Mainstream Records
Mainstream Records is an American record company and independent record label founded by producer Bob Shad in 1964.
Mainstream's early releases were reissues from Commodore Records. Its catalogue grew to include Bob Brookmeyer, Maynard Ferguson, Jim Hall, Helen Merrill, Carmen McRae, Jimmy Raney, Zoot Sims, Clark Terry, and Sarah Vaughan. Janis Joplin, with Big Brother and the Holding Company, first appeared on Mainstream.
In 1978, Mainstream ceased activities. Bob Shad died in 1985. In 1990, the label was restarted by his daughter, Tamara, and Humphrey Walwyn, the former head of BBC Records. It was bought by Legacy Recordings in 1993 and purchased back by the Shad family in the early 2000s. The label is now run by Shad's granddaughter Mia Apatow, with the help of her brother Judd Apatow.
Discography
56000/S6000 series (12" LPs)
The Mainstream 56000/S6000 Series commenced in 1964 when the label was established by Bob Shad and ran until 1971 and initially reissued material from Commodore Records and Time Records in addition to some new jazz recordings, then soundtracks, before branching into psychedelic rock around 1966.| Catalog number | Title | Artist | Notes |
| 56000/S6000 | The Commodore Recordings 1939, 1944 | Billie Holiday | |
| 56001/S6001 | Begin the Beguine | Eddie Heywood | |
| 56002/S6002 | Influence of Five | Various Artists | Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Don Byas, Chu Berry |
| 56003/S6003 | Dixieland-New Orleans | Various Artists | Jack Teagarden, Pee Wee Russell, Eddie Condon, Wild Bill Davison & Others |
| 56004/S6004 | Town Hall Concert | Various Artists | Gene Krupa, Charlie Ventura, Bill Coleman, Red Norvo, & Others |
| 56005/S6005 | The Soil and the Sea | Various Artists | Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Peter Hawes, Lee Hays |
| 56006/S6006 | I'm Lost | Dottie Clark | |
| 56007/S6007 | Boss of the Blues | Charles Brown | |
| 56008/S6008 | Chairmen of the Board | Various Artists | Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson, Joe Bushkin, Mel Powell, Jess Stacy |
| 56009/S6009 | 52 Street | Various Artists | Billie Holiday, Ben Webster, and Others |
| 56010/S6010 | Dixieland-Chicago Style | Various Artists | Muggsy Spanier, Russell, & Others |
| 56011/S6011 | Era of the Clarinet | Various Artists | Pee Wee Russell, Edmund Hall, Irving Fazola, Benny Goodman, Tony Parenti, George Lewis |
| 56012/S6012 | Lester Young & Kansas City Six | Lester Young | |
| 56013/S6013 | Two Jims and Zoot | Jimmy Raney, Zoot Sims & Jim Hall | |
| 56014/S6014 | The Artistry of Helen Merrill | Helen Merrill | |
| 56015/S6015 | A Taste of Honey | Morgana King | |
| 56016 | The Songs of Kurt Weill | Felicia Sanders | Reissue of Time 2007 |
| 56017/S6017 | Era of the Swing Trumpet | Various Artists | Eldridge, Hackett, Jonah Jones, Page, Williams, & DeParis |
| 56018/S6018 | Town Hall Concert Volume 2 | Various Artists | Krupa & Ventura 3, Stuff Smith, Red Norvo, Wilson, Phillips, Bert, Rogers, Sachs, Palmieri, Stewart, Powell, Krupa, Ventura, & Walthers |
| 56019/S6019 | Tenor Hierarchy | Various Artists | Coleman Hawkins, Chu Berry, Ben Webster, Frank Wess, Phillips, Don Byas |
| 56020/S6020 | Jelly Roll Morton | Jelly Roll Morton | |
| 56021/S6021 | Bahutu Chant & Dancers | Bahutu Chant & Dancers | |
| 56022/S6022 | Once Upon a Time | Billie Holiday & Teddy Wilson | |
| 56023/S6023 | Expressions East | John Berberian | |
| 56024/S6024 | Legend | Eddie Condon | |
| 56025/S6025 | Look at Yesterday | Various Artists | Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Buddy Stewart, Paul Quinichette, Jimmy Raney, Wardell Gray |
| 56026/S6026 | Legend | Pee Wee Russell | |
| 56027/S6027 | Legend | Willie "The Lion" Smith | |
| 56028/S6028 | Second to None | Carmen McRae | |
| 56029/S6029 | Riverboat Jazz | Juggy's Jazz Band | |
| 56030/S6030 | August Child | Sylvia Copeland | |
| 56031/S6031 | Color Him Wild | Maynard Ferguson | |
| 56032/S6032 | Organ Out Loud | Gene Ludwig | |
| 56033/S6033 | The Award Winner | Frank Wess | |
| 56034/S6034 | Ruth Brown '65 | Ruth Brown | |
| 56035/S6035 | Ballads My Way | Charles Brown | |
| 56036/S6036 | Corcovado Trumpets | Vic Schoen | |
| 56037/S6037 | Meditations | Coleman Hawkins | |
| 56038/S6038 | Sittin' In | Chu Berry | |
| 56039/S6039 | Legend | Bunk Johnson | |
| 56040/S6040 | The Blues | Lightnin' Hopkins | Reissue of Time T/7004 |
| 56041/S6041 | Tiger Tail | Stanley Turrentine | Reissue of Time 52086 |
| 56042/S6042 | Now | Cleo Bradford | |
| 56043/S6043 | Tonight | Clark Terry Bob Brookmeyer Quintet | |
| 56044/S6044 | Haven't We Met? | Carmen McRae | |
| 56045/S6045 | The Blues Roar | Maynard Ferguson | |
| 56046/S6046 | Yancy | Emily Yancy | |
| 56047/S6047 | Oud Artisty | John Berberian | |
| 56048/S6048 | It's Time We Met | Terry Gibbs | |
| 56049/S6049 | Home Town Blues | Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee | |
| 56050/S6050 | Vibrations | Jimmy Ricks | |
| 56051/S6051 | Latin Au Go Go | Joe Cain | |
| 56052/S6052 | Miss Morgana King | Morgana King | |
| 56053/S6053 | The Collector | Maurice Jarre | Soundtrack to The Collector |
| 56054/S6054 | The Power of Positive Swinging | Clark Terry Bob Brookmeyer Quintet | |
| 56055/S6055 | We Three Trio | We Three Trio | |
| 56056/S6056 | Baby the Rain Must Fall | Elmer Bernstein | Soundtrack to Baby the Rain Must Fall |
| 56057/S6057 | The Moment of Truth | Piero Piccioni | Soundtrack to The Moment of Truth |
| 56058/S6058 | Wonderful Life | Irene Kral | |
| 56059/S6059 | The Creeper | Dennis Budimir | |
| 56060/S6060 | The Maynard Ferguson Sextet | Maynard Ferguson | |
| 56061/S6061 | King Rat | John Barry | Soundtrack to King Rat |
| 56062/S6062 | Juliet of the Spirits | Nino Rota | Soundtrack to Juliet of the Spirits |
| 56063/S6063 | Great Original Soundtracks & Movie Themes | Various Artists | |
| 56064/S6064 | The Heroes of Telemark | Malcolm Arnold | Soundtrack to The Heroes of Telemark |
| 56065/S6065 | Woman Talk | Carmen McRae | |
| 56066/S6066 | Mumbles | Clark Terry | |
| 56067/S6067 | The Lollipop Cover | Ruby Raksin | |
| 56068/S6068 | A Patch of Blue | Jerry Goldsmith | Soundtrack to A Patch of Blue |
| 56069/S6069 | Comic Book Heroes | Capes and Masks Orchestra | |
| 56070/S6070 | The Square Root of Zero | Elliot Kaplan | |
| 56071/S6071 | The 10th Victim | Piero Piccioni | Soundtrack to The 10th Victim |
| 56072/S6072 | That Man in Istanbul | Soundtrack to That Man in Istanbul | |
| 56073/S6073 | The Trouble with Angels | Jerry Goldsmith | Soundtrack to The Trouble with Angels |
| 56074/S6074 | I've Lost My Yo-Yo | Brandywine Singers | |
| 56075/S6075 | Pow! Jeannie Trevor Sings | Jeanne Trevor | |
| 56076/S6076 | Award Winning Original Motion Picture Soundtracks & Themes | Various Artists | |
| 56077/S6077 | Stagecoach | Jerry Goldsmith | Soundtrack to Stagecoach |
| 56078/S6078 | Harper | Johnny Mandel | Soundtrack to Harper |
| 56079/S6079 | Detectives & the Agents & Great Suspense Motion Picture Themes | Various Artists | |
| 56080/S6080 | Walk Don't Run | Quincy Jones | Soundtrack to Walk, Don't Run |
| 56081/S6081 | The Blue Max | Jerry Goldsmith | Soundtrack to The Blue Max |
| 56082/S6082 | The Shop on Main Street | Zdeněk Liška | Soundtrack to The Shop on Main Street |
| 56083/S6083 | Walk on the Wide Side | Elmer Bernstein | Soundtrack to Walk on the Wild Side Rerelease of Choreo A4ST |
| 56084/S6084 | Alfie | Carmen McRae | |
| 56085/S6085 | Bitter Acid | Mauricio Smith | |
| 56086/S6086 | Gingerbread Men | Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet | |
| 56087/S6087 | Songs of Inspiration | Bill Brown | |
| 56088/S6088 | The Wrong Box | John Barry | Soundtrack to The Wrong Box |
| 56089/S6089 | Chaplin's Art of Comedy | Elias Breeskin | Soundtrack to Chaplin's Art of Comedy |
| 56090/S6090 | Gypsy Girl | Milton DeLugg | Soundtrack to Gypsy Girl |
| 56091/S6091 | In Person in San Francisco | Carmen McRae | |
| 56092/S6092 | Mira! | Hugo Montenegro | |
| 56093/S6093 | Soul of a People | Gordon Jenkins | Reissue of Time 2050 |
| 56094/S6094 | A Man and His Movies | Elmer Bernstein | |
| 56095/S6095 | Hey, Listen Baby-Let's Dance | David Carroll and His Orchestra | |
| 56096/S6096 | Wine, Women and Italy | Italian Guitars | |
| 56097 | Thunder | Orquesta Los Hombres de España | |
| 56098/S6098 | Melodies of Love | Richard Hayman | |
| 56099/S6099 | Big Brother and the Holding Company | Big Brother and the Holding Company | |
| 56100/S6100 | A Pot of Flowers | Various Artists | The Wildflowers, Harbinger Complex, Euphoria and The Other Side |
| 56101/S6101 | Music from Camelot | Hugo Montenegro | |
| 56102/S6102 | The Superfine Dandelion | The Superfine Dandelion | |
| 56103/S6103 | Jelly Bean Bandits | Jelly Bean Bandits | |
| 56104/S6104 | The Amboy Dukes | The Amboy Dukes | |
| S6105 | Tiffany Shade | Tiffany Shade | |
| S6106 | Bohemian Vendetta | Bohemian Vendetta | |
| S6107 | The Tangerine Zoo | The Tangerine Zoo | |
| S6108 | The Growing Concern | The Growing Concern | |
| S6109 | The Best of Morgana King | Morgana King | |
| S6110 | Live & Wailing | Carmen McRae | |
| S6111 | Slaughter on 10th Avenue | Hugo Montenegro | |
| S6112 | Journey to the Center of the Mind | The Amboy Dukes | |
| S6113 | The Art of Lovin' | The Art of Lovin' | |
| S6114 | The Best of Pete Jolly | Pete Jolly | |
| S6115 | Ellie Pop | Ellie Pop | |
| S6116 | Outside Looking In | The Tangerine Zoo | |
| S6117 | The Orient Express | The Orient Express | |
| S6118 | Migration | The Amboy Dukes | |
| S6119 | Stone Circus | Stone Circus | |
| S6120 | Nucleus | Nucleus | |
| S6121 | A Spoonful of Cathy Young | Cathy Young | |
| S6122 | Last Nikle | Last Nikle | |
| S6123 | Totie Fields Live | Totie Fields | |
| S6124 | Hour World | The British Casuals | |
| S6125 | The Best of the Original Amboy Dukes | The Amboy Dukes | |
| S6126 | Drive It | Lincoln St. Exit | |
| S6127 | Josefus | Josefus | |
| S6128 | December's Children | December's Children | |
| S6129 | Electric Holy Man | Henry Tree | |
| S6130 | Freeport | Freeport | |
| S6131 | Katmandu | Katmandu | |
| S6132 | Lacewing | Lacewing |