Mainstream Records

Mainstream Records was an American record label, which released jazz, rock music, and soundtracks during the 1970s.

It was founded in 1964 by Bob Shad, and in its early history reissued material from Commodore Records and Time Records in addition to some new jazz material.^[1] The label released Big Brother & the Holding Company's first material in 1967, as well as The Amboy Dukes' first albums, whose guitarist, Ted Nugent, would become a successful solo artist in the 1970s. Mainstream acted as the distributing label for Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman Records and continued issuing soundtracks and new jazz material through to 1978, when it ceased.

Shad died in 1985, and his daughter, Tamara Shad, licensed its back catalogue for reissues. In 1991 it was resurrected in order to reissue much of its holdings on compact disc and, in 1993, it was purchased by Sony subsidiary Legacy Records.^[1]

Discography

• [MRL 300] Ron Frangipane & His Orchestra - Rated X for Excitement
• [MRL 301] Joe Scott & His Orchestra - Motion Pictures: The NOW Generation
• [MRL 302] Dean Christopher & His Orchestra - Images
• [MRL 303] The Phoenix Authority - Blood, Sweat & Brass
• [MRL 304] Ron Frangipane - The Music of Laura Nyro
• [MRL 305] Ernie Wilkins & His Orchestra - Hard Mother Blues
• [MRL 306] Bob Shad & The Bad Men - A 65-Piece Rock Workshop
• [MRL 308] Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Hometown Blues
• [MRL 309] Carmen McRae - Carmen McRae
• [MRL 312] Charles Williams - Charles Williams
• [MRL 313] Roy Haynes - Hip Ensemble
• [MRL 314] Harold Land - A New Shade of Blue
• [MRL 315] Blue Mitchell - Blue Mitchell
• [MRL 316] Maynard Ferguson - Screamin' Blues
• [MRL 317] Dave Hubbard - Dave Hubbard
• [MRL 318] Hadley Caliman - Hadley Caliman
• [MRL 319] Maxine Weldon - Right On
• [MRL 320] Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet - Straight No Chaser
• [MRL 321] Morgana King - A Taste of Honey
• [MRL 322] Gloria Coleman Ltd.- Sings and Swings Organ
• [MRL 323] David Young - David Young
• [MRL 324] Sonny Red Sonny Red
• [MRL 325] Dizzy Gillespie & The Mitchell Ruff Duo - In Concert
• [MRL 326] Lightning Hopkins - Dirty Blues
• [MRL 327] Stan Hope - Stan Hope
• [MRL 328] LaMont Johnson - Sun, Moon and Stars
• [MRL 329] Charles McPherson - Charles McPherson
• [MRL 330] John White - John White
• [MRL 331] Charles Kynard - Charles Kynard
• [MRL 332] Art Farmer - Homecoming
• [MRL 333] Curtis Fuller - Crankin'
• [MRL 334] Michael Longo - Matrix
• [MRL 335] Mitchell-Ruff - Strayhorn: A Mitchell-Ruff Interpretation
• [MRL 336] Buddy Terry - Awareness
• [MRL 337] Hal Galper- The Guerilla Band
• [MRL 338] Carmen McRae - Gold
• [MRL 339] Maxine Weldon - Chilly Wind
• [MRL 340] Sarah Vaughan - A Time in My Life
• [MRL 341] Reggie Moore - Wishbone
• [MRL 342] Hadley Caliman - Iapetus
• [MRL 343] Blue Mitchell - Vital Blue
• [MRL 344] Harold Land - Choma (Burn)
• [MRL 345] Charles Williams- Trees, Grass and Things
• [MRL 347] Clark Terry - Angyumaluma Bongliddleany Nannyany Awhan Yi!
• [MRL 348] The Night Blooming Jazzmen, featuring Kittie Doswell - The Night Blooming Jazzmen
• [MRL 349] Frank Foster - The Loud Minority
• [MRL 351] Roy Haynes - Senyah
• [MRL 352] Carmen McRae - In Person
• [MRL 353] Barry Miles - White Heat
• [MRL 354] Hal Galper - Wild Bird
• [MRL 355] Morgana King - Cuore di Mama
• [MRL 356] Buddy Terry - Pure Dynamite
• [MRL 357] Mike Longo - The Awakening
• [MRL 358] Zoot Sims - Otra Vez
• [MRL 359] Maynard Ferguson - Dues
• [MRL 360] Arbee Stidham - A Time for Blues
• [MRL 361] Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand
• [MRL 362] Alice Clark - Alice Clark
• [MRL 363] Pete Yellin - Dance of Allegra
• [MRL 365] Charles McPherson - Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady)
• [MRL 366] Charles Kynard - Woga
• [MRL 367] Harold Land - Damisi
• [MRL 368] Charles Brown - Driftin' Blues
• [MRL 369] Ruth Brown - Softly
• [MRL 370] Curtis Fuller - Smokin'
• [MRL 371] Art Farmer - Gentle Eyes
• [MRL 372] Maynard Ferguson - Six by Six
• [MRL 374] Blue Mitchell - Blues' Blues
• [MRL 375] Shelley Manne - Mannekind
• [MRL 376] Paul Jeffrey - Family
• [MRL 377] Ellerine Harding - Ellerine
• [MRL 378] Mel Dancy - A Little Lovin'
• [MRL 379] Sarah Vaughan - Feelin' Good
• [MRL 380] Reggie Moore - Furioso
• [MRL 381] Charles Williams - Stickball
• [MRL 382] Barry Miles - Scatbird
• [MRL 384] Jay Berliner - Bananas Are Not Created Equal
• [MRL 386] Max Roach/Clifford Brown - Daahoud
• [MRL 388] The Night Blooming Jazzmen - Freedom Jazz Dance
• [MRL 389] Charles Kynard - Your Mama Don't Dance
• [MRL 391] Buddy Terry - Lean On Him
• [MRL 392] Blue Mitchell - The Last Tango=Blues
• [MRL 393] Barry (Bagelman) Sisters - Our Way (Tahka - Tahka)
• [MRL 394] Afrique - Soul Makossa
• [MRL 395] Charles McPherson - Today's Man
• [MRL 396] Jack Wilkins - Windows
• [MRL 397] Pete Yellin - It's the Right Thing
• [MRL 398] Hal Galper - Inner Journey
• [MRL 399] Andy Kirk & His 12 Clouds of Joy - March 1936
• [MRL 400] Blue Mitchell - Graffiti Blues
• [MRL 401] Sarah Vaughan - Live in Japan
• [MRL 402] Blue Mitchell - Many Shades of Blue
• [MRL 403] Carmen McRae - Live and Doin' It
• [MRL 404] Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan with the Jimmy Rowles Quintet
• [MRL 406] Paul Jeffrey - Paul Jeffrey
• [MRL 408] Various Artists - Jazz
• [MRL 409] Various Artists - Billie Holiday Revisted By
• [MRL 412] Sarah Vaughan - Send in the Clowns
• [MRL 413] Blue Mitchell/Roy Haynes - Booty
• [MRL 414] The Amboy Dukes - Dr. Slingshot
• [MRL 415] The Stroziers - Red Light
• [MRL 417] Jeannie Lewis - Looking Back to Tomorrow
• [MRL 418] Black Blood - A.I.E. (A Mwana)
• [MRL 419] Sarah Vaughan - More Sarah Vaughan/Live in Japan
• [MRL 420] Terry Huff & Special Delivery - The Lonely One
• [MRL 421] Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes - Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Gary W. Kennedy, "Mainstream Records". Grove Jazz online.

External links

• Mainstream Records
• Fan site