# BluesWay Records

BluesWay Records was an American subsidiary label of ABC-Paramount Records, begun by Bob Thiele in 1966. Artists such as John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Rushing, Otis Spann, and T-Bone Walker were among those who signed for the label. BluesWay released B. B. King's 1969 Live and Well and Completely Well albums, the latter containing his hit "The Thrill is Gone". The label also released the James Gang's first album, 1969's Yer' Album.
BluesWay ceased operations in 1970, with Hooker, King and James Gang being transferred to the parent ABC Records label. The imprint was briefly revived in 1973–74. The BluesWay masters, along with the rest of ABC Records' assets, were sold to MCA Records in 1978.

## Discography

BluesWay Records released albums from 1967 until 1974.
| Catalog No. (BL/BLS) | Album | Artist | Details |
| 6001 | Blues Is King | B. B. King | |
| 6002 | Live at Cafe Au Go Go | John Lee Hooker | |
| 6003 | The Blues Is Where It's At | Otis Spann | |
| 6004 | The New Jimmy Reed Album | Jimmy Reed | |
| 6005 | Every Day I Have the Blues | Jimmy Rushing with Oliver Nelson and his Orchestra | |
| 6006 | Singing the Blues | Joe Turner | |
| 6007 | Cherry Red | Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson | |
| 6008 | Stormy Monday Blues | T-Bone Walker | |
| 6009 | Soulin' | Jimmy Reed | |
| 6010 | Dirty Blues Band | Dirty Blues Band | |
| 6011 | Blues on Top of Blues | B. B. King | |
| 6012 | Urban Blues | John Lee Hooker | |
| 6013 | The Bottom of the Blues | Otis Spann | |
| 6014 | Funky Town | T-Bone Walker | |
| 6015 | Big Boss Man | Jimmy Reed | |
| 6016 | Lucille | B. B. King | |
| 6017 | Livin' the Blues | Jimmy Rushing | |
| 6018 | The Soul of Bonnie and Clyde | South Central Avenue Municipal Blues Band | |
| 6019 | The Blues Are All Brown | Roy Brown | |
| 6020 | Stone Dirt | The Dirty Blues Band featuring Rod "Gingerman" Piazza | |
| 6021 | The Outlaw Blues Band | The Outlaw Blues Band | |
| 6022 | His Best – The Electric B. B. King | B. B. King | Compilation of ABC and BluesWay recordings |
| 6023 | Simply the Truth | John Lee Hooker | |
| 6024 | Down in Virginia | Jimmy Reed | |
| 6026 | The Blues Singer | Jimmy Witherspoon | |
| 6028 | A Long Way from Home | Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry | |
| 6029 | George Smith of the Blues | George "Harmonica" Smith and his Blues Band | |
| 6030 | Breaking In | The Outlaw Blues Band | |
| 6031 | Live & Well | B. B. King | |
| 6032 | Don't Have to Worry | Earl Hooker | |
| 6034 | Yer' Album | The James Gang | |
| 6036 | Rambling Woman | Johnny "Big Moose" Walker featuring Earl Hooker and Otis Hale | |
| 6037 | Completely Well | B. B. King | |
| 6038 | If You Miss 'Im...I Got 'Im | John Lee Hooker featuring Earl Hooker | |
| 6039 | Legend | Charles Brown | |
| 6040 | Hunh! | Jimmy Witherspoon | |
| 6043 | Time to Get It Together | Country Coalition | |
| 6050 | Back In the Alley | B. B. King | Compilation of ABC and BluesWay recordings |
| 6051 | The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon | Jimmy Witherspoon | |
| 6052 | Kabuki Wuki | John Lee Hooker | |
| 6053 | The Genius Live in Concert | Ray Charles | Reissue of ABC/ABCS 500 |
| 6054 | I Ain't from Chicago | Jimmy Reed | |
| 6055 | Farther On Down the Road | Andrew "Voice" Odom | |
| 6056 | Hard Times: The Classic Blues of Roy Brown | Roy Brown | |
| 6057 | Sent for You Yesterday | Jimmy Rushing | |
| 6058 | Dirty Mistreater | T-Bone Walker | Compilation of tracks from 6008 and 6014 |
| 6059 | I Couldn't Believe My Eyes | Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry with Earl Hooker | |
| 6060 | Roll 'Em | Joe Turner | Reissue of Bluesway BLS 6006 |
| 6061 | Blues Classics Volume 1 | Various Artists | |
| 6062 | Blues Classics Volume 2 | Various Artists | |
| 6063 | Heart Loaded with Trouble | Otis Spann | |
| 6064 | 18 Pounds of Uncleaned Chittlins and Other Greasy Blues Specialities | Mel Brown | Compilation |
| 6065 | Call on Me | Bobby Bland | Reissue of Duke DLP 77 |
| 6066 | Sometimes Tomorrow My Broken Heart Will Die | Junior Parker | |
| 6067 | The Ultimate Jimmy Reed | Jimmy Reed | |
| 6068 | Sunnyland Slim Plays Ragtime Blues | Sunnyland Slim | |
| 6069 | Funky from Chicago | Johnny Little John | |
| 6070 | Cry Before I Go | Lucille Spann | |
| 6071 | Ain't Sick No More | Homesick James | |
| 6072 | Do You Remember the Great Earl Hooker | Earl Hooker | Recorded 1966 |
| 6073 | Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall | Jimmy Reed | Reissue of Vee-Jay 1035 |
| 6074 | After 21 Years | Reverend Gatemouth Moore | |
| 6075 | I Can't Keep My Foot from Jumping | Johnny Young | |
| 6076 | Do It If You Want To | Snooky Pryor | |
| 6077 | Dirty Double Mother | Roosevelt Sykes | |
| 6078 | Cousin Joe Of New Orleans | Cousin Joe | |
| 6079 | Last Night | Carey Bell | |
| 6080 | Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging on Your Tree | Big Joe Williams | |
| 6081 | Hand of God | The Spencer Jackson Family | |
| 6082 | House Cleanin' Blues | L. C. Robinson | |
| 6083 | Lonely Girl | Lee Jackson | |