Fire Records was an American

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...

, set up in 1959 by Bobby Robinson. Amongst others, it released records by

Lightnin' Hopkins Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked him No. 71 on its li ...

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, Buster Brown and Arthur Crudup. At one point it was thought Fire had issued the last commercial 78rpm disc in the United States. Although this has been disproven, the label is still known for their late-issue 78s.

Selected discography

*1000 – Tarheel Slim and Little Ann – "It's Too Late" (1959) *1008 – Buster Brown – "

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" (1959) *1011 – Elmore James – "Bobby's Rock" / "Make My Dreams Come True" (Issued 1960 –

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is a 1959 recording but B-side is a 1953 Flair recording brought in by Robinson) *1016 – Elmore James – " The Sky Is Crying" (1960, reissued with different B-side in the mid-1960s on Flashback) *1024 – Elmore James – "I'm Worried" (1960) *504 – Elmore James – " Shake Your Moneymaker" (1961) *1034 – Lightnin' Hopkins – '' Mojo Hand'' (1962) – label states artist as "Lightin Hopkins *1501 – Arthur Crudup – "Mean Old Frisco" (1962) *1503 – Elmore James – "Stranger Blues" (1962)

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