Prestige Bluesville

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Prestige Bluesville was a blues-focused record label imprint of Prestige Records known for releasing classic electric and acoustic blues albums in the late 1950s and 1960s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues record label
record label imprint
activePeriodEnd 1960s
activePeriodStart late 1950s
associatedLabel Prestige Records
associatedWith Bob Weinstock
New York jazz and blues scene
catalogIncludes live albums
studio albums
countryOfOrigin United States
distribution Prestige Records
era postwar blues
focus acoustic blues
electric blues
format LP records
genre blues
knownFor classic blues albums
labelCodePrefix BVLP
location New Jersey
marketedAs specialized blues imprint of Prestige
medium vinyl records
notableFor documenting veteran blues artists in the LP era
parentCompany Prestige Records
partOf Prestige Records family of labels
linked to: Prestige Records
releasedMusicBy Brownie McGhee
Buddy Tate
Eddie
Gene Ammons
Jimmy Witherspoon
King Curtis
Lightnin' Hopkins
linked to: Lightnin’ Hopkins

Lonnie Johnson
Luther Allison
Memphis Slim
Otis Spann
Red Holloway
Robert Jr. Lockwood
Roosevelt Sykes
Shakey Jake Harris
Sonny Terry
status defunct
style modern electric blues
traditional blues

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Prestige Records hasImprint Prestige Bluesville