Spivey Records

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Spivey Records was an American Blues - label , which in 1961 by the blues singer Victoria Spivey and jazz historian Len Kunštát was founded. Between 1961 and 1985 numerous jazz and blues albums appeared on the label. Most of the recordings were made by artists with whom the owners were friends. After Kunstadt's death, the label stopped work, but Kunstadt's niece plans to re-publish the Spivey Records catalog on CD. To date, however, no CDs have been released.

Bob Dylan and Spivey Records

Bob Dylan was discovered by Victoria Spivey in Greenwich Village and recorded 4 albums as a harmonica player and background singer for Spivey Records. In an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, Dylan said that one of the best recordings he has ever been on was with Big Joe Williams and Victoria Spivey. (Three Kings And The Queen). It is not Bob Dylan's first recordings, however, as his first album for CBS had already been made by this time.

Artist

Bob Dylan * Muddy Waters * Victoria Spivey * Otis Spann * Big Joe Williams * Koko Taylor * Lonnie Johnson * Lucille Hegamin * Willie Dixon * Smokey Hogg * Roosevelt Sykes * Sunnyland Slim * Memphis Slim * Homesick James * Sippie Wallace * John P. Hammond * Louis Metcalf * Sonny Boy Williamson II. * Buddy Tate * Viola Wells * Big Joe Turner * Luther Johnson * Hanna Sylvester * Bukka White * Washboard Sam * St. Louis Jimmy * Henry "Red" Allen * King Oliver * Babe Stovall * Zutty Singleton * Sammy Lawhorn * Evans Spencer * John Henry Barbee * JB Lenoir * Louis Armstrong

Albums released by Spivey Records

  • Buddy Tate Invites You "To Dig" A Basket Of Blues (1962) (Spivey LP 1001)
  • Victoria Spivey And Her Blues (1962) (Spivey LP 1002)
  • Chicago Blues: A Bonanza All Star Blues LP (1962) (Spivey LP 1003)
  • Three Kings And The Queen (1962) (Spivey LP 1004)
  • Mississippi Mr Shortstuff (1964) (Spivey LP 1005)
  • The Queen And Her Knights (1965) (Spivey LP 1006)
  • The Bluesmen Of The Muddy Waters Chicago Blues Band (1966) (Spivey LP 1008)
  • Encore For The Chicago Blues (1968) (Spivey LP 1009)
  • The Bluesmen Of The Muddy Waters Blues Band, Volume 2 (1968) (Spivey LP 1010)
  • Victoria Spivey Presents The All Star Blues World Of Spivey Records In Stereo (1970) (Spivey LP 1011) with Roosevelt Sykes; John Hammond; Victoria Spivey; Smokey Hogg; Washboard doc; Smokey Hogg; Willie Dixon; Sunnyland Slim; Marie Dixon; Johnny Shines
  • Spivey's Blues Parade (1970) (Spivey LP 1012)
  • The Everlasting Blues vs. Otis Spann (1969) (Spivey LP 1013)
  • Three Kings And The Queen, Volume Two (1970) (Spivey LP 1014)
  • Spivey's Blues Cavalcade (1970) (Spivey LP 1015)
  • I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter (1978) (Spivey LP 1020)
  • "New York Really Has The Blues"
  • "What Is The Blues" (1977) (Spivey LP 1022)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homepage Spivey Records
  2. ↑ a b Homepage Spivey Records ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.spiveyrecords.com
  3. ↑ Rolling Stone Magazine November 22, 2001 quoted from: Homepage Spivey Records
  4. ^ Illustrated discography Spivey Records Stefan Wirz