Blue Thumb Records
| Blue Thumb Records | |
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| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Founder |
Bob Krasnow Tommy LiPuma Don Graham |
| Defunct | 1978 |
| Status | Inactive/Defunct |
| Distributor(s) |
Hip-O Records (re-issues) |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | United States |
Blue Thumb Records was an American record label founded in 1968 by Bob Krasnow, along with former A&M Records executives Tommy LiPuma and Don Graham. Blue Thumb's last record was released in 1978.
Bob Krasnow had been in the record business for a number of years, working as a promotion man for King Records and also working for Buddah/Kama Sutra Records. Blue Thumb was originally intended to be the name of Captain Beefheart's band, but Krasnow did not think the name was right for the group. However, he chose the name for his label.
Acts that appeared on the label include Captain Beefheart, Phil Upchurch, Ben Sidran, Gerry Rafferty, The Credibility Gap, The Crusaders, Hugh Masekela, Sam Lay, Sylvester, Southwind, Robbie Basho, Tom Rapp, Aynsley Dunbar's Retaliation (licensed from UK Liberty Records), Modereko, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, Jimmy Smith, Dave Mason, The Pointer Sisters, T. Rex (in its earlier incarnation as Tyrannosaurus Rex, licensed from the UK's Regal Zonophone Records), Ike & Tina Turner, Love, Gábor Szabó, Mark-Almond, and National Lampoon (on the Banana label imprint).
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