales' label]
= Old Swing-Master 18 (US 5/1949)
= Blue Horizon 45-1003
Snooky Pryor discography
Blue Horizon 45-1004
J.B. Lenoir discography
RPM 370
Blue Horizon 45-1005
Drifting Slim discography
RPM 364 (US 1952)
= Blue Horizon 45-1006 (UK 1966)
Blue Horizon 45-1007
Champion Jack Dupree discography
Trumpet 228
Blue Horizon 45-1008
Blue Horizon 45-BH,1009
Eddie Boyd discography
Blue Horizon 57-3135
Modern 45XM 1034 (US 3/1967)
Blue Horizon 57-3136
Blue Horizon 57-3137
= CBS 3137 (Fr 1968)
Blue Horizon 57-3138
Blue Horizon 57-3139
Blue Horizon 57-3140
Blue Horizon 57-3141
Blue Horizon 57-3142
# Excello 2329
Otis Spann discography
Blue Horizon 57-3143
Blue Horizon 57-3144
Blue Horizon 57-3145
Blue Horizon 57-3146
Fire 507 (US 1962)
= Blue Horizon 57-3147 (UK 1969)
Buster Brown discography
Blue Horizon 57-3148
Blue Horizon 57-3149
Jimmy Spruill discography
Blue Horizon 57-3150
Blue Horizon 57-3151
Blue Horizon 57-3152
Blue Horizon 57-3153
Blue Horizon 57-3154
Blue Horizon 57-3155 (UK 7/1969) "2:50" resp. no timing on A-side label, "5:15" resp. "5:13" on B-side label; "A" = promo version
Blue Horizon 57-3155 (NL 1969)
Blue Horizon 573155 (Germany 1969)
# Blue Horizon BH 304
Blue Horizon 57-3156
Gordon Smith discography
Blue Horizon 57-3157
Blue Horizon 57-3158
Blue Horizon 57-3159
Otis Rush discography
Blue Horizon 57-3160
Blue Horizon 57-3161
Blue Horizon 57-3162
7 inch 45 rpm Blues Unlimited 101 (US 1968) [Texas label]
7 inch 45 rpm = Blue Horizon 57-3163 (UK 10/1969)= CBS 66278
Juke Boy Bonner discography
Blue Horizon 57-3164
Blue Horizon 57-3165
Blue Thumb 103 (US 1966)
Blue Horizon 57-3166 (UK 1969)
Earl Hooker discography
Blue Horizon 57-3167
Blue Horizon 57-3168
Blue Horizon 57-3169
Blue Horizon 57-3170
Blue Horizon 57-3171
Blue Horizon 57-3172
Blue Horizon 57-3173
Blue Horizon 57-3174
Excello 2306 (1968)
= Blue Horizon 57-3175 (UK 7/1970)
Slim Harpo discography
Blue Horizon 57-3176
Blue Horizon 57-3177
Blue Horizon 57-3178
Blue Horizon 57-3179
Blue Horizon 57-3180
Blue Horizon 57-3181
Blue Horizon B 100
= Blue Horizon 57-3160
Blue Horizon BH 300
Blue Horizon BH 302
Blue Horizon BH 304
XTRA 1038 track sequence: - Bad Whiskey, Bad Women * - Decoration Day * - Rollin' And Tumblin' * - Something To Tell You, Want All My Friends To Know* - Flying Eagle Boogie * - Miss Elvira # - After Hours Blues # - Sugar Gal # - Sweet Black Angel # - Stop Cryin' # - Train Fare Home # * rec. October 20, 1965 in London # rec. January 1966 in Flint, Michigan
notes by Bob Yates Blue Horizon LP 1 (UK 1965)
notes by Neil Slaven (=) XTRA 1038 (UK 1966) "Doctor Ross"
= Orbis CD 089 (UK 1997)
= Blue Horizon CD 1 (UK 2000)
XTRA Records discographyDoctor Ross discography
notes by Mike Leadbitter Blue Horizon LP 2 (UK 1966) [only 99 copies pressed]
Blue Horizon 7-63200
notes by David Evans Blue Horizon 7-63201 (UK / Germany 3/1968)
notes by David Evans = Blue Horizon BH 7704 (US / Ca 1968) "Electronically rechannelled for stereo"
notes by David Evans = CBS SBP 473591 (New Zealand 1968) "Stereo"
= Music Box International 40478 (Greece 1991)
Roosevelt Holts discographyBabe Stovall discography
notes by Mike Vernon Blue Horizon 7-63202 (UK)
= Epic BN 26409 (US 1968)
= Beat Goes On BGOCD 195 (UK 1993)
= Epic BN 26409 [limited180 g LP ed.] (US 2004)
20-page bookletby Mike Vernon= Columbia/Sony/BMG CD82876 769682 (UK 2006)"The Complete BlueHorizon Sessions"
Blue Horizon 7-63203
more info
notes by Neil SlavenBlue Horizon S 7-63204 (UK 1968)
notes by Neil Slaven = Blue Horizon S 7-63204 (Germany 1968)
Elmore James discographyJohn Brim discography
Blue Horizon 7-63205
Blue Horizon S 7-63206 (UK)
= Blue Horizon BH 7702 (US)
stereomono
Blue Horizon CD 7224742 track sequence: - You Don't Have To Go [tk 2, master version] - I Want To Be Your Slave [tk 4, master version] - Marocco Blues [tk 2, master version] # - Cherie - Please Believe Me - Gee, Pretty Baby - Let Your Hair Down [tk 3, master version] - Jane [tk 2, master version] # - Born In Naples, Texas [interview] - Soul Brother Blues # - Dryburgh Drive [tk 5, master version] - You Don't Have To Go [tk 1, previously unreleased] @ Spotify - I Want To Be Your Slave [tk 2, previously unreleased] @ Spotify - I Want To Be Your Slave [tk 3, previously unreleased] @ Spotify - Marocco Blues [tk 1, previously unreleased] # @ Spotify - Let Your Hair Down [tk 2, previously unreleased] @ Spotify - Jane [tk 1, previously unreleased] # @ Spotify - The White Man's Plantation [interview, previously unreleased] @ Spotify - Blues On The Scene [previously unreleased] # @ Spotify - Dryburgh Drive [tk 2, previously unreleased] @ Spotify - Dryburgh Drive [tk 3 & 4, edited, previously unreleased] @ Spotify rec. July 2, 1968 in London, UK; Curtis Jones, voc, p, # g; Brian Brocklehurst, b; Dougie Wright, dr; prod. by Mike Vernon cover photography & design by Terence Ibbott; back cover photo by Paul Oliver
notes by Mike VernonBlue Horizon 7-63207 (UK 11/1968)
notes by Mike Vernon= Blue Horizon 7-63207 (Germany 1968)
notes by Mike Vernon= Blue Horizon BH 7703 (US 1968)
(=) Blue Horizon CD7224742 (US 2008)"Complete Session"
Curtis Jones discography
Blue Horizon 7-63208
Blue Horizon 7-63209
notes by Mike Vernon Blue Horizon 7-63210 (mono) (UK 1968)
notes by Mike Vernon Sire SES 97003 (stereo) (US 1968) (two slightly different labels)
notes by Mike Vernon = Blue Horizon S 7-63210 (stereo) (UK 1969) (logo on front cover yellow)
notes by Mike Vernon = Blue Horizon S 7-63210 (stereo) (Germany 1969) (logo on front cover black)
= CBS SBP 473668 (stereo) (Australia 1969)
(=) Blue Horizon CD 82876851232 (2006)
Nathan Beauregard discographyBukka White discographyFurry Lewis discographyRobert Wilkins discographyJoe Callicott discography
Blue Horizon 7-63211
= Impact/Line IMLP 4.00364(G 1983)
= Line OLLP 5296 (UK)
rec. and engineered June 10, 1968 [Blue Horizon BM 4607 says 'May 1968] by Malcolm Chrisholm at the Chess Records Ter-Mar studios in Chicago, IL; prod. by Mike Vernon; cover by Terence Ibbott; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Big Walter Horton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Willie Dixon, p; Clifton James, dr
notes by Mike Rowe Blue Horizon 63212 (UK)
= Blue Horizon BM 4607"Blues Masters Vol. 7"
Sire/Warner Bros. CD45285-2 (US 1993)
= Pure Pleasure RecordsAPPR 63212 (180 gram vinyl)
EPIC 88697192172 (2008)
Johnny Shines discography
notes (January 1969) by Mike Rowe Blue Horizon 7-63213 (mono) (US 1969)
notes (January 1969) by Mike Rowe Blue Horizon 7-63213 (stereo) (US 1969)
notes (January 1969) by Mike Rowe Blue Horizon 763213 (stereo) (Germany 1969)
notes (January 1969) by Mike Rowe = Blue Horizon BM 4608 (US 1972) ("Blues Masters Vol. 8")
= BGO BGOCD460 (UK 1999)
= Columbia/Blue Horizon COL 478290 2
(=) EPIC 88697192172 (US 2008) (along with Blue Horizon 7-63212 Johnny Shines)
Blue Horizon S 7-63214 (UK)
nots by Mike Vernon = Blue Horizon BM 4610(US)("Blues Masters Vol. 10")
= Sony CD 4759742
Blue Horizon 7-63215
Blue Horizon 7-63216
Blue Horizon 7-63217 (UK)
= Blue Horizon BH 4802= ST-93328 (US)
= Blue Horizon/ColumbiaCD COL 475972-2
Blue Horizon 7-63218
notes by Doreen Pettifer Blue Horizon 7-63221 (UK 1970)
notes by Doreen Pettifer = Line OLLP 5307 AS (Germany)
notes by Neil Slaven Blue Horizon 7-63222
notes by Mike LeadbitterBlue Horizon 7-63223 (UK 10/1969)
notes by Mike Leadbitter= Blue Horizon BM 4603 (US 1972)
= Epic ECPJ-21 (Jp 1975?)
notes by Bruce Bastin, MikeLeadbitter, Simon A. Napier= Flyright FLY 561 (UK 1980) "Magic Sam & Shakey Jake: Magic Rocker"
Flyright Records discographyMagic Sam discography
Blue Horizon 7-63226
rec. July 21, 1968 Ardent Studios, Memphis; Joe Callicott, voc, g; # Bill Barth, g & Bukka White, whistling; prod. by Mike Vernon
notes by Paul Oliver Blue Horizon 7-63227 (UK)
notes by Paul Oliver = Blue Horizon BM 4606 (US 1972) "Blues Masters, Vol. 6"
= Sony / Blue Horizon CD 88697041792 (2007)
Mississippi Joe Callicott discography
notes by Paul Oliver Blue Horizon 7-63228 (UK)
notes by Paul Oliver = Blue Horizon BM 4605 (US)"Blues Masters Vol. 5" (1972)
(=) Sony / Blue Horizon CD88697041792 (2007)
Furry Lewis discography
NL 1969UK 1969
notes by Mike VernonBlue Horizon 7-63229 (UK 1969) / (NL 1969)
notes by Mike Vernon= Blue Horizon BM 4604 (US 1972)"Blues Masters, Vol. 4"
notes (January 1994)by Mike Vernon = Columbia/Blue HorizonCD 475970-2 (EU 1994)
Bukka White discography
Blue Thumb BTS 12 (US)
= Blue Horizon 7-63850 (UK)
= One Way/MCA MCAD 22120
notes by Simon A. Napier Blue Horizon 7-63851 (UK 1969)
Larry Johnson discography
notes by Top Topham Blue Horizon BM 4609 (US1969) "Blues Masters Vol. 9"
notes by Top Topham Blue Horizon 7-63852 (UK 1970) "Fat Mandolin"
notes by Michael Vernon(=) Sony/BMG 88697079152 (UK 2007 / US 2008) "The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions"[on the UK release half the tracks were remixed a half-step too slow !!!]
Johnny Young discography
Blue Horizon 7-63853
notes by Al Jefferson Excello LPS-8013
notes by Mike Vernon = Blue Horizon 7-63854 (UK 1970) "Slim Harpo .. He Knew The Blues"
= Vogue LDVS/LDVX 17255 (Germany 1971)
= Sonet SNTF 769 (UK 1978) "Slim Harpo .. He Knew The Blues"
= Excello 8013/SO-1 (US late 1980s)
Excello Records discographySlim Harpo discography
notes by Jack Walker Fire FLP 103 (US 1962)
notes by Bobby Robinson = Trip BSP 7501 (1969)"Mean Ol' Frisco"
notes by Mike Leadbitter = Blue Horizon 7-63855 (UK 1970)"Mean Ole Frisco"
notes by Roger St. Pierre (=) DJM DJSLM 2025 (UK 1976) "That's AlrightMama" ("licensed fromSpringboard InternationalRecords Inc. USA")
Collectables COL-5130Relic CD 7036Black Label 2006Laserlight CD 17246Passport Audio CD 1003
Arthur Crudup discography
Blue Horizon 7-63856
= Stomp/Line STLP 4.00283(D 1985)
= Blue Horizon Col 478292-2
Sony / BMG CD 688737(2006)
Blue Horizon 7-63857
notes by Mike Vernon = Blue Horizon BH 4807 (US)
notes by Mike Vernon Blue Horizon 7-63858 (UK)
= CBS/Blue Horizon SBP 233955
= Line OLLP 5309 (Germany 1984)= Line IMLP 4.00378
= Walhalla Wh 90344
Sony / BMG CD 688737 (2006)
Blue Horizon 7-63859
Blue Horizon 7-63860
Blue Horizon 7-63861
Excello LP-8000 (US 1960)
= Blue Horizon 7-63863 (UK 1970)
= Excello LP-8000 (1970s)
= Excello 8000/SO-1 (US late 1980s)
Lightnin' Slim discography
notes by Bruce Bromberg Excello LPS-8012 (1970)
notes by Mike Leadbitter= Blue Horizon 7-63864 (UK 1970) "Lonesome Lonely Blues"
Lonesome Sundown discography
Blue Horizon 7-63867
Blue Horizon 7-63868
CBS
Blue Horizon 7-63875
gatefold DLP Blue Horizon 7-66227 (= Blue Horizon 7-63219/20) (UK 1969) "Blues Jam at Chess"
2 LPs = Blue Horizon BH 4803 / BH 4805 (US 1970) "Blues Jam in Chicago" Volumes One & Two
gatefold DLP= Blue Horizon BH 3801 (US 1971) "Blues Jam in Chicago" Volumes One & Two
gatefold DLP = Sire SASH-3715-2 (US 1975) "Fleetwood Mac In Chicago"
gatefold DLP = Epic EPC 88591 (US 1982) "Blues Jam In Chicago"
(=) Blue Horizon Remastered 5164462 (EU 7/2004) "Blues Jam In Chicago" Volume One(=) Blue Horizon Remastered 90004-2 (US 7/2004) "Blues Jam In Chicago" Volume One
(=) Blue Horizon Remastered 5164472 (EU 7/2004) "Blues Jam In Chicago" Volume Two(=) Blue Horizon Remastered 90005-2 (US 7/2004) "Blues Jam In Chicago" Volume Two
Otis Spann discographyHoneyboy Edwards discographyWalter Horton discography
a whole bunch of re-releases at www.discogs.com
Blue Horizon S 7-66230 gatefold
DLPnotes by Mike Leadbitter Blue Horizon S 7-66230 (UK)= 7-63224 / 7-63225
(=) Blue Horizon 4601 (US 1972) [1st LP only] "Blues Masters Vol. 1"
= Line OLLP 8018 (Germany 1984)
Elmore James discography
DLP Excello LPS-8015/16 (US 1970)
DLP = Blue Horizon 7-63869 (UK 1970)
DLP = Vogue LDVS 17258 (Germany 1971)
(=) Sonet SNTF 773 (Vol. 1) (UK 1978) + Sonet SNTF 774 (Vol. 2) (UK 1978)
2 LP set= Bluesmen BD-32219/2 (Spain 1980 + 1983)
notes (1997) by Mike Vernon = Ace/Excello CDCHD 661 (UK 1997)
Excello Records discographyWhispering Smith discographyArthur "Guitar" Kelley discographySilas Hogan discography
2 LP setnotes by Mike Leadbitter CBS 66278 (UK 1971)
Blue Horizon PR-31 (UK 1969)
= Blue Horizon PR-31 (Fr)
DLPBlue Horizon SPR 31 / CBS SPR 34 (UK 1969)
Blue Horizon PR-37 (UK 1969)
Blue Horizon PR/SPR 45/46 inner gatefold DLPBlue Horizon PR 45/46 (UK 1970)DLP = Blue Horizon SPR 45/46 (NL 1970)
DLPBlue Horizon PR 45/46 (UK 1970)
DLP = Blue Horizon SPR 45/46 (NL 1970)
Blue Horizon 2431-001
= Philips 6305094 (D)
Blue Horizon 2431-002
Blue Horizon 2431-003
Blue Horizon 2431-004
Pickwick/33 SPC-3013 (US 1965) "The KingOf The Blues"
Blue Horizon 2431-005
Lightnin' Hopkins discography
Blue Horizon 2431-006
Excello LPS-8006 (US 1967) "True Blues"
= Blue Horizon 2431-007 (UK 1971) "Made Up My Mind"
Lazy Lester discography
Silas Hogan discography
notes by Mike LeadbitterExcello LPS-8019 (US 1971)
notes by Mike Leadbitter= Blue Horizon 2431-008 (UK 1971) "Trouble At Home"
notes by Stanley B. HertzmanBlue Horizon 2431-009
= Excello 500 015 (Fr)
notes by Mike LeadbitterBlue Horizon 2431-012
Blue Horizon 2431013("Marketed by Polydor")
notes by Pierre Gonneau Excello EX-8020
Excello Records discography
= Blue Horizon 2431-015 (UK 1971)
= Contempo CRM116 (UK)
(=) Ace CDCHD 578 (UK1995) Lightnin' Slim /Whispering Smith "High& Low Down/Over Easy"
(=) P-Vine PCD-2811
Whispering Smith discography
Blue Horizon 2931-001
Blue Horizon 2931-002
Blue Horizon 2931-003 (UK)
= Blue Horizon STEC125 (Fr)
= Carnaby 359948 (Sp)Carnaby CPS9204 (Sp 1972)
Blue Horizon 2931-004
Excello LPS-8023
= Blue Horizon 2931-005
DLPnotes (February 1972) by John BrovenExcello LPS-8025 (US 1972)
DLPnotes (February 1972)by John Broven = Blue Horizon 2683 007= 2937-001A / 2937-002B (UK 1972)
3 CD box setColumbia 488992-2 (UK/EU 10/1998)
3 CD set = Columbia 828768620823 (EU 2006)
3 CD set = Sony MHCP-1204/6 (Jp 11/2006)
Blue Horizon LP 1 /XTRA 1038
Blue Horizon CD-1
Doctor Ross discography
2 CD setSony / BMG CD 688737
notes by Mike VernonSony BMG 88697359852
thanks to Phil Wight, Jurgen Baldhead, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva and Keith Randall for additional info / scans