Blue Horizon was a British blues record label founded by Mike Vernon in the mid-sixties.
Its roots lay in Vernon's mail order label Purdah Records, which released just four 7" singles; including "Flapjacks" by Stone's Masonry (featuring Martin Stone, later to join Savoy Brown and Mighty Baby); and another by John Mayall and Eric Clapton; plus one each by "Bernard Jenkins", and "Lonely Years". Only 99 copies of each are thought to have been presse...
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Blue Horizon was a British blues record label founded by Mike Vernon in the mid-sixties.
Its roots lay in Vernon's mail order label Purdah Records, which released just four 7" singles; including "Flapjacks" by Stone's Masonry (featuring Martin Stone, later to join Savoy Brown and Mighty Baby); and another by John Mayall and Eric Clapton; plus one each by "Bernard Jenkins", and "Lonely Years". Only 99 copies of each are thought to have been pressed - limited, apparently, to avoid purchase tax - although it has also been said that the number was as high as 500.
After briefly forming the Outasite label, Vernon switched to Blue Horizon in 1966, issuing singles and a small number of now-unobtainable albums by U.S. blues artists, including Doctor Ross. A licensing and distribution deal with CBS heralded the glory years of the label. Starting with two 7" singles with combined CBS/Blue Horizon stamps featuring Fleetwood Mac and Aynsley Dunbar there followed a string of singles and albums by...
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