The lack of take-up for Mike Vernon's R&B combo "The Mojo Men" lead to his new project, the magazine "R&B Monthly". The editorial of the January 1965 issue canvassed for support if the magazine were to issue a 7-inch single with new recordings by Howlin' Wolf's guitarist Hubert Sumlin.
In truth, Sumlin had already been to Mike's home and cut two songs in the living room; the response to the magazine was such that Mike set up the Blue Horizon label in February 1965 to release "Across The Board" b/w "Sumlin Boogie" by Hubert Sumlin (Blue Horizon 1000, rec. 1964) The single was sold by mail order from R&B Monthly magazine for 8/6 plus 1/- post and packing. Just 99 copies were pressed because the threshold for Purchase Tax was 100 - payable at the time of manufacture not after sale. By April they had all been sold.
STAR BLUES on 17th April took the track from the three disc anthology complied by Mike Vernon: "The Blue Horizon Story 1965-1970, Vol. 1" on Columbia.
No comments:
Post a Comment