Bluebell Records

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Bluebell Records
Parent companyBelldisc S.p.A.
Founded1950 (1950)
FounderAntonio Casetta
Defunct1969 (1969)
StatusDefunct
Genre Pop music
Country of origin Italy
Location Milan

Bluebell Records was an Italian independent record label active from 1959 to 1969 as part, along with other labels such as Mini Rec and Belldisc, of the Belldisc S.p.A. group. In 1969 these labels were fused into a new one, which became known as Produttori Associati.

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The label released records by several artists, such as Fabrizio De André, Carmen Villani, The New Dada, Rocco Granata, Maurizio Arcieri and Duilio Del Prete. For many years, the label's head of publicity was Germano Ruscitto, who went on to become director of the music magazine Discografia Internazionale . [1]

Catalog

There is a chronological incongruence in the numbering of the 33 rpm catalog: after Fabrizio De André's Vol. 1° (BBLP 39) the numbering starts back from BBLP 30 (De André's following album, Tutti morimmo a stento , is numbered BBLP 32).

As for the 45 rpm catalog, two singles by The New Dada were published with the same catalog number (BB 03151) due to the label's decision to "promote" the single's B-side to the A-side of a new single, with a new B-side and different artwork, but the same catalog number.

33 rpm

Catalog numberYearArtistTitle
BBLP 351965Bruno De Filippi e il suo complessoLive al Santa Tecla di Milano (1963)
BBLP 371966 The New Dada I'll go crazy
BBLP 381966 Carmen Villani Carmen
BBLP 391967 Fabrizio De André Vol. 1°
BBLP 301968I BarritasLa messa dei giovani
BBLP 311968Michele LacerenzaNever my love
BBLP 321968 Fabrizio De André Tutti morimmo a stento
BBLP 331968 Fabrizio De André Vol. 3°

45 rpm

Catalog numberYearArtistTitle
BB 030041959Jackie Williams (A-side)/Vernons (B-side)"Just a Dream"/"Problems"
BB 030081959Niki Davis"Promise Me"/"Rido"
BB 030111959Los Cangaceiros (A-side)/Los Muchachos (B-side)"Venus cha cha cha"/"La bamba"
BB 030121959Niki Davis"Quando l'estate se ne va"/"Forever"
BB 030131959Lise Reinau"Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me"/"(I Don't Care) Only Love Me"
BB 030141959 Rocco Granata "Marina"/"Manuela"
BB 030191959Enrico Intra"Gioco"/"Sempre ammore"
BB 030201959 Carmen Villani "Sul banco di scuola (ho inciso il tuo nome)"/I Love You amore"
BB 030211959 Carmen Villani "Espada"/"Jimmy"
BB 030221960Complesso Zoffoli"Un mare di baci"/"Preghiera d'amore"
BB 030241960Niki Davis"Nuvole"/"La strada dell'amore"
BB 030261960Paolo e i Nordisti"Prima di dormir bambina"/"Un po' di luna"
BB 030271960Complesso Zoffoli"Mustapha"/"T'amerò per sempre"
BB 030281960Pippo Starnazza"Tu sei prismatica"/"Besame mucho"
BB 030311960 Tony Dallara "Madonnina"/"Se bacio la tua bocca"
BB 030351960Bengt Arne"Tango jalusie cha cha cha"/"Star Dust Cha Cha"
BB 030391960Niki Davis"Acquarello in blue"/"Uno a te, uno a me"
BB 030441960Piero Litaliano"Confiteor"/"La grotta dell'amore"
BB 030451961 Rocco Granata "Germanina"/"Ein italiano"
BB 030461961 Rocco Granata "Carolina dai!"/"Biondina"
BB 030471961Niki Davis"Pozzanghere"/"Pigro mattin"
BB 030531961Gianfranco Intra"I nomadi"/"Dolci sogni"
BB 030541961 Carmen Villani "Tramonto in Canada"/"La nostra strada"
BB 030551961 Federico Monti Arduini "Dolci sogni"/"Così"
BB 030561961Piero Litaliano"L'ultima volta che la vidi"/"Quando il vento si leva"
BB 030591961Federico Monti Arduini"Nuvola d'occasione"/"Ricordo d'amore"
BB 030681962Federico Monti Arduini"Mai, mai, mai"/"Ombre"
BB 030691962 Rocco Granata "Signorina bella"/"Gisella"
BB 030721962 Rocco Granata "Irena"/"Lacrime d'amore"
BB 030741962Federico Monti Arduini"È Natale"/"Jingle Bells"
BB 030821962 Carmen Villani "Un domani per noi"/"T'ho voluto tanto bene"
BB 030831962Joe Damiano"Creola"/"Rondine al nido"
BB 030841962Bruno De Filippi e il suo complesso"Munasterio 'e santa Chiara"/"Aggio perduto 'o sonno"
BB 030891962Bruno De Filippi e il suo complesso"Perry Mason"/"Guitar Twist"
BB 030901962Bruno De Filippi e il suo complesso"Nuages"/"Cuore napoletano"
BB 030911962 Carmen Villani "Brucia"/"Potrai fidarti di me"
BB 030931962Niki Davis"Tombola"/"Girotondo twist"
BB 030941962Bruno De Filippi e il suo complesso"Twist del barbiere"/"Arpa twist"
BB 030961962Joao Gilberto"Desafinado"/"Rosa morena"
BB 030981963Bruno De Filippi e il suo complesso"Tu verrai"/"Il nostro amor"
BB 031011963Joe Damiano"Sei fuggito da una favola"/"Le voci"
BB 031021963Federico Monti Arduini"L'organino"/"Sai..."
BB 031041963Carmen Villani"Lo so"/"Non verrà da te la felicità"
BB 031081963 Carmen Villani "Io sono così"/"Questa sera"
BB 031101963Gian Carlo"Lui e lei"/"Innamorato di te"
BB 031111963Jimmy Roselli"Malafemmena"/"Her Eyes Shone Like Diamonds"
BB 031121963Bruno & His Brunos"Stukas"/"Guitar twist"
BB 031131963Bruno De Filippi e il suo complesso"Mercoledì"/"Dammi il numero di telefono"
BB 031161963Joe Damiano"Nilo blu"/"Un solo amore"
BB 031171963Pino Catini"Un fratello per te"/"La tua stanza"
BB 031181963Mario Fazi"Niente di più"/"Forse mai più"
BB 031191964Romolo"Tu, solamente tu"/"No, non verrò"
BB 031201964Gianni Maser"Al mare c'è il sole"/"Parlano di me"
BB 03122 [2] 1964Claudio Lippi"Addio amore"/"Cosa importa"
BB 031221964Claudio Lippi"Cosa importa"/"Tu non sai"
BB 031231964 Carmen Villani "Imparerò a nuotare"/"Che cosa vuoi farci"
BB 031241964Pino Catini (A-side)/Roman New Orleans Jazz Band (B-side)"Ciao Dolly"/"Anche gli angeli ballano il surf"
BB 031251964 Carmen Villani "Congratulazioni a te"/"L'amore che mi hai dato"
BB 031301965 The New Dada "Ciò che fai"/"Domani sì"
BB 031311965 Carmen Villani "La verità"/"Baby Love"
BB 031321965Claudio Lippi"Come mai, come mai"/"Se vedrai"
BB 031341965 Carmen Villani "Amerai solo me"/"Come fai"
BB 031361965Claudio Lippi"Per ognuno c'è qualcuno"/"Viva viva!"
BB 031381965Avengers"Avengers"/"Avengers (Instrumental version)"
BB 031391965 The New Dada "La tua voce"/"Domani si"
BB 031411965Bruno De Filippi e il suo complesso"Io t'ho incontrata a Napoli"/"Accarezzame"
BB 031421965 Carmen Villani "Io ca te voglio bene"/"Nun era ammore"
BB 031441965 The New Dada "L'amore vero"/"C'è qualcosa"
BB 031471965Emilio Campassi & i Canaris"Non posso più amare nessuno"/"Vai pure via"
BB 031481966Michel Sidney"Aline"/"Non dire mai"
BB 031491966 Carmen Villani "Anche se mi vuoi"/"Passa il tempo"
BB 031501966Claudio Lippi"La ragazza che mi va"/"Se tu vuoi"
BB 031511966 The New Dada "Non dirne più"/"Batti i pugni"
BB 031511966 The New Dada "Batti i pugni"/"Sick and Tired"
BB 031541966 The New Dada "T Bird"/I'll Go Crazy"
BB 031551966 Carmen Villani "Bada Caterina"/"Brillo e bollo"
BB 031561966Joe Damiano"La nave dei miei sogni"/"Teneramente"
BB 031581966Los Norte Americanos"Spanish Flea"/"What Now My Love"
BB 031591966Claudio Lippi"Gira le spalle al mondo"/"La lettera"
BB 031601966Los Pekenikes"Filo di seta"/"Sombras y reias"
BB 031611967 Carmen Villani "Mille chitarre contro la guerra"/"Ti prego resta accanto a me"
BB 031621967Claudio Lippi"Maria Maria"/"Il nostro giorno"
BB 031631967 The New Dada "Lady Jane"/"Quindicesima frustata"
BB 031651967Messaggeri"Torna da me"/"Più dolcemente tu vivrai"
BB 031721967 Maurizio Arcieri "Ballerina"/"Non c'è bisogno di camminare"
BB 031741967Mister Anima"Non voglio pietà"/"Solitude Time"
BB 031761967I Barritas"Dusu amigusu"/"Su stracu"
BB 031771967 Fabrizio De André "Preghiera in gennaio"/"Si chiamava Gesù"
BB 031781967Claudio Lippi"Sì Maria"/"Suonano le chitarre"
BB 031791967 Maurizio Arcieri "Lady Jane"/"T'amo da morire"
BB 031821967Probus Harlem"A Whiter Shade of Pale"/"Hold On, I'm Coming"
BB 031841967Michele Lacerenza"Over and Over"/"Io potrei"
BB 031851967Mister Anima"La mia passeggiata"/"L'attrazione"
BB 031861967Claudio Lippi"Una testa dura"/"Gira le spalle al mondo"
BB 031871967 Fabrizio De André "Bocca di rosa"/"Via del Campo"
BB 031881967 Carmen Villani "Non c'è bisogno di camminare"/"Se se se"
BB 031891967 Fabrizio De André "Spiritual"/"Caro amore"
BB 031901967I Corvi"Bambolina"/"Nemmeno una lacrima"
BB 031911967Probus Harlem"Homburg"/"Love, Drugs and Sex"
BB 031931967 Fabrizio De André "La canzone di Barbaral"/"Carlo Martello ritorna dalla battaglia di Poitiers"
BB 031941967I Barrittas"Filo di seta"/"Se io ti regalo un fiore"
BB 031951967Cochi e Renato"Gli indiani"/"La gallina"
BB 031961968I Corvi"Datemi un biglietto d'aereo"/"Questo è giusto"
BB 031971968Paolo Rugolo"Guarda dove vai"/"Non è tardi"
BB 031981968Michele Lacerenza"Never My Love"/"Filo di seta"
BB 031991968Cochi e Renato"A me mi piace il mare"/"Bravo 7+"
BB 032011968I Barrittas"Sanctus"/"Agnus Dei"
BB 032021968 Fabrizio De André "La canzone di Marinella"/"Amore che vieni, amore che vai"
BB 032031968I Barritas"Non uccidere"/"Introito"
BB 032041968 Fabrizio De André "La ballata del Michè"/"La guerra di Piero"
BB 032051968I Barritas"Ho bisogno di te"/"Proprio stasera"
BB 032061969 Fabrizio De André "Il gorilla"/"Nell'acqua della chiara fontana"
BB 032081969 Fabrizio De André "Leggenda di Natale"/"Inverno"

45 rpm - Mini Rec label

Catalog numberYearArtistTitle
BB 20011967Stormy SixOggi piango/Il mondo è pieno di gente
BB 20021967FiammettaQuando la campana suonerà/Little man
BB 20031967ClausSoldato universale/Colori
BB 20041967FiammettaRicordare o dimenticare/Grida alla vita
BB 20061967Stormy SixLui verrà/L'amico e il fico
BB 20071967I Gemini 4Io pagherò/Sì è lei
BB 20081967ClausSan Francisco/Colori
BB 20091968FiammettaPrega per me/Una chitarra dimenticata
BB 20101968KettyScusa caro/Se amo un ragazzo

33 rpm - OFF series

Catalog numberYearArtistTitle
BNO/LP 271968 Duilio Del Prete Dove correte!
VO/LP 2011969Beppe ChiericiChierici canta Brassens

45 rpm - OFF series

Catalog numberYearArtistTitle
BNO/NP 161011969 Duilio Del Prete L'isola/Pan
BNO/NP 161021970 Duilio Del Prete La bassa landa/Il galeone

Notes

  1. ↑ Vita, Vito (2020). Musica Solida (e-book) (in Italian). Turin: Miraggi Edizioni. ISBN   978-8-833860534.
  2. ↑ Distributed in only a few copies and then withdrawn. It was replaced with "Cosa importa"/"Tu non sai", with the same catalog number

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