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Inventions from the Blue Line is a 1994 music CD containing some of the best known TV cop-show themes written by Mike Post as of that point.

The album features several themes from the TV series NYPD Blue. It also includes themes from the series' Law & Order, Silk Stalkings, Renegade and a failed TV pilot Cop Files.

The cover of the album is taken in the syle of the opening credits from the Law & Order TV series.

In the liner notes, Post discusses his late father, Sam Postil, and the admiration for law enforcement officers that Sam instilled in Mike. He also refers to police in the traditional nickname of "blues", as in "The Thin Blue Line" which refers to the police in general and to police camaraderie (one of the tracks is called "The Blue Line", which Post calls 'the comradery [sic] theme').

Track listing
All songs credited to Mike Post


 * 1) Theme from NYPD Blue – 3:28
 * 2) One Five Open for Business – 4:12
 * 3) The Blue Line – 3:45
 * 4) A Rough Wolf – 3:57
 * 5) A Song for Rudy – 4:14
 * 6) Number 9 Has the Heart of Lion – 3:40
 * 7) Law & Order – 3:15
 * 8) Silk Stalkings – 3:29
 * 9) Theme from Renegade – 3:35
 * 10) Cop Files – 3:25

Personnel

 * Keyboards, Drums & Percussion - Mike Post, Danny Lux, Roger Neill
 * Guitar - Mike Post, John Goux, Richard Alexander
 * Harmonica - Stan Behrens
 * Bass - Dennis Belfield
 * Vocals - Kathy Hazzard (Silk Stalkings); Louis Price, Leslie Smith, Ricky Nelson and Phil Perry (NYPD Blue)
 * Viola - Evans Wilson (A Song for Rudy)
 * Hammer Dulcimer - Terrence Schonig (A Song for Rudy)
 * Flute Solo - Eric Bikales (Cop Files)

Production

 * Producer - Mike Post
 * Co-Producer - Danny Lux
 * Recording/Mixing - Danny Lux
 * Programming - Danny Lux, Roger Neill, Richard Alexander
 * Assistant Engineer - Richard Alexander
 * Mastering - Dan Hersch at DigiPrep, Hollywood, CA
 * Art Direction/Design - Hirsch Design
 * Photography - Dennis Keeley