Bluebell Records was an Italian independent
record label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the prod ...
active from 1959 to 1969 as part, along with other labels such as Mini Rec and Belldisc, of the Belldisc S.p.A. group. In 1969 these labels were fused into a new one, which became known as
Produttori Associati.
The label released records by several artists, such as
Fabrizio De André
Fabrizio Cristiano De André (; 18 February 1940 – 11 January 1999) was an Italian singer-songwriter, the most prominent '' cantautore'' of his time. His 40-year career reflects his interests in concept albums, literature, poetry, political pr ...
,
Carmen Villani,
The New Dada
New Dada was an Italian beat band active between 1962 and 1966.
Career
The New Dada were formed in Milan in 1962 by vocalist Maurizio Arcieri, Franco "Pupo" Longo (drums), Franco Jadanza and Renato "Renè" Vignocchi (guitar), Ferruccio "Ferry" S ...
,
Rocco Granata
Rocco Granata (born 16 August 1938) is an Italian-Belgian singer, songwriter, and accordionist.
Granata was born in Figline Vegliaturo, Calabria, southern Italy; but his parents immigrated to Belgium when he was aged ten. Rocco's father was a co ...
,
Maurizio Arcieri and
Duilio Del Prete
Duilio Del Prete (25 June 1938 – 2 February 1998) was an Italian actor, dubber and singer-songwriter.
Del Prete was born at Cuneo, Piedmont. As a singer-songwriter, he wrote political songs and recorded an album of Jacques Brel's covers; he al ...
. For many years, the label's head of publicity was Germano Ruscitto, who went on to become director of the music magazine ''
Discografia Internazionale
''Discografia Internazionale'' (or ''DI'') was a weekly Italian popular music magazine published from 1966. The magazine's headquarters was in Piazzale Loreto in Milan. It was run by Germano Ruscitto, formerly the press officer for Bluebell Record ...
''.
Catalog
There is a chronological incongruence in the numbering of the
33 rpm
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catalog: after
Fabrizio De André
Fabrizio Cristiano De André (; 18 February 1940 – 11 January 1999) was an Italian singer-songwriter, the most prominent '' cantautore'' of his time. His 40-year career reflects his interests in concept albums, literature, poetry, political pr ...
's ''
Vol. 1°'' (BBLP 39) the numbering starts back from BBLP 30 (De André's following album, ''
Tutti morimmo a stento'', is numbered BBLP 32).
As for the
45 rpm catalog, two
singles
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by
The New Dada
New Dada was an Italian beat band active between 1962 and 1966.
Career
The New Dada were formed in Milan in 1962 by vocalist Maurizio Arcieri, Franco "Pupo" Longo (drums), Franco Jadanza and Renato "Renè" Vignocchi (guitar), Ferruccio "Ferry" S ...
were published with the same catalog number (BB 03151) due to the label's decision to "promote" the single's
B-side
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to the
A-side
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of a new single, with a new B-side and different artwork, but the same catalog number.
33 rpm
45 rpm
45 rpm - Mini Rec label
33 rpm - OFF series
45 rpm - OFF series
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Italian independent record labels
Record labels established in 1959
Record labels disestablished in 1969