Oldie Blues
Oldie Blues was a Dutch record label founded and owned by Martin van Olderen.
Oldie Blues
- Name
- Oldie Blues
- Founded
- 1974
- Headquarters
- Netherlands
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Oldie Blues was a Dutch record label founded and owned by Martin van Olderen.
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Key facts
• Name — Oldie Blues • Founded — 1974 • Founder — Martin van Olderen • Defunct — 2004 • Distributor — Munich Records • Genre — Piano blues, boogie-woogie, Delta blues • Country — Netherlands
History
History
The label was founded in 1974 and focused primarily on piano blues, boogie-woogie and Delta blues, issuing 46 LPs and 13 CDs. After the death of Martin van Olderen in 2002 the label continued to issue records into 2004. Oldie Blues was marketed and distributed by Munich Records.
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Artists
The label's roster included Little Willie Littlefield, Blind John Davis, Lonnie Johnson, Roosevelt Sykes, Big Joe Williams and Dutch musicians Rob Hoeke, Martijn Schok, and Rob Agerbeek.
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Oldie Blues is associated with Netherlands.
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- “Oldie Blues”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Oldie Blues discography by Stefan Wirz at www.wirz.de Retrieved July 2, 2013
- 2.Wynn, Neil, Cross the Water Blues: African American Music in Europe, University Press of Mississippi, 2007, p. 230
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