Fantasy Records

Fantasy Records, fondazione 1949: artisti e album jazz dell'etichetta.

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La Fantasy Records è una storica etichetta discografica statunitense fondata da Max e Sol Weiss nel 1949 a San Francisco (California) attualmente di proprietà dell'Concord Music Group e distribuita dall'Universal Music Group. Durante i primi anni l'etichetta si dedicò alla pubblicazioni dei lavori del pianista jazz Dave Brubeck, che era anche uno dei finanziatori. Successivamente divenne nota principalmente per le pubblicazioni del comico e artista Lenny Bruce, del musicista jazz Vince Guaraldi, e del gruppo rock Creedence Clearwater Revival.

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Artisti di Fantasy Records

Profilo dell'etichetta

For unofficial releases, see Fantasy (4).
Fantasy Records, along with its subsidiary , was established in San Francisco, California, USA, in 1949 by Max and Sol Weiss. Their first artist was an Oakland pianist named Dave Brubeck, and when Brubeck's recordings began to sell, they went on to record Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, and Cal Tjader, as well as Odetta, beat poets Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg, and comic Lenny Bruce.

In August 1958, Fantasy introduced its first stereo discs, 4 previously unreleased and 6 having been released earlier in mono.

Saul Zaentz, who had joined Fantasy as a salesman in 1955, assembled a group of investors in 1967 and purchased the label from the Weiss brothers. They hit the jackpot the following year with Creedence Clearwater Revival, the most successful four-piece American rock 'n' roll band of all time.

The enormous success of Creedence enabled Fantasy to expand. In the early 1970s, under the leadership of label president Ralph Kaffel, Fantasy purchased the catalogs of three of New York's top jazz independents: Prestige (also including its subsidiaries New Jazz, Bluesville, Folklore, Swingville, Tru-Sound, and Moodsville), Riverside (

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Album su Fantasy Records

The Dave Brubeck Quartet 1952 · Fantasy Jazz at Storyville 1953 · Live · Fantasy The Charles Mingus Quintet + Max Roach 1955 · Live · Fantasy Jazz at the Blackhawk 1956 · Live · Fantasy Fatha Plays Fats 1956 · Live · Fantasy Tjader Plays Mambo 1956 · Fantasy Getz-Tjader Sextet 1958 · Fantasy Latin Kick 1958 · Fantasy Más ritmo caliente 1958 · Fantasy Latin for Lovers 1958 · Fantasy San Francisco Moods 1958 · Fantasy Mongo 1959 · Fantasy Cal Tjader's Latin Concert 1959 · Live · Fantasy Brubeck à la mode 1960 · Fantasy Demasiado caliente 1960 · Fantasy West Side Story 1960 · Fantasy Arriba - La Pachanga 1961 · Fantasy Plays Harold Arlen 1961 · Fantasy Near-Myth 1961 · Fantasy Latino Con Cal Tjader 1962 · Fantasy “In Person” 1963 · Live · Fantasy Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete, and Friends 1963 · Fantasy “From All Sides” 1964 · Fantasy Vince Guaraldi at Grace Cathedral 1965 · Live · Fantasy “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Featuring the Famous Peanuts Characters: Original Soundtrack 1965 · Fantasy Live at El Matador 1966 · Live · Fantasy Brand New 1971 · Fantasy Tjader 1971 · Fantasy Agua Dulce 1971 · Fantasy The Raven Speaks 1972 · Fantasy ’Round Midnight 1972 · Fantasy The Spoon Concerts 1972 · Fantasy Live at the Funky Quarters 1972 · Live · Fantasy Giant Steps 1973 · Fantasy Both Feet on the Ground 1973 · Fantasy Naturally 1973 · Fantasy Crystal Silence 1973 · Fantasy Last Bolero in Berkeley 1973 · Fantasy Primo 1973 · Fantasy Love, Sex, and the Zodiac 1974 · Fantasy Thundering Herd 1974 · Fantasy Up The Street, 'Round The Corner, Down The Block 1974 · Fantasy Tambu 1974 · Fantasy Heavy Axe 1974 · Fantasy Puttin' It Together 1974 · Fantasy The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album 1975 · Fantasy Alone (Again) 1975 · Fantasy Intuition 1975 · Fantasy Phenix 1975 · Fantasy Big Man: The Legend of John Henry 1975 · Fantasy Ellington Is Forever 1975 · Fantasy One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 · Fantasy Top Hat 1975 · Fantasy In the Pocket 1975 · Fantasy Montreux III 1976 · Live · Fantasy Everybody Come On Out 1976 · Fantasy The Man With the Sad Face 1976 · Fantasy Amazonas 1976 · Fantasy Quintessence 1977 · Fantasy Ellington Is Forever, Volume 2 1977 · Fantasy