Mainstream Records is an American record label, which has released jazz, rock music, and soundtracks over the course of its history.
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. Mainstream acted as the distributing label for the subsidiary Flying Dutchman Records and continued issuing soundtracks and new jazz material through 1978, when it shuttered.
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
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- ^ a b Gary W. Kennedy, "Mainstream Records". Grove Jazz online.
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