RECORDS
Independent label: Red Lightnin' Records is 'Britain and Europe's Finest Post-War Blues Label', is the claim made on the label of, above; which is as clear a statement of policy as anyone could wish for. Not every Red Lightnin' product bore the actual Red Lightnin' label: the sleeve of the EP pictured, which was issued in 1979, has the company's logo on it, but the label on the record inside, although it has the appropriate Red Lightnin' catalogue number, is merely a variant on the ordinary Lightning Records label. Was it a reissue? Despite the similarity between their names Red Lightnin' and Lightning don't appear to have been linked. Red Lightnin' operated out of North Lopham, Norfolk, and seems to have distributed its records itself. In the 1970s, its LPs, EPs and singles shared a common numerical series, with each type of record using a different prefix: RL45-0090 might have been followed by RLEP-0091, had the numbering ever reached those heights. The company was still operative into the 1990s According to the label of the Tommy Tucker single pictured, unauthorised public broadcasting of Red Lightnin' records was allowed; which was nice of them. Distributed By Red Lightnin' Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 69 | Buddy Guy | In The Beginning (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0001 |
| 69 | Little Walter | Quarter To Twelve (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0002 |
| 69 | John Lee Hooker | No Friend Around (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0003 |
| 69 | Albert Collins | Alive & Cool (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0004 |
| 70 | Various Artists | Blues In D Natural (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0005 |
| 71 | Various Artists | When Girls Do It (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0006 |
| 72 | Junior Wells | In My Younger Days (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0007 |
| 72 | Walter Horton & Paul Butterfield | An Offer You Can't Refuse (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0008 |
| 72 | Earl Hooker | There's A Fungus Among Us (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0009 |
| 74 | Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown | San Antonio Ballbuster (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0010 |
| 75 | Little Milton | Raise A Little Sand (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0011 |
| 75 | Billy Boy Arnold | Blow The Back Off It (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0012 |
| 76 | Johnny 'Guitar' Watson | The Gangster Is Back (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0013 |
| 76 | Billy Boy Arnold | Sinner's Prayer (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0014 |
| 76 | Jimi Hendrix | Woke Up This Morning And Found Myself Dead (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0015 |
| 76 | Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm | I'm Tore Up (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0016 |
| 78 | Various Artists | Guitar Star (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0017 |
| 78 | Earl Hooker, Jody Williams | The Leading Brand (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0018 |
| 78 | Various Artists | Records Was Cheap To Make Then (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0019 |
| 78 | Various Artists | Hits That Missed (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0020 |
| 78 | Various Artists | Trying To Make A Living (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0021 |
| 78 | Tommy Tucker | Mother Tucker (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0022 |
| 78 | Isaac Scott Blues Band | Isaac Scott Blues Band (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0023 |
| 79 | Billy Boy Arnold | Checkin' It Out (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0024 |
| 79 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Screamin' The Blues (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0025 |
| 79 | Buster Benton | Bluesbuster (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0026 |
| 79 | Billy Boy Arnold / Little Walter | Superharps | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL EP | 0027 |
| 80 | Troyce Key, J.J. Malone & The Rhythm Rockers | I've Gotta New Car (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0028 |
| 80 | Clayton Love | Come On Home Blues (10") | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0029 |
| 80 | Little Johnny Taylor | I Shoulda Been A Preacher (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0030 |
| 80 | Tucker Tommy | Hi Heels Sneakers | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL 45 | 0031 |
| 80 | Split Rivitt | Soul Limbo | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL 45 | 0032 |
| 81 | Various Artists | The Devil's Music (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0033 |
| 81 | Buddy Guy & Junior Wells With Bill Wyman | Drinkin' T.N.T N' Smoking Dynamite (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0034 |
| 82 | Roy Gaines | Gainelining (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0035 |
| 82 | Luther Allison | South Side Safari (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0036 |
| 82 | Tommy Tucker | The Rocks Is My Pillow - The Cold Ground Is My Bed (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0037 |
| 83 | Various | More Devil's Music (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0038 |
| 83 | Eddie Simpson & Marcell Strong | Two Soul Chiefs (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0039 |
| 83 | Big Twist And The Mellow Fellows | One Track Mind (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0040 |
| 83 | Eddie Kirkland | The Way It Was (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0041 |
| 83 | King Curtis | That's Alright (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0042 |
| 83 | Troyce Key, J.J. Malone & The Rhythm Rockers | Younger Than Yesterday (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0043 |
| 83 | The Dynatones Featuring Charlie Musselwhite | Curtain Call (Album) | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL | 0044 |
| 83 | Billy Boy | It'S Great To Be Rich | RED LIGHTNIN' | RL 45 | 0045 |
| 80 | The Method | The Pink Panther | RED LIGHTNIN' | MM | 1 |
| 80 | The Method | Chances | RED LIGHTNIN' | MM | 2 |
