Blues Unlimited
Encyclopedia
Blues Unlimited was a British
monthly music
magazine
dealing with all aspects of blues music
. Co-founded in 1963 by Simon A. Napier (not to be confused with Simon Napier-Bell
) and Mike Leadbitter
, it was - along with its later American counterpart Living Blues
- considered one of the premier magazines for blues music.
The magazine launched in 1963 as a typed, mimeographed pamphlet; its last issue (#149), by then a full-fledged photo-offset production, was published in the winter of 1987 and edited by Mike Rowe.
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
monthly music
Music magazine
A music magazine is a magazine dedicated to music and music culture. Such magazines typically include music news, interviews, photo shoots, essays, record reviews, concert reviews and occasionally have a covermount with recorded music.-Notable music magazines:...
magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
dealing with all aspects of blues music
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
. Co-founded in 1963 by Simon A. Napier (not to be confused with Simon Napier-Bell
Simon Napier-Bell
Simon Napier-Bell has undertaken many jobs in the music industry, including bandboy, manager, producer, songwriter, journalist and author and gourmet...
) and Mike Leadbitter
Mike Leadbitter
Michael Andrew Leadbitter was a British writer, researcher, magazine editor, and a leading authority on blues music, who had an important role in the revival of interest in the blues, particularly in the UK in the 1960s and early 1970s.Mike Leadbitter was born in Simla, India, but grew up in...
, it was - along with its later American counterpart Living Blues
Living Blues
Living Blues is a bi-monthly magazine focused on covering the African American blues tradition, and America's oldest blues periodical. The magazine was founded as a quarterly in Chicago in 1970 by Jim O'Neal and Amy van Singel. Alligator Records owner and founder Bruce Iglauer was also one of the...
- considered one of the premier magazines for blues music.
The magazine launched in 1963 as a typed, mimeographed pamphlet; its last issue (#149), by then a full-fledged photo-offset production, was published in the winter of 1987 and edited by Mike Rowe.