| P-Vine Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Space Shower Networks Inc. |
| Founded | December 24, 1975 |
| Founder | Yasufumi Higurashi Akira Kochi |
| Genre | blues, soul, etc. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Official website | http://p-vine.com http://www.bls-act.co.jp/ |
P-Vine Records is a record label started by Blues Interactions, Inc. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. , a firm in Tokyo, Japan established in 1975 by Yasufumi Higurashi and Akira Kochi. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Events January 2 - New York City US District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers It started out as a label specializing in black music such as blues and soul music, but it has expanded to cover wider range of music including, jazz, latin music, funk, j-pop, to garage punk. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Latin music, includes the music of all countries in Latin America (and the Caribbean) and comes in many varieties Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul J-pop is an abbreviation of Japanese pop. It refers to Japanese popular musicians and was coined by the Japanese media to distinguish Japanese musicians from foreign musicians Garage punk is a Rock music Fusion of Garage rock and Punk rock.
Though the label has released some newly recorded materials, its primary focus has been on reissuing vintage recordings. P-Vine has released materials from labels such as Chess, Delmark, Modern/Kent, Black Top, Alligator among many others. Chess Records was an American Record label based in Chicago Illinois. Delmark Records is the oldest Independent record label in the United States. Modern Records was an American Record label formed in 1945 in Los Angeles by the Bihari brothers — Jules, Saul Kent Records was a Los Angeles based Record label launched in the sixties by the Bihari brothers. Black Top Records was a New Orleans Louisiana based Independent record label founded in 1981 by brothers Nauman S Alligator Records is a Chicago -based independent Blues Record label founded by Bruce Iglauer in 1971. It was also responsible for releasing previously unreleased live and studio recordings by Parliament-Funkadelic. The bands Parliament and Funkadelic cannot be easily separated
Apart from P-Vine label, Blues Interactions has been running other labels including Substance and P-Vine NonStop. It has also been engaged in publishing magazines (such as Blues & Soul Records and Black Music Review) and books. At one point it also acted as a concert promoter bringing artists like Albert Collins, Eddie Vinson, and John Lee Hooker to Japan. Albert Collins ( October 1 1932 — November 24 1993 Career Born in Leona, Texas After falling Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson ( December 18 1917, Houston, Texas – July 2 1988, Los Angeles, John Lee Hooker ( August 22, 1917 &ndash June 21, 2001) was an influential American Post-war Blues singer
Blues Interactions had been independently owned by the two founders until November 2006 when Space Shower Networks Inc. , a cable television enterprise focusing on music, acquired 49% of its stock. In November 2007, Blues Interactions became wholly owned subsidiary of Space Shower and the two founders withdrew from management. November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year It began on a Thursday and 30 days later ended on a Friday The new management announced that the company would maintain the P-Vine label and its name[1].