Hindsight Record Company
| Hindsight Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Michelex |
| Founder | Wally Heider |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | Massena, New York |
| Official website | www |
Hindsight Records is an American record company founded by Wally Heider.
Heider built the catalog from Big Band jazz radio broadcasts that had never been released on record. In the 1970s and 1980s, he released over 100 albums, including performances by Duke Ellington, Jimmy Dorsey, Harry James, Stan Kenton, Mildred Bailey, Artie Shaw, and Woody Herman.[1] For liner notes, he hired music historians such as Brad McCuen, and Irving Townsend.[2]
In 1979 Thomas Gramuglia of the Michelex Corporation bought the Hindsight catalog. Through Heider, Hindsight owned over 9,000 copyrights and masters.[3]
Jazz roster
- Charlie Barnet
- Count Basie
- Les Brown
- Henry Busse
- Billy Butterfield
- Benny Carter
- June Christy
- Larry Clinton
- Rosemary Clooney
- Bob Crosby
- Doris Day
- Jimmy Dorsey
- Duke Ellington
- Helen Forrest
- Four Freshmen
- Jan Garber
- Benny Goodman
- Glen Gray
- Jerry Gray
- Lionel Hampton
- Woody Herman
- Tiny Hill
- Eddy Howard
- Harry James
- Dick Jurgens
- Sammy Kaye
- Stan Kenton
- The King Sisters with Frank DeVol
- Frankie Laine
- Lester Lanin
- Guy Lombardo
- Jimmie Lunceford
- Freddy Martin
- Clyde McCoy
- Carmen McRae
- Johnny Mercer
- Russ Morgan
- Buddy Morrow
- Helen O'Connell
- Alvino Rey
- Jan Savitt
- Artie Shaw
- Charlie Spivak
- Kay Starr
- Claude Thornhill
- Mel Tormé
- Bobby Troup
- Sarah Vaughan
- Bea Wain
References
- ^ Yanow, Scott (1998). "Labels". In Erlewine, Michael; Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Yanow, Scott (eds.). All music guide to jazz : the experts' guide to the best jazz recordings (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books. p. 1333. ISBN 0-87930-530-4.
- ^ Page, Todd C. "Hindsight Records". hindsightrecords.us. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "Michelex Merges with Hindsight Records | Business Wire". www.businesswire.com. 9 March 2005. Retrieved 2 July 2016.