# Sledgehammer Blues

Sledgehammer Blues is an audiophile record label owned by Valley Entertainment. It was formerly named AudioQuest Music.
Audioquest Music was founded in 1990 by Joe Harley of the audio cable company Audioquest to demonstrate the quality of its cables. Harley made one album, by blues guitarist Robert Lucas, that was so successful he decided to release more jazz and blues. Its catalogue included work by Charles Fambrough, Victor Lewis, James Newton, Edward Simon, and Larry Willis.
From the label's website: "The blues label was founded in the late 1980s with the mission to create the highest standard audiophile recordings based on the technology available. These are analog recordings using custom built tube electronics and eschewing noise reduction, compression, equalization or sound limiters. By recording the most proficient artists available at the highest possible standards, these recordings have been adapted to every subsequent audiophile platform-XRCD, SACD, etc."

## Discography

| Selection Number | Artist | Album |
| 2-AQM-1001 | Robert Lucas | Usin' Man Blues |
| 2-AQM-1002 | Strunz & Farah | Misterio |
| 2-AQM-1003 | Tuxedo Cowboy | Woman of the Heart |
| 2-AQM-1004 | Robert Lucas | Luke and the Locomotives |
| 2-AQM-1005 | Trio Galanterie | Eighteenth Century Music for Lute and Strings |
| 2-AQM-1006 | Mokave | Volume 1 |
| 2-AQM-1007 | Mokave | Volume 2 |
| 2-AQM-1008 | Various Artists | Works of Art, Volume 1 |
| 2-AQM-1009 | Larry Willis | Steal Away |
| 2-AQM-1010 | Victor Lewis | Family Portrait |
| 2-AQM-1011 | Robert Lucas | Built for Comfort |
| 2-AQM-1012 | Bruce Katz | Crescent Crawl |
| 2-AQM-1013 | Sasha Matson | Steel Chords |
| 2-AQM-1014 | Jeff Palmer | Ease On |
| 2-AQM-1015 | Mighty Sam McClain | Give It Up to Love |
| 2-AQM-1016 | Various Artists | Works of Art Volume 2 |
| 2-AQM-1017 | Bennie Wallace | The Old Songs |
| 2-AQM-1018 | Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters | Still River |
| 2-AQM-1019 | Les Arbuckle | No More No Les |
| 2-AQM-1020 | Rob Mullins | One Night in Houston |
| 2-AQM-1021 | Robert Lucas | Layaway |
| 2-AQM-1022 | Larry Willis | A Tribute to Someone |
| 2-AQM-1023 | James Newton Ensemble | Suite for Frida Kahlo |
| 2-AQM-1024 | Mokave | Afrique |
| 2-AQM-1025 | Edward Simon Group | Beauty Within |
| 2-AQM-1026 | Bruce Katz | Transformation |
| 2-AQM-1027 | Doug MacLeod | Come To Find |
| 2-AQM-1028 | Kei Akagi | Mirror Puzzle |
| 2-AQM-1029 | Various Artists | Works of Art Volume 3 |
| 2-AQM-1030 | David Binney | The Luxury of Guessing |
| 2-AQM-1031 | Mighty Sam McClain | Keep On Movin' |
| 2-AQM-1032 | The Bush Crew | The Bush Crew |
| 2-AQM-1033 | Charles Fambrough | Keeper of the Spirit |
| 2-AQM-1034 | Various Artists | Blues Masters |
| 2-AQM-1035 | Various Artists | Jazz Masters |
| 2-AQM-1036 | Joey Calderazzo | Secrets |
| 2-AQM-1037 | Lloyd Jones | Trouble Monkey |
| 2-AQM-1038 | Terry Evans | Puttin' It Down |
| 2-AQM-1039 | Joe Beard | Blues Union |
| 2-AQM-1041 | Doug MacLeod | You Can't Take My Blues |
| 2-AQM-1042 | Mighty Sam McClain | Sledgehammer Soul and Down Home Blues |
| 2-AQM-1043 | Ronnie Earl, Pinetop Perkins, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and Calvin "Fuzz" Jones | Eye to Eye |
| 2-AQM-1044 | Terry Evans | Come to the River |
| 2-AQM-1045 | Robert Lucas | Completely Blue |
| 2-AQM-1046 | Doug MacLeod | Unmarked Road |
| 2-AQM-1047 | Bruce Katz | Mississippi Moan |
| 2-AQM-1048 | Mighty Sam McClain | Journey |
| 2-AQM-1049 | Joe Beard featuring Duke Robillard and Friends | For Real |
| 2-AQM-1050 | Sherman Robertson | Going Back Home |
| 2-AQM-1051 | Bennie Wallace | Bennie Wallace |
| 2-AQM-1052 | Various Artists | Bluesquest |
| 2-AQM-1053 | Mighty Sam McClain | Soul Survivor |
| 2-AQM-1054 | Doug MacLeod | Whose Truth, Whose Lies? |
| 2-AQM-1055 | Joe Beard featuring Duke Robillard and Friends | Dealin' |
| 2-AQM-1056 | Bruce Katz | Three Feet Off the Ground |
| 2-AQM-1057 | Terry Evans | Mississippi Magic |
| 2-AQM-1058 | Terry Evans | Live Like a Hurricane |
| 2-AQM-1059 | Little Al Thomas & The Crazy House Band | South Side Story |
| 2-AQM-2000 | Wolfe | Why Thank You Very Much: Live at The Bluetone Cafe |