77 Records
British record company and label
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::summary British record company and label ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 77 Records |
| founded | |
| founder | Doug Dobell |
| genre | Folk, blues, jazz |
| country | UK |
| :: |
| name = 77 Records | founded = | founder = Doug Dobell | genre = Folk, blues, jazz | country = UK
77 Records was a British record company and label established in 1957 by Doug Dobell, the proprietor of 'Dobell's Jazz Record Shop' at 77 Charing Cross Road, London. The label specialised in folk, blues, and jazz.
Several British jazz musicians, such as Acker Bilk, Bruce Turner, Tubby Hayes, Les Condon, Dick Morrissey, Brian Lemon and Buck Clayton, recorded on the label in the mid-1960s.
British rhythm and blues performers such as Alexis Korner also recorded for 77 Records, as did many American artists. 77 Records distributed the releases of US labels, including recordings by Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Lightnin' Hopkins, Scrapper Blackwell, Reverend Gary Davis, Robert Pete Williams, Big Joe Williams, Sunnyland Slim, Joe Turner, Little Brother Montgomery, Yank Rachell, and Sleepy John Estes.
In 1960, Dobell started a short-lived spin-off label, Folklore, which released albums by Steve Benbow, Dominic Behan, Dick Fariña and Eric Von Schmidt, and Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner, amongst others.
References
References
- (2002). "The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz". Grove's Dictionaries Inc..
- "Illustrated 77 Records discography".
- "From the Hip".
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