| Velvet Blue Music | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder | Jeff Cloud |
| Genre | Indie |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | Huntington Beach, California |
| Official website | velvetbluemusic |
Velvet Blue Music is an independent record label founded in 1996 by Jeff Cloud (formerly of Joy Electric, Starflyer 59 and other independent bands).
| No. | Artist | Title | Release Date | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VBM186 | Doug Burr | 3356 Romeo | 2018 | cd |
| VBM185 | Leem of Earth | Chapter One | 2018 | Cassette - promo cd |
| VBM184 | Isla Invisible | EP1 | 2018 | 7" vinyl |
| VBM183 | Fine China | Not Thrilled | 2018 | 12" vinyl - promo cd |
| VBM182 | Fine China | You Are Not The Future | 2018 | 7" vinyl |
| VBM181 | Lee Bozeman | I Am My Beloved | 2017 | Digital |
| VBM180 | Self Care | Self Care | 2017 | Cassette - promo cd |
| VBM179 | Gileah Taylor | Til We're Through | 2017 | Digital |
| VBM178 | Starflyer 59 | Silver | 2018 | 12" vinyl |
| VBM177 | Starflyer 59 | Plugged | 2017 | 10" vinyl |
| VBM176 | Map | Hello Singularity | 2017 | Digital |
| VBM175 | Lee Bozeman | The Majesty of the Flesh | 2017 | 12" vinyl - promo cd |
| VBM174 | Soft Lions | XOXO | 2016 | 10" vinyl - promo cd |
| VBM174A | Soft Lions | Run In Dreams | 2016 | Digital |
| VBM173 | Blue Blue Youth | We Are Wood And Likely To Burn | 2016 | Cassette |
| VBM172 | Doug Burr | Country Girls In City Dresses | 2016 | Digital |
| VBM171 | Gileah Taylor | Songs For Late At Night Vol. 2 | 2016 | 12", CD, Cassette |
| VBM170 | Soda Shop | Wistful Past | 2016 | Digital |
| VBM169 | Fine China | The Jaws of Life | 2015 | 12" |
| VBM168 | Doug Burr | Pale White Dove Deluxe | 2015 | Digital |
| VBM167 | Soda Shop | Grow Up | 2015 | Digital |
| VBM166 | Soda Shop | Soda Shop | 2015 | 12"/CD |
| VBM166 | Soda Shop | Keep Swimming - Ian Catt Remix | 2015 | Digital |
| VBM165 | Soda Shop | Keep Swimming | 2015 | Digital |
| VBM164 | Telegraph Canyon | You From Before | 2015 | 12"/CD |
| VBM163 | Soft Lions | Spellbreaker | 2015 | 7"/CD |
| VBM162 | Telegraph Canyon | Why Let It Go | 2015 | 7" |
| VBM161 | Doug Burr | Pale White Dove | 2015 | CD |
| VBM160 | Doug Burr | White Night - Black Light | 2015 | 7" |
| VBM159 | Kissing Cousins | In With Them | 2014 | 7" |
| VBM158 | Frank Lenz | Summer's Coming Soon | 2014 | Digital |
| VBM157 | Mike Sempert | Mid Dream Complete Sessions | 2014 | Digital |
| VBM156 | Bethan | Low Expectations | 2012 | Digital |
| VBM155 | Bethan | Time Gone By | 2014 | CD |
| VBM154 | Mike Sempert | Mid Dream | 2014 | CD/12" |
| VBM153 | Frank Lenz | Water Tiger | 2013 | CD |
| VBM152 | Air Review | Low Wishes | 2013 | CD |
| VBM151 | Bethan | Bethan Presents- Christmas | 2012 | Digital |
| VBM150 | Datahowler | The Crystal Gazers | 2013 | 10" |
| VBM149 | Frank Lenz | Vacation | 2012 | Digital |
| VBM148 | The Rock n Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher | Motion Picture Soundtrack | 2012 | CD |
| VBM147 | James & Evander | Bummer Pop | 2012 | CD |
| VBM146 | James & Evander | Ambigamy | 2012 | Digital/Advance CD |
| VBM145 | Frank Lenz | Holy Rollers : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 2012 | CD |
| VBM144 | Doug Burr | Trembling Lips and Pale Fingertips | 2012 | 7" |
| VBM143 | Gold Beach | Gold Beach | 2012 | 7" |
| VBM142 | Heywood | Skills For The Long Emergency | 2011 | CD |
| VBM141 | Mist Giant | Human Tree | 2011 | Digital / 12" / Advance CD |
| VBM140 | James & Evander | Constellating | 2011 | Digital |
| VBM139 | Kissing Cousins | Unfortunate End | 2011 | CD / 2 x 7" |
| VBM138 | Winter's Fall | At All Angles | 2011 | CD |
| VBM137 | Seryn | This Is Where We Are | 2011 | Advance CD / CD / 12" |
| VBM136 | Birds & Batteries | Panorama | 2010 | CD / 12" |
| VBM135 | LN | So You May Find Me When I'm Lost | 2009 | Digital |
| VBM134 | Velvet Blue Music | 10 Significant Others - Sampler | 2010 | CD |
| VBM133 | The Prids | Chronosynclastic | 2010 | CD / 12" |
| VBM132 | Doug Burr | O Ye Devastator | 2010 | CD / 12" |
| VBM130 | The Langley Sisters | Queen Bee | 2010 | 7" |
| VBM129 | Telegraph Canyon | The Tide and The Current | 2009 | CD / 12" |
| VBM128 | Map | Speechless | 2009 | CD |
| VBM127 | Velvet Blue Music | 6 Songs | 2009 | CD |
| VBM126 | Kissing Cousins | Pillar of Salt | 2009 | CD / 12" |
| VBM125 | Frank Lenz | Strictly Background Soundtrack | 2009 | CD |
| VBM124 | Ronald of Orange | Brush Away The Cobwebs | 2009 | CD |
| VBM123 | Doug Burr | The Shawl | 2008 | CD |
| VBM122 | Velvet Blue Music | Hello Vinyl | 2008 | Double CD |
| VBM121 | Gary Murray & LN | Downstream Angles | 2008 | CD |
| VBM120 | Kissing Cousins | She's Right | 2008 | CD Single |
| VBM119 | Map | Regrets, Silhouettes, and Distractions | 2008 | CD |
| VBM117 | Silver Cities | Power and Strife | 2008 | CD |
| VBM116 | Various Artists | Hearing Voices - Unsigned Band Compilation #9 | 2007 | CD |
| VBM115 | Joy Electric | Workmanship EP | 2007 | CD |
| VBM114 | Kissing Cousins | EP3 | 2007 | CD |
| VBM113 | Gary Murray | The Revenant Waltz EP | 2006 | CD |
| VBM112 | The Broadway Hush | Moon Songs | 2006 | 7" |
| VBM111B | The Broadway Hush | Sun Songs | 2006 | 7" |
| VBM111A | Calico Sunset | Blue Balloon | 2006 | CD |
| VBM110 | Map | San Francisco in the 90's | 2006 | CD |
| VBM109 | Kissing Cousins | EP2 | 2006 | CD |
| VBM108 | Various Artists | Tables Will Turn: Unsigned Band Compilation #8 | 2006 | Double CD |
| VBM107 | Richard Swift | The Novelist / Walking Without Effort | 2006 | Double 12" |
| VBM106 | Kissing Cousins | Kissing Cousins | 2005 | CD |
| VBM105 | LN | Dirt Floor Hotel Part 2 | 2005 | CD |
| VBM104 | Other Desert Cities | On the Verge of Collapsing | 2006 | CD |
| VBM103 | LN | Without Your Song | 2005 | 7" |
| VBM102 | Silver Cities | Silver Cities EP | 2005 | CD |
| VBM101 | Map | Monk with a Gun | 2005 | 7" |
| VBM100 | Pony Express | Odd Balls | 2005 | CD |
| VBM099 | Richard Swift | Nothing to do with Foxy Boxing | 2005 | 7" |
| VBM098 | Various Artists | New Music Sampler | 2005 | CD |
| VBM097 | Denison Marrs | World Renown for Romance (Re-Issue) | 2005 | CD |
| VBM096 | LN | Drawn by Swans EP | 2005 | CD |
| VBM095 | LaMonica | How Shall They Hear? | 2005 | CD |
| VBM094 | Fine China | Don't Frown | 2005 | 7" |
| VBM093 | Richard Swift | P.S. It All Falls Down | 2005 | 7" |
| VBM092 | Frank Lenz | Conquest Slaughter | 2006 | CD |
| VBM091 | Various Artists | Start the Music - Unsigned Band Compilation #7 | 2006 | Double CD |
| VBM090 | Map | Think Like An Owner | 2005 | CD |
| VBM089 | Kat Jones | La Rosa, La Calavera | 2005 | CD |
| VBM088 | Calico Sunset | Deep Deep Paranoia | 2005 | CD |
| VBM087 | LN | Dirt Floor Hotel Part 1 | 2005 | CD |
| VBM086 | Pony Express | Fraud | 2005 | CD |
| VBM085-SWIFT | Richard Swift | You're Lying | 2005 | 7" |
| VBM085 | LN | Gravity Gun EP | 2005 | CD |
| VBM084 | Various Artists | The New Land - Unsigned Band Compilation #6 | 2004 | CD |
| VBM083 | The Colemans | 5-6-7-8 Dance | 2004 | CD |
| VBM082 | Map | Secrets By the Highway | 2004 | CD |
| VBM081 | Richard Swift | The Novelist | 2004 | CD |
| VBM080 | Derrick C. Brown | My Hands, Your Neck! | 2003 | CD |
| VBM079 | The Party People | My My EP | 2003 | CD |
| VBM078 | Pony Express | Becoming What You Hate | 2003 | CD |
| VBM077 | Various Artists | Past & Present | 2003 | Double CD |
| VBM076 | Kat Jones | Building single | 2005 | CD |
| VBM075 | Various Artists | The New Breed - Unsigned Band Compilation #5 | 2003 | Double CD |
| VBM074 | Richard Swift | Buildings In America | 2003 | 7" |
| VBM073A | Denison Marrs | Then Is the New Now | 2002 | CD |
| VBM073 | Suffering & The Hideous Thieves / Rocky Votolato | Split | 2002 | 7" |
| VBM072 | Canary / Under the Red | Scissors & Blue Series #4 | 2002 | CD |
| VBM071 | The John Wilkes Kissing Booth | A Threat in the Broadcast | 2001 | CD |
| VBM070 | Other Desert Cities | Self Titled | 2001 | CD |
| VBM069 | LN | Novel | 2001 | CD |
| VBM068 | Viva Voce / Soul Junk | Scissors & Blue Series #3 | 2001 | CD |
| VBM067 | Charity Empressa | The Skin of Whippets | 2001 | CD |
| VBM066 | Menomena / Societa Anonima | Scissors & Blue Series #2 | 2001 | CD |
| VBM065 | Various Artists | Strength in Numbers - Unsigned Band Compilation #4 | 2001 | CD |
| VBM064 | Ghoti Hook | Self Titled EP | 2001 | CD |
| VBM063 | Francis / Lackthereof | Scissors & Blue Series #1 | 2001 | CD |
| VBM062 | Suffering & The Hideous Thieves | Real Panic Formed | 2001 | CD |
| VBM061 | Map | Easter Skies, Western Eyes EP | 2001 | CD |
| VBM060 | The Colemans | Self Titled EP | 2000 | CD |
| VBM058 | Stavesacre / Denison Marrs | Split EP | 2000 | CD |
| VBM057 | S.S. Bountyhunter | Serpents for Eggs | 2000 | CD |
| VBM056 | Denison Marrs | World Renown for Romance | 2001 | CD |
| VBM055 | Sal Paradise | For You and Before You | 2000 | CD |
| VBM054 | The Gold | Love is a Science EP | 2000 | CD |
| VBM053 | Various Artists | Scene But Not Herd - Unsigned Band Compilation #3 | 2000 | CD |
| VBM052 | Various Artists | The Black & Blue Compilation | 2000 | CD |
| VBM051 | LN | Imaginary Cars | 2000 | CD |
| VBM050 | Denison Marrs | Send Me an Angel | 2000 | 7" |
| VBM049 | Reverse | Between the Yellow and the Blue | 2000 | Double 7" |
| VBM048 | Map | Teaching Turtles to Fly | 2000 | CD |
| VBM047 | The Calicoes | Custom Acceleration | 1999 | CD |
| VBM045 | Pony Express | Monkey Hearts | 1999 | CD |
| VBM044 | LN | Plumb Brook | 1999 | CD |
| VBM043 | Starflyer 59 | Everybody Makes Mistakes LP | 1999 | 12" |
| VBM042 | In a Lonely Place | Unit 731 | 1998 | CD |
| VBM041 | Phaedo | Landscapes | 1998 | CD |
| VBM040 | The Calicoes | Sneak Peek EP | 1997 | CD |
| VBM039 | Jetenderpaul | The Woolen Spires | 1998 | CD |
| VBM038 | Pep Squad | Angela Jones | 1998 | 7" |
| VBM037 | Battered Fish | Modern | 1997 | CD |
| VBM036 | Denison Witmer | River Bends | 1998 | CD |
| VBM035 | Various Artists | Unsigned Band Compilation #1 | 1998 | CD |
| VBM033 | The Calicoes | Psychos in Love | 1997 | 7" |
| VBM032 | The Lassie Foundation | Dive Bomber EP | 1997 | CD |
| VBM031 | Upside Down Room | Let's Go for a Ride | 1997 | CD |
| VBM030 | Various Artists | Nashville Revolt Sampler | 1997 | CD |
| VBM029 | Fine China | Rialto Bridge | 1997 | CD |
| VBM027 | Dear Ephesus / Lugsole | Split | 1996 | 7" |
| VBM026 | Brandtson | Let's Call It A Day | 1996 | 7" |
| VBM025 | Rainbow Rider | Beautiful Dazzling Music Number 1 | 1998 | CD |
| VBM024 | Jetenderpaul | Don't Look Down | 1996 | CD |
| VBM022 | The Huntingtons | You're Not Right | 1997 | 7" |
| VBM021 | Pony Express | The Eastwood Dive | 1997 | CD |
| VBM020 | LN | Cool September Skies | 1996 | CD |
| VBM019 | Fine China | No One Knows EP | 1997 | 7" |
| VBM018 | Fine China | The Beautiful | 1996 | 7" |
| VBM017 | Various Artists | Velvet Blue Music - 12 Song Sampler | 1997 | CD |
| VBM016 | Bloomsday | Bloomsday EP | 1997 | CD |
| VBM015 | Jetenderpaul | Trying Signals: The Histrionics of Suggestion | 1997 | CD |
| VBM014 | Fold Zandura | The White | 1997 | 7" |
| VBM013 | Bon Voyage | Issue II | 1996 | 7" |
| VBM012 | The Crocodiles | Black Tar | 1995 | 7" |
| VBM011 | Various Artists | The Future Is Blue Compilation | ? | CD |
| VBM010 | The Lassie Foundation | Corona Del Mar | 1996 | 7" |
| VBM009 | Jetenderpaul | Kalypso | 1995 | 7" |
| VBM008 | Pony Express | Under the Gun | 1995 | 7" |
| VBM007 | The Lassie Foundation | California | 1996 | CD |
| VBM006 | Jupiter James | Called as Paul | 1996 | CD |
| VBM005 | Starflyer 59 | Plugged | 1996 | CD |
| VBM004 | Jupiter James | John the Madman | 1996 | 7" |
| VBM003 | Bon Voyage | Issue 1 | 1995 | 7" |
| VBM002 | Pony Express | Transparent with Blue Eyes | 1995 | 7" |
| VBM001 | Rainbow Rider | We'll Last | 1996 | 7" |
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