BluesWay Records

BluesWay Records was an American subsidiary label of ABC-Paramount Records, begun by Bob Thiele in 1966. Artists such as John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Rushing, Otis Spann, and T-Bone Walker were among those who signed for the label. BluesWay released B. B. King's 1969 Live and Well and Completely Well albums, the latter containing his hit "The Thrill is Gone". The label also released the James Gang's first album, 1969's Yer' Album.

BluesWay Records
Founded	1966
Founder	Bob Thiele
Country of origin	United States

BluesWay ceased operations in 1970, with Hooker, King and James Gang being transferred to the parent ABC Records label. The imprint was briefly revived in 1973–74. The BluesWay masters, along with the rest of ABC Records' assets, were sold to MCA Records in 1978.

Discography

BluesWay Records released albums from 1967 until 1974.^[1][2]

Catalog No. (BL/BLS)	Album	Artist	Details
6001	Blues Is King	B. B. King
6002	Live at Cafe Au Go Go	John Lee Hooker
6003	The Blues Is Where It's At	Otis Spann
6004	The New Jimmy Reed Album	Jimmy Reed
6005	Every Day I Have the Blues	Jimmy Rushing with Oliver Nelson and his Orchestra
6006	Singing the Blues	Joe Turner
6007	Cherry Red	Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
6008	Stormy Monday Blues	T-Bone Walker
6009	Soulin'	Jimmy Reed
6010	Dirty Blues Band	Dirty Blues Band
6011	Blues on Top of Blues	B. B. King
6012	Urban Blues	John Lee Hooker
6013	The Bottom of the Blues	Otis Spann
6014	Funky Town	T-Bone Walker
6015	Big Boss Man	Jimmy Reed
6016	Lucille	B. B. King
6017	Livin' the Blues	Jimmy Rushing
6018	The Soul of Bonnie and Clyde	South Central Avenue Municipal Blues Band
6019	The Blues Are All Brown	Roy Brown
6020	Stone Dirt	The Dirty Blues Band featuring Rod "Gingerman" Piazza
6021	The Outlaw Blues Band	The Outlaw Blues Band
6022	His Best – The Electric B. B. King	B. B. King	Compilation of ABC and BluesWay recordings
6023	Simply the Truth	John Lee Hooker
6024	Down in Virginia	Jimmy Reed
6026	The Blues Singer	Jimmy Witherspoon
6028	A Long Way from Home	Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
6029	George Smith of the Blues	George "Harmonica" Smith and his Blues Band
6030	Breaking In	The Outlaw Blues Band
6031	Live & Well	B. B. King
6032	Don't Have to Worry	Earl Hooker
6034	Yer' Album	The James Gang
6036	Rambling Woman	Johnny "Big Moose" Walker featuring Earl Hooker and Otis Hale
6037	Completely Well	B. B. King
6038	If You Miss 'Im...I Got 'Im	John Lee Hooker featuring Earl Hooker
6039	Legend	Charles Brown
6040	Hunh!	Jimmy Witherspoon
6043	Time to Get It Together	Country Coalition
6050	Back In the Alley	B. B. King	Compilation of ABC and BluesWay recordings
6051	The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon	Jimmy Witherspoon
6052	Kabuki Wuki	John Lee Hooker
6053	The Genius Live in Concert	Ray Charles	Reissue of ABC/ABCS 500
6054	I Ain't from Chicago	Jimmy Reed
6055	Farther On Down the Road	Andrew "Voice" Odom
6056	Hard Times: The Classic Blues of Roy Brown	Roy Brown
6057	Sent for You Yesterday	Jimmy Rushing
6058	Dirty Mistreater	T-Bone Walker	Compilation of tracks from 6008 and 6014
6059	I Couldn't Believe My Eyes	Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry with Earl Hooker
6060	Roll 'Em	Joe Turner	Reissue of Bluesway BLS 6006
6061	Blues Classics Volume 1	Various Artists
6062	Blues Classics Volume 2	Various Artists
6063	Heart Loaded with Trouble	Otis Spann
6064	18 Pounds of Uncleaned Chittlins and Other Greasy Blues Specialities	Mel Brown	Compilation
6065	Call on Me	Bobby Bland	Reissue of Duke DLP 77
6066	Sometimes Tomorrow My Broken Heart Will Die	Junior Parker
6067	The Ultimate Jimmy Reed	Jimmy Reed
6068	Sunnyland Slim Plays Ragtime Blues	Sunnyland Slim
6069	Funky from Chicago	Johnny Little John
6070	Cry Before I Go	Lucille Spann
6071	Ain't Sick No More	Homesick James
6072	Do You Remember the Great Earl Hooker	Earl Hooker	Recorded 1966
6073	Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall	Jimmy Reed	Reissue of Vee-Jay 1035
6074	After 21 Years	Reverend Gatemouth Moore
6075	I Can't Keep My Foot from Jumping	Johnny Young
6076	Do It If You Want To	Snooky Pryor
6077	Dirty Double Mother	Roosevelt Sykes
6078	Cousin Joe Of New Orleans	Cousin Joe
6079	Last Night	Carey Bell
6080	Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging on Your Tree	Big Joe Williams
6081	Hand of God	The Spencer Jackson Family
6082	House Cleanin' Blues	L. C. Robinson
6083	Lonely Girl	Lee Jackson	[3]

See also

• List of record labels