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Magpie Records is a British record label set up in 1976 by Bruce Bastin. It was owned by Interstate Music. It specialises in re-issuing pre and post war blues and jazz recordings.

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The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz calls the series Piano Blues "of considerable jazz interest." [1]

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  1. Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John, eds. (2001). "Magpie". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN   978-1-56159-239-5.[ full citation needed ]