Yambo Records
Recording label
Record label
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Founded | 1960s |
Founder | Willie Dixon |
Status | Defunct |
Distributor(s) | Summit |
Genre | Blues |
Country of origin | U.S. |
Location | Chicago, Illinois |
Yambo Records was a blues record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded by arranger and composer Willie Dixon in the late 1960s after he left Chess Records. Yambo Records also had two subsidiary labels, Spoonful and Supreme. The label was based at 7711 South Racine Avenue in Chicago, along with Dixon's related companies Blues Factory and Soul Productions. It was distributed by Summit Distributors in Skokie, Illinois.[1] Dixon recorded and released his 1971 album Peace? on Yambo. He also released several singles, including the hit "1, 2, 3, 4" by five-year-old Lucky Peterson.[2] The label closed in the mid-1970s.
Discography
Albums
Year | Artist | Title | Number | Notes |
1970 | E. Rodney Jones | Might is Right! | 77701 | side 1 |
1970 | Lafayette Leake Trio | Soul Wrinkles | 77701 | side 2 |
1971 | Willie Dixon | Willie Dixon's Peace? | 77715 | also numbered 77716 |
Singles
Year | Artist | Titles | Number | Notes |
1970 | Koko Taylor | "A Mighty Love" / "Instant Everything" | 107/108 | with the Mighty Joe Young Band |
1970 | Margie Evans | "29 Ways" / "When I Make Love" | 109/1010 | with the Chicago Blues All Stars |
1971 | Honey Duo Twins | "Come On Baby" / "Kiss Me" | 8915-01 A/B | with the Chicago Blues All Stars |
1971 | Lucky Peterson | "1, 2, 3, 4" / "Good Old Candy" | 777-03/04 | with the Lucky Peterson Blues Band |
1971 | James Peterson | "All On Account of You" / "Sing the Blues Till I Die" | 777-05/06 | with the Lucky Peterson Blues Band |
1972 | Quantrells | "Can't Let You Break My Heart" / "Show Me the Game of Love" | T-15 | compiled on the CD Home Schooled: The ABCs of Kid Soul, The Numero Group NUM016, 2007 |
1972? | Modern Times | "Baby Just Maby" (sic) / "Why Must I Live Such a Lonely Life" | 777-12/13 | |
1973 | Willie Dixon | "You Got to Move" / "Petting the Baby" | 777-14/15 | with the Chicago Blues All Stars |
1973 | Satagans | "Smokin" / "Lovers to Friends" | 777-110/111 | |
1974 | McKinley Mitchell | "That Last Home Run" / "All Star Bougee" (instrumental) | 777-20/21 | with the Chicago Blues All Stars |
1974 | Jay Jay Taylor | "I'm Not Tired Yet" / "Tell Me the Truth" | 1011A/B | listed on label as 'J. Taylor' |
1974 | Buster Benton | "Spider in my Stew" / "Dangerous Woman" | Supreme 1004/1005 | with the Chicago Blues All Stars |
1974 | McKinley Mitchell | "Good Time Baby" / "All Star Bougee" (instrumental) | Spoonful 777-26 | with the Chicago Blues All Stars |
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See also
References
- ^ a b "Yambo Records (advertisement)". Billboard Magazine. 85 (25). Nielsen Business Media: 22. June 23, 1973. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
- ^ a b Dixon, Willie; Snowden, Don (1989). I Am the Blues. Da Capo Press. p. 244. ISBN 0-306-80415-8.
- ^ "Yambo Label Discography". 45cat.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
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