Blues Beacon Records Explained

Blues Beacon Records
Parent:Enja Records
Founded:4 November 1977
Genre:Blues (early), jazz (present)
Country:Germany
Location:Geretsried

Blues Beacon is a German independent record label, founded in the 1970s in Munich by Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber to record blues artists while touring Europe, e.g. Robert Pete Williams, Little Brother Montgomery, Bukka White, Thomas Shaw.[1] [2] Blues Beacon today is a sub-label of Enja Records, specialising in jazz and world music. The early Blues Beacon recordings were issued on CD in the 1990s, few of them today are still part of the "Enja" catalogue.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Living Blues: Vol. 9-12. 15. 1972. Living Blues. Center for the Study of Southern Culture. June 9, 2020. Google Books.
  2. Blues Unlimited: Vol. 106-109. 17. 1974. Blues Unlimited. BU Publications. June 9, 2020. Google Books.
  3. Jazz Times: Vol. 22. Jazz Times. 138. 1992. Jazztimes. June 9, 2020. Google Books.