BLUEBELL
RECORDS

 Independent label: from North of the border, owned by David Silver.  Bluebell seems to have specialized in Scottish music, issuing albums by the likes of the Golden Fiddle Orchestra and the Scottish Tenors.  It appears to have gone through two phases.  In the first it was handled by S.M.D. (see 'Scotia'); numbering was in the BBR-100s, with an 'EP' added to the prefix for EPs, and the label design had bluebells on it. Scotia seems to have gone in for large-font catalogue numbers around 1970. In 1978 the company seems to have been given a new lease of life.  Numbering was still in the BBR-100s, but this time extra characters were included according to whether the record was a single, an album or a cassette.  Singles had a BBR/SP prefix, albums a BBR/LP one, and cassettes a BBR/C.  Records of all sizes and formats seem to have shared the same 100-up numbers; Labels were of a plainer design, which can be found in different colours.  David Solley's single, 'The Sky Is Bluer In Scotland' (BBR/SP-101; 1978) was presumably the first release of this second phase.  BBR/LP-143, 'The Golden Fiddle Awards, Volume Two', came out in 1981, which suggests that the revived Bluebell survived into the '80s and issued more than forty records; releases after 1981 seem to have been scanty.  The majority of the company's products have been albums; the few 7" ones that turned up are listed below.  Any additions, or indeed any other information, would be welcome.  Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

 

78

David Solley

The Sky Is Bluer In Scotland

BLUEBELL

BBR/SP

101

  

78	Harry Paddie and Jim McNaughton	The Party For Argyll	BLUEBELL	BBR	101
78	Marlettes	The Jeely Piece Song	BLUEBELL	BBR	102
78	The Fraser - Dale Four	Scottish Serendade	BLUEBELL	BBR/EP	103
78	The Lochies	Isean Bhoidhich (Beautiful Bird)	BLUEBELL	BBR	104
79	David Silver And The Inverness Ceilidh Band	Leis An Lur Gann	BLUEBELL	BBR	105
79	Colin Campbell And His Highland Band	Salute To The Argylls	BLUEBELL	BBR	106

82	Alexander Morrison	Tartan Tiger	BLUEBELL	BBR/SP	101
82	David Silver And His Band	Sons Of Glencoe	BLUEBELL	BBR/SP	102
82	Not Traced		BLUEBELL	BBR/SP	103
82	Not Traced		BLUEBELL	BBR/SP	104
88	David Silver And The Inverness Ceilidh Band	The Loch Ness Monster	BLUEBELL	BBR/SP	105