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Blue Thumb Records was an American record label founded in 1968 by Bob Krasnow. Mr. Krasnow had been in the record business for a number of years, working as a promotion man for King Records branch office in San Francisco from 1958 to 1964 before founding Loma Records, (Loma Records was a Warner Brothers subsidiary run by Bob Krasnow from 1964 to 1966. The office overlooked Loma Avenue, hence the label name. It was started as an entry into the R & B (Rymthm and Blues) market, lasting until 1968.

He became vice president of Kama Sutra Records in Los Angeles in 1966, where he cofounded, with Art Kass, the Buddah (Buddha) Record subsidiary label.
Some of the acts that recorded for the label include The Crusaders, Hugh Masakela, Captain Beefhart, Aynsley Dunbar, Dave Mason, The Pointer Sisters, and T-Rex, and the Mark-Almond band.
Blue Thumb started out distributing themselves, but went to Capitol/EMI for distribution during late 1970 and early 1971. Gulf and Western's Famous Music Group took over distribution from mid 1971 til 1974, when Famous Music was sold to ABC Records later in the year. ABC kept the Blue Thumb imprint going (primarily for reissues, Pointer Sisters, and Crusaders albums), right up until ABC was bought out by MCA Records during the first part of 1979.
The label was revived in 1995 for non-jazz (usually blues & adult contemporary) releases. This remain so even after the 1998 mega merger with parent Universal Music Group & Polygram & being put under the fold of the Verve Music Group. But in early 2005, the Blue Thump imprint was deactived & was replaced with Verve Forecast to handle such releases.

For more information about Blue Thumb Records, check this web site: http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/bluethumb.html

We have no association with Blue Thumb Records or any one in the recording industry. Should you be interested in acquiring albums listed here (all of which are out of print), we suggest you go back to our Label page and see what we have now, (remember we up date all the time so the list will change.)

BTS Series (Blue Thumb distribution):

BTS 1 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal [1968] Ah Feel Like Acid/Safe As Milk/Trust Us/Son Of Mirror Man-Mere Man// On Tomorrow/Beatle Bones N' Smokin Stones/Gimme Dat Harp Boy/Kandy Korn

BTS 2 Lew Irwin & Credibility Gap - Album of Political Pornography [1968]

BTS 3 W. C. Fields - Anyone Who Hates Dogs and Children Can't Be All Bad [1968] The Temperance Lecture// The Day I Drank A Glass of Water

BTS 4 The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation [1968] Watch 'n Chain/My Whiskey Head Woman/Trouble No More/See See Baby/Roamin and Ramblin/Sages Of Sydney St/Memory Pain/ Mutiny

BTS 5 Ike & Tina Turner - Outta Season [1969] (4-69, #91) I've Been Loving You Too Long/Mean Old World/3 O'clock In The Morning Blues/Five Long Years/Dust My Broom/Grumbling/ I Am A Motherless Child//Crazy 'Bout You Baby/Reconsider Baby/Honest I Do/Please Love Me/My Babe/Rock Me Baby

BTS 6 Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - Doctor Dunbar's Prescription [1969] Til Your Lovin' Makes Me Blue/Now That You've Lost Me/The Fugitive/Change Your Lowdown Ways/Call Me A Woman/I Tried/ The Devil Drives/Low Gear Man/Tuesday's Blues/Mean Old World

BTS 7 Tyrannosaurus Rex - Unicorn [1969] Cat Black/Chariot Of Silk/Evenings Of Damask/Iscariot/Like A White Star, Tangled And Far, Tulip That's What You Are/ Misty Coasts Of Albany/Nijinsky Hind/Pilgrim's Tale/'Pon A Hill/Romany Soup/Sea Beasts/Seal Of Seasons/ She Was Born To Be My Unicorn/Stones For Avalon/Throat Of Winter/Warlord Of The Royal Crocodiles

BTS 8 Albert Collins - Truckin' with Albert Collins [1969] Reissue Of TCF-Hall 8002 Frosty/Hot 'N Cold/Frost Bite/Tremble/Thaw-Out/Dyin' Flu// Don't Lose Your Cool/Backstroke/Kool Aide/Shiver 'N Shake/Icy Blue/Sno-Cone

BTS 9 Chicago Blue Stars - Coming Home [2/70] I Need Your Loving/Early in the Morning/Coming Home, Baby/She's Got a Good 'un/Route 66// It's Your Last Time/Summertime/ Black Nights/You Better Cut That Out/Walking Through the Park

BTS 10 Robbie Basho - Venus in Cancer [1969]

BTS 11 Ike & Tina Turner - The Hunter [1969] (11-69, #176) Bold Soul Sister/Early In The Morning/I Know (You Don't Want Me No More)/I Smell Trouble/ The Hunter/Things I Used To Do/ You Don't Love Me (Yes I Know)/You Got Me Running/You're Still My Baby

BTS 12 Earl Hooker - Sweet Black Angel [1969] I Feel Good/Drivin' Wheel/Shuffle/Country and Western/Sweet Home Chicago /Sweet Black Angel/Boogie, Don't Blot!/ Cross Cut Saw/Catfish Blues/The Mood/Funky Blues

BTS 13 Southwind - Ready to Ride [1969] Group features the early work of Moon Martin. First releases had orange print on label; later issues had black print. Rock And Roll Ruby/Honky Tonkin'/Ready To Ride/ I Got You Covered/Heat Down In The Alley//Rootin' And Tootin'/Cool Green Hills Of Earth/ Same Sad Old Song/Fine Tooth Comb/Ruby Eileen

BTS 14 Sam Lay's Bluesband - Sam Lay in Bluesland [1969] Maggie's Farm/Mean Mistreater/Sam Lay And Mississippi John/Cryin' For My Baby// Sloppy Drunk/My Fault/Roll Over Beethoven/Ask Her For Water/I Got My Mojo Working

BTS 15 Clifton Chenier - Clifton Chenier's Very Best [1969] Black Gal/Long Toes/If I Ever Get Lucky/Frog Legs/Let's Talk It Over/Keep On Scratching// Louisiana Blues/Zydeco Et Pas Sale/Jole Blonde/Wrap It Up/Lafayette Waltz

BTS 16 Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - To Mum From Aynsley and the Boys [1970] Let It Ride/Journey's End/Unheard/Down Down Down/Sugar On The Line/Don't Take Your Power Away/Run You Off The Hill/ Leaving Right Away

BTS 17 Bossa Rio - Alegria! [1969]

BTS 18 Tyrannosaurus Rex - A Beard of Stars [1970]

BTS 19 Dave Mason - Alone Together [1970] (7-70, #22)

BTS 20 Buddy Guy, Junior Mance & Junior Wells - Buddy Guy and the Juniors [1970]

Switches to Capitol distribution at about this point

Note: These albums may have been reissued by ABC with the two-digit catalog numbers, e.g., BTS-25.

BTS 8821 Joao Donato - A Bad Donato [1970]

BTS 8822 Love - False Start [1970] (12-70, #184)

BTS 8823 Gabor Szabo - Magical Connection [1970]

BTS 8824 ?

BTS 8825 Dave Mason & Cass Elliot - Dave Mason & Cass Elliot [1971] (3-71, #49)

BTS 8826 Southwind - What a Place to Land [1970]

BTS 8827 Mark-Almond - Mark-Almond [1971] (6-71, #154)

BTS 8828 Gabor Szabo & Bobby Womack - High Contrast [1971]

Distribution switches to ABC at about this point

BTS 29 Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - Where's the Money? [1971] (10-71, #195)

BTS 30 Charles Pierce - Charles Pierce Recorded Live at Bimbo's, San Francisco [2/71]

BTS 31 Jessie Hill - Naturally [1971]

BTS 32 Mark-Almond - Mark-Almond II [1972] (1-72, #87)

BTS 33 Ken Nordine - How Are Things in Your Town? [1971] [2 LPs]

BTS 34 Dave Mason - Headkeeper - [1972] (2-72, #51)

BTS 35 Finningan & Wood - Crazed Hipsters [1972]

BTS 36 Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - Striking It Rich [1972] (5-72, #170)

BTS 37 Luis Gasca - Luis Gasca [1972]

Banana BTS 38 National Lampoon - Radio Dinner [1972] (9-72, #132)

BTS 39 Last Poets - Chastisement [1972]

BTS 40 Ben Sidran - I Lead a Life [1972]

BTS 41 Sun Ra - Space Is the Place [1973] Only issued as a quadraphonic disc and 8-track

BTS 42 Hoodoo Rhythm Devils - The Barbeque of Deville [1972]

BTS 43 Arthur Adams - Private Tonight [1972]

BTS 44 Tom Rapp - Stardancer [1972]

BTS 45 Sylvester & Hot Band - Sylvester and the Hot Band [1973]

BTS 46 Larry Carlton - Singing/Playing [1973]

BTS 47 Paul Humphrey - Supermellow [1973]

BTS 48 Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters [1973] (6-73, #13)

BTS 49 Ike & Tina Turner - The Best of Ike & Tina Turner [1973]

BTS 50 Mark-Almond - The Best of Mark-Almond [1973] (5-73, #177)

BTS 51 Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - Last Train to Hicksville...The Home Of Happy Feet [1973] (6-73, #67)

BTS 52 Last Poets - At Last [1973]

BTS 53 ?

BTS 54 Dave Mason - Dave Mason Is Alive! [1973] (4-73, #116)

BTS 55 Ben Sidran - Puttin' in Time on Planet Earth [1973]

BTS 56 Tom Rapp & Pearls - Before Swine Sunforest [1973]

BTS 57 Hoodoo Rhythm Devils - What the Kids Want [1973]

BTS 58 Gerry Rafferty - Can I Have My Money Back? [1973]

BTS 59 Phil Upchurch - Lovin' Feelin' [1973]

BTS 60 Sylvester & The Hot Band - Bazaar [1973]

BTS 61 ?

BTS 62 Hugh Masekela - Introducing Hedzoleh Sounds [1972]

BTS 63 Butts Band - The Butts Band [1973]

BTS 64 Aim - Aim for the Highest [1974]

BTS 65 ?

BTS 66 Paul Humphrey - America, Wake Up [5/74]

BTS 880 Dave Mason - Split Coconut [1975] (10-75, #27)

BTS 6000 Series

BTS 6000 Various Artists - Memphis Swamp Jam - Memphis Blues Festival [1969] [2LPs]

BTS 6001 Crusaders - Crusaders 1 [1972] (3-72, #96)] [2LPs]

BTS 6002 ?

BTS 6003 Hugh Masekela - Home Is Where the Music Is [1973] [2 LPs]

BTS 6004 San Francisco - Lights Out [11/72]

BTS 6005 Phil Upchurch - Darkess Darkness [1972] Also issued as BT 10012

Banana BTS 6006 National Lampoon - Lemmings [1973] (6-73, #107)

BTS 6007 Crusaders - Unsung Heroes [1973] (11-73, #173)

Banana BTS 6008 National Lampoon - The Missing White House Tapes [1974] (3-74, #118)

BTS 6009 Pointer Sisters - That's a Plenty [1974] (3-74, #82)

BTS 6010 Crusaders - Scratch [1974] (4-74, #73)

BTS 6011 Nick DeCaro - Italian Graffiti [1974]

BTS 6012 Ben Sidran - Don't Let Go [1974]

BT 6013 Dave Mason - The Best of Dave Mason [1974] (6-74, #183)

BT 6014 Gabor Szabo - Live [1974]

BT 6015 Hugh Masekela - I Am Not Afraid [1974] (9-74, #149)

BTS 6016 Ken Burgan - The Big Bow-Wow Strain [1974]

BTS 6017 ?

BTS 6018 Butts Band - Hear and Now [1975]

BTSD 6019 John Mayall - New Year, New Band, New Company [1975] (3-75, #140)

BTS 6020 ?

BTS 6021 Pointer Sisters - Steppin [1975] (6-75, #22)

BTS 6022 Crusaders - Chain Reaction [1975] (8-75, #26)

BTS 6023 Pointer Sisters - Having a Party [1977] (12-77, #176)

BTS 6024 Crusaders - Those Southern Knights [1976] (5-76, #38)

BTS 6025 ?

BTSY-6026/2 Pointer Sisters - The Best of the Pointer Sisters [1976] (12-76, #164) [2 LPs]

BT 6027 Crusaders - The Best of the Crusaders [1976] (12-76, #122) [2 LPs]

BTS 6028 Ramp - Come Into Knowledge [1977]

BT 6029 Crusaders - Free as the Wind [1977] (6-77, #41)

BT 6030 Crusaders - Images [1978] (7-78, #34)

BA 6031 Gerry Rafferty - Can I Have My Money Back? [1978] Reissue of Blue Thumb BTS 58

BA 6032 Dave Mason - Very Best of Dave Mason [1978] (10-78, #179)

BTS 7000 Series

BTS 7000 Crusaders - The 2nd Crusade [1973] (3-73, #45) [2 LPs]

BTS 7001 ?

BTS 7002 Various Artists - All Day Thumb Sucker Revisited: The History of Blue Thumb Records [1995] [3 LPs]

BTS 8000 Series

BTS 8001 ?

BTS 8002 Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters Live at the Opera House [1974] (9-74, #96) [2 LPs]

BTS 8700 Series

BTS 8701 ?

BTS 8702 Various Artists - All Day Thumb Sucker [1970]

BTS 8703 ?

BTS 8704 ?

BTS 8705 ?

BTS 8706 - Memphis Swamp Jam - Various Artists [1/71] [2 LPs]

BTS 8800 Series (Distributed by Capitol)

In addition to the Capitol-distributed LPs listed above, the following are known to have been reissued with an 88 added to the original number during the Capitol distribution days. There may also be other albums where this was the case.

BTS 8805 Ike & Tina Turner - Outta Season [1971] Reissue of Blue Thumb BTS 5

BTS 8813 Southwind - Ready to Ride [1/71] Reissue of Blue Thumb BTS 13

BTS 8817 Bossa Rio - Alegria! [1/71] Reissue of Blue Thumb BTS 17

BTS 8818 Tyrannosaurus Rex - A Beard of Stars [1971] Reissue of Blue Thumb BTS 18

BTS 8819 Dave Mason - Alone Together [1971] Reissue of Blue Thumb BTS 19

BTS 8820 Buddy Guy with Junior Mance and Junior Wells - Buddy & the Juniors [1/71] Reissue of Blue Thumb BTS 20

BTS 9000 Series

BTS 9000 Love - Out Here [1969] (12-69, #176) [2 LPs]

BTS 9001 Lenny Bruce - Lenny [3/72] [2 LPs]

BT 9002 Southern Comfort - Crusaders [1974] (10-74, #31) [2 LPs]

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