Revival Records is a British

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founded in 1971 by Andrew Cameron Miller and Ian Brown to issue the works of blues musicians of the

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valley such as

Fred McDowell Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904 – July 3, 1972), known by his stage name Mississippi Fred McDowell, was an American hill country blues singer and guitar player. Career McDowell was born in Rossville, Tennessee, United States. His parents were ...

and Johnny Woods, George Henry Bussey and Jim Bunkley,

Charlie Burse Charlie Burse (August 25, 1901 – December 20, 1965) was an American blues musician, best known for his work with the Memphis Jug Band. His nicknames included "Laughing Charlie," "Uke Kid Burse" and "The Ukulele Kid." The "uke" in his nicknames ...

and

Will Shade William Shade Jr. (February 5, 1898 – September 18, 1966), known as Will Shade, was a Memphis blues musician, best known for his leadership of the Memphis Jug Band. He was commonly called Son Brimmer, a nickname from his grandmother Annie Bri ...

Mississippi Joe Callicott "Mississippi" Joe Callicott (October 10, 1899 – May 1969) was an American Delta blues singer and guitarist. Callicott was born in Nesbit, Mississippi, United States. In 1929 he played second guitar in Garfield Akers' duet recording, "Co ...

Furry Lewis Walter E. "Furry" Lewis (March 6, 1893 or 1899 – September 14, 1981) was an American country blues guitarist and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. He was one of the first of the blues musicians active in the 1920s to be brought out of retir ...

R. L. Burnside R. L. Burnside (November 23, 1926 – September 1, 2005) was an American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He played music for much of his life but received little recognition before the early 1990s. In the latter half of that decade, Burn ...

, and

Sleepy John Estes John Adam Estes (January 25, 1899 or 1900June 5, 1977),
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recorded in the 1960s by George Mitchell. The Mitchell recordings later have been reissued on the

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and the

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labels.

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Illustrated Revival Records Discography
{{Authority control British record labels Record labels established in 1971 Record labels disestablished in 1974 Blues record labels

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