Mainstream Records is an American record label founded in 1964 by Bob Shed [1] and based in New York, on Broadway [2] . At first, the label specialized in jazz releases, as well as re-releases of Commodore Records and Time Records [3] . In 1967, the label released the first album of the rock band Big Brother & the Holding Company ; the first records of The Amboy Dukes were released here, the guitarist of which Ted Nugent became famous in the 1970s [2] . Mainstream also served as a distributor for its Flying Dutchman Records affiliate. The label continued to release soundtracks and works by contemporary jazz artists in the 1970s; in 1978, he ceased to exist.
| Mainstream records | |
|---|---|
| Based | 1964 |
| Founders | Bob shed |
| Status | independent label |
| Genre | jazz rock |
| A country |  USA |
| Location | 1700 Broadway New York, NY, United States 10019 |
| www.mainstreamrecords.com | |
After the death of Bob Shed in 1985, his daughter Tamara Shed licensed a back catalog for reissues. In 1991, the label was revived, began re-releasing old material on CD, and two years later became the property of Legacy Records [3] . On Mainstream also recorded:
- Ron Frangipane & His Orchestra ( Rated X for Excitement , The Music of Laura Nyro )
- Ernie Wilkins & His Orchestra ( Hard Mother Blues )
- Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee ( Hometown Blues )
- Carmen McRae ( Carmen McRae , Gold , In Person , Live and Doin 'It )
- Charles Williams ( Charles Williams, Trees, Grass and Things, Stickball )
- Roy Haynes ( Hip Ensemble, Senyah )
- Harold Land ( A New Shade of Blue , Choma (Burn) , Damisi )
- Blue Mitchell ( Blue Mitchell, Vital Blue, Blues' Blues, The Last Tango = Blues, Graffiti Blues, Many Shades of Blue )
- Maynard Ferguson ( Screamin 'Blues, Dues, Six by Six )
- Dave Hubbard ( Dave Hubbard )
- Hadley Caliman ( Hadley Caliman , Iapetus )
- Morgana King ( A Taste of Honey, Cuore di Mama )
- Sonny Htl / Sonny Red ( Sonny Red )
- Dizzy Gillespie & The Mitchell Ruff Duo - In Concert
- Lightning Hopkins ( Dirty Blues )
- LaMont Johnson ( Sun, Moon and Stars )
- Charles McPherson ( Charles McPherson, Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady), Today's Man )
- Art Farmer ( Homecoming )
- Curtis Fuller ( Crankin ' )
- Michael Longo] ( Matrix )
- Hal Galper ( The Guerilla Band, Wild Bird, Inner Journey )
- Sarah Vaughan ( A Time in My Life, Conducted by Michel Legrand, Feelin 'Good, Live in Japan, Sarah Vaughan & The Jimmy Rowles Quintet, Send in the Clowns )
- Frank Foster ( The Loud Minority )
- Mike Longo ( The Awakening )
- Zoot Sims ( Otra Vez )
- Arbee Stidham ( A Time for Blues )
- Pete Yellin ( Dance of Allegra, It's the Right Thing )
- Shelley Manne ( Mannekind )
- Paul Jeffrey ( Family , Paul Jeffrey )
- Jeannie Lewis ( Looking Back to Tomorrow )
Notes
- ↑ Bob Shad biography . www.answers.com. Date of treatment June 1, 2010. Archived April 24, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Mainstream Records . rateyourmusic.com. Date of treatment June 1, 2010. Archived April 24, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Gary W. Kennedy, Mainstream Records. The new grove
Links
- www.mainstreamrecords.com . - Mainstream Records website.