BLUE HORIZON
RECORDS

 A legendary British independent label, owned by producer Mike Vernon.  Blue Horizon was dedicated to Blues and R'n'B; much was home-grown, but there was also a fair amount of material by American artists.  For the first two years of its existence, 1965-66, Vernon operated the label as a mail-order business.  The numbers of records pressed were tiny, and singles from this period tend to go for three-figure sums on the rare occasions when they become available.  1967 saw a manufacturing and distribution deal with CBS.  The first two singles were released on the CBS label with the Blue Horizon logo in the middle of the label, but by the end of the year the famous blue label had arrived.  Towards the end of the CBS era this blue label turned red, with black printing. the company sleeve turned red as well.  Blue Horizon stayed with CBS until mid 1970, when Polydor took over; the change in manufacturers / distributors was marked by a change in numbering and in label design.  The company released around sixty singles and one hundred albums; perhaps unexpectedly it enjoyed a measure of success in the Singles Chart, with Fleetwood Mac scoring three hits including the No.1, 'Albatross' (57-3145; 1968).  Another British Blues band, Chicken Shack, registered twice in the charts the following year, with 'I'd Rather Go Blind' (57-3153) and 'Tears In The Wind' (57-3160).  Blue Horizon expired in 1972, but was revived by Vernon in the late 1980s.  Three different numbering systems were used: the early singles had numbers in a 45-BH-1000 series, or variants of it; CBS-era singles were numbered in the 57-3100s (the early, CBS-labelled, ones shared CBS's prefix-free 3000 numbering), while Polydor singles had one of that company's seven-digit-beginning-with-a-2 numerical series, 2096-000. Thank to Robert Lyons for the info.
 Manufactured And Distributed By CBS and Polydor Records.

  

65	Sumlin Hubert	Across The Board	BLUE HORIZON	45	1000
65	Adams Woodrow	Baby You Just Dont Know	BLUE HORIZON	45	1001
65	Smith George	Blues In The Dark	BLUE HORIZON	45	1002
66	Snooky & Moody	Snooky & Moody Blues	BLUE HORIZON	45	1003
66	Lenoir J.B	Mojo Boogie	BLUE HORIZON	45	1004
66	Drifting Slim	Good Morning Baby	BLUE HORIZON	45	1005
66	Boines Houston	Superintendent Blues	BLUE HORIZON	45	1006
67	Dupree Champion Jack	Get Your Head Happy	BLUE HORIZON	45	1007
66	Williams Sonny Boy	From The Bottom	BLUE HORIZON	45	1008
66	Boyd Eddie	It'S So Miserable To Be Alone	BLUE HORIZON	45	1009

67	Fleetwood Mac	I Believe My Time Ain'T Long	BLUE HORIZON		3051
67	Dunbar Aynsley Retaliation	Warning	BLUE HORIZON		3109

   
   

67	Fleetwood Mac	I Believe My Time Ain'T Long	BLUE HORIZON	57	3051
67	Aynsley Dunbar	Warning	BLUE HORIZON	57	3109
68	Chicken Shack	It'S Okay With My Baby	BLUE HORIZON	57	3135
68	Adams Arthur K	She Drives Me Out Of My Mind	BLUE HORIZON	57	3136
67	Boyd Eddie	The Big Boat	BLUE HORIZON	57	3137
68	Fleetwood Mac	Black Magic Woman	BLUE HORIZON	57	3138
68	Fleetwood Mac	Need Your Love So Bad	BLUE HORIZON	57	3139
68	Dupree Champion Jack	I Haven'T Done No One No Harm	BLUE HORIZON	57	3140
68	Bennett Duster	It'S A Man Down There	BLUE HORIZON	57	3141
68	Spann Otis	Bloody Murder	BLUE HORIZON	57	3142
68	Chicken Shack	Worried About My Woman	BLUE HORIZON	57	3143
68	King B.B.	The Woman I Love	BLUE HORIZON	57	3144
68	Fleetwood Mac	Albatross	BLUE HORIZON	57	3145
68	Chicken Shack	When The Train Comes Back	BLUE HORIZON	57	3146
69	Brown Buster	Sugar Babe	BLUE HORIZON	57	3147
67	Bennett Duster	Raining In My Heart	BLUE HORIZON	57	3148
67	Bennett Duster	Raining In My Heart	BLUE HORIZON	57	3148
69	Guitar Crusher	Since My Baby	BLUE HORIZON	57	3149
69	Garfield Love	Next Time You See Me	BLUE HORIZON	57	3150
69	Parker Bobby	It'S Hard But It'S Fair	BLUE HORIZON	57	3151
68	Dupree Champion Jack	Ba'La Fouche	BLUE HORIZON	57	3152
69	Chicken Shack	Id Rather Go Blind	BLUE HORIZON	57	3153
69	Bennett Duster	Bright Lights Big City	BLUE HORIZON	57	3154
69	Spann Otis	Walkin'	BLUE HORIZON	57	3155
69	Smith Gordon	Too Long	BLUE HORIZON	57	3156
69	Smith Gordon	Too Long	BLUE HORIZON	57	3156
69	Fleetwood Mac	Need Your Love So Bad	BLUE HORIZON	57	3157
69	Dupree Champion Jack	I Want To Be Hippy	BLUE HORIZON	57	3158
69	Rush Otis	All Your Love	BLUE HORIZON	57	3159
69	Chicken Shack	Tears In The Wind	BLUE HORIZON	57	3160
69	King B.B.	Everyday I Have The Blues	BLUE HORIZON	57	3161
69	Jellybread	Chairman Mao'S Boogaloo	BLUE HORIZON	57	3162
69	Bonner Juke Boy	Runnin' Shoes	BLUE HORIZON	57	3163
69	Bennett Duster	Im Gonna Wind Up Endin Up	BLUE HORIZON	57	3164
69	Hooker Earl	Boogie Don'T Blot	BLUE HORIZON	57	3166
69	Top Topham	Christmas Cracker	BLUE HORIZON	57	3167
70	Chicken Shack	Maudie	BLUE HORIZON	57	3168
70	Jellybread	Comment	BLUE HORIZON	57	3169
70	Smith George	Someday You'Re Gonna Learn	BLUE HORIZON	57	3170
70	Baconfat	Nobody But You	BLUE HORIZON	57	3171
70	Perfect Christine	I'M Too Far Gone	BLUE HORIZON	57	3172
70	Bennett Duster	I Chose To Sing The Blues	BLUE HORIZON	57	3173
70	Jellybread	Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie-Woogie Flu	BLUE HORIZON	57	3174
70	Slim Harpo	Folsom Prison Blues	BLUE HORIZON	57	3175
70	Chicken Shack	Sad Clown	BLUE HORIZON	57	3176
70	Kelly Brothers	That'S What You Mean To Me	BLUE HORIZON	57	3177
70	Key Largo	Voodoo Rhythm	BLUE HORIZON	57	3178
70	Bennett Duster	Act Nice And Gentle	BLUE HORIZON	57	3179
70	Jellybread	Old Man Hank	BLUE HORIZON	57	3180
71	Baconfat	Evil	BLUE HORIZON	57	3181

 

71	Jellybread	Creepin' And Crawlin'	BLUE HORIZON	2096	001
71	Marshall Hooks & Co	I Want The Same Thing Tomorrow	BLUE HORIZON	2096	002
71	Mighty Baby	Devil'S Whisper	BLUE HORIZON	2096	003
71	Focus	Hocus Pocus	BLUE HORIZON	2096	004
71	Fugs	Red Moon Part 1&2	BLUE HORIZON	2096	005
71	Jellybread	Down Along The Cove	BLUE HORIZON	2096	006
71	Vernon Mike	Let'S Try Again	BLUE HORIZON	2096	007
72	Michigan Rag	Don'T Run Away	BLUE HORIZON	2096	009
72	Velez Martha	Boogie Kitchine	BLUE HORIZON	2096	010
72	Mike Vernon	Come Back Baby	BLUE HORIZON	2096	011
72	Jellybread	Down Along The Cove	BLUE HORIZON	2096	012
72	Lightin' Slim	Just A Little Bit	BLUE HORIZON	2096	013