BLUE SMOKE RECORDS

Music has the power to transport us to another time and place.

Blue Smoke Records was established to do just that - to transport listeners to the music of post-war New Zealand by restoring the magical recordings of Pixie Williams more than 60 years after their release.

In 1949, as an unknown 21 year old, Pixie became a household name singing Blue Smoke, a song that appealed to post-war sentiments, evoking the emotion and sadness of parting loved ones heading to war. Little known today was that Pixie went on to record a further 12 songs, mixing universal themes and international musical styles with an unmistakable flavour of Aotearoa, New Zealand, before slipping quietly from the limelight she didn't enjoy.

Blue Smoke Records' first project has been to gather and digitally remaster this unique collection of original recordings. It is the first time the entire set of Pixie Williams' music has been combined,

for a new generation to enjoy.

2019 UPCOMING PROJECTS

"The discovery and restoration of Pixie Williams' recordings is an important event in the history of New Zealand music. It will make available to the public fantastic works that would have otherwise been lost forever."

Stephen O'Hoy, Amplifier 2011

UPCOMING PROJECTS

Blue Smoke Records is proud to announce two very special projects to celebrate the

70th anniversary of the release of Blue Smoke,

and the birth of the New Zealand recording industry, on

26 JUNE 2019.

Tribute Album

"The New Blue''

Remixed and Reimagined

A tribute album is under production to reimagine Pixie's recordings with Aotearoa's leading and emerging contemporary vocalists. The album will include Kapa Haka and Te Reo versions of select songs, including Blue Smoke with Stroma Filmworks Orchestra recording a remix version accompanying Pixie's original vocals.

Blue Smoke
The Documentary

Maori TV

Blue Smoke is the remarkable story of Aotearoa's musical pioneers, the colony vs the colonists, and given how the post-war cultural landscape was more discriminating than today, is the fascinating tale of how two self-taught artists from the same iwi, Ngāti Kahungunu, made recording history.

How is it our first homegrown hit

endures to this day?

Director: Danny Mulholland

Producer: Julian Arahanga,

AWA Films