Blue Thumb Records

Blue Thumb Records was a record label acquired by ABC Dunhill Records, it is currently part of Verve Records.

See also

• List of record labels

Blue Thumb Records was a record label founded in 1968 by Bob Krasnow. Bob had been in the record business for a number of years, working as a promotion man for King Records and then he also worked for Buddah/Kama Sutra records.

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Blue Thumb had a lot of great acts on the label, such as the Crusaders, Hugh Masakela, Captain Beefhart, Aynsley Dunbar, Dave Mason, The Pointer Sisters, and T-Rex, and the Mark-Almond band.

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Blue Thumb started out distributing themselves, but then went to Captiol/Emi for distribution during late 1970 and early 1971. When that didn't pan out, Gulf & Western's Famous Music Group handled distribution right up from mid 1971 until 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 got bought out by MCA Records during the first part of 1979.

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