(label) was a budget label operated by Transatlantic Records in England from about 1964 to at least 1975. Its issues (derived from Folkways, Verve Folkways, (Danish) Storyville, R B F, (English) Blue Horizon, Advent, Muskadine, (Canadian) London, Just Sunshine, (Canadian) Stony Plain and other sources) were not limited to blues or gospel, and this listing is limited to issues including Africa-American blues or gospel performers, liberally sourced in 2019 from Stefan Wirz’s discography at www.wirz.de/music/xtra.htm. There were issues in an LP #1000 series and an LP #5000 series, and a sampler series. The #5000 series seems to have been limited to PRESTIGE BLUESVILLE reissues.
(British) Xtra featured: “The Best of American Folk Music” (LP #1028); Scrapper Blackwell (LP #5011); “The Blues Are Alive And Well” (LP #1105); “Blues For Your Pocket” (LP #SAM 25); Big Bill Broonzy (LP #1093); Big Bill Broonzy – Sonny Terry – Brownie McGhee (LP #1004); Big Bill Broonzy And Pete Seeger (LP #1006); Cat Iron (LP #1087); The Original Chambers Bros. (LP #1079); Ray Charles (LP #1103); Rev. Gary Davis (LP #1009, 5014, 5042); Champion Jack Dupree (LP #1028); Blind Snooks Eaglin (LP #5051); Jazz Gillum (LP #1111); Mable Hillery (LP #1063); John Lee Hooker (LP #1114); Lightnin’ Hopkins (LP #5036, 5044); Walter Horton with Hot Cottage (LP #1135); Son House (LP #1080); “Jazz At The Town Hall” (LP #1003, 1043); Lonnie Johnson (LP #1037); Blind Willie Johnson (LP #1098); Leadbelly (LP #1017, 1064, 1126); Furry Lewis (LP #1116); Mississippi Fred McDowell (LP #1136); Brownie McGhee (LP #1021); Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry; Short Stuff Macon (LP #1009); Memphis Slim (LP #1008, 1085, 5060); Little Brother Montgomery (LP #1018. 1115); “On The Road Again” (LP #1133); “The Mike Raven Blues Show” (LP #1047); Dr. Ross (LP #1038); “The Rural Blues” (2-LP #1035); Thomas Shaw (LP #1132); Johnny Shines (LP #1142); J. D. Short (LP #1080); Victoria Spivey (LP #1021); Art Tatum (LP #1007); Sonny Terry (LP #1099, 1110, 5025); Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (LP #5061); Big Joe Williams (LP #1033, 5059).