Flying Dutchman Records was an American jazz record label, which was owned by music industry executive, producer and songwriter Bob Thiele.
History Initially distributed by Atlantic Records, Thiele made a five-album deal in 1972 with Mega Records to issue five albums in the Flying Dutchman Series. The deal was not renewed and distribution shifted to RCA Records, which took over the label in 1976. The label released albums until 1984 when Thiele established Doctor Jazz Records. Some of the musicians who recorded several albums for the label include singer Leon Thomas, saxophonist Gato Barbieri, arranger Oliver Nelson, saxophonist Tom Scott and pianist Lonnie Liston Smith. Gil Scott-Heron released three albums for the label, including his debut Small Talk at 125th and Lenox and Free Will.
Flying Dutchman had three sublabels, Amsterdam, BluesTime, and Contact.
Flying Dutchman is independently owned and since 2011 has been distributed and marketed by Ace Records.FLYING DUTCHMAN: THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE DOWNLOADABLE/, accessed August 27th 2020
Discography 10100 Series Flying Dutchman Records commenced releasing LPs in 1969 with the 10100 Series that continued until 1973.Jazzlists: Flying Dutchman 10100 series discography, accessed November 11, 2019Both Sides Now: Flying Dutchman Label Discography, accessed November 11, 2019 Catalog No. Album Artist Details10101Soulful Brass #210102Come and Stick Your Head InSpontaneous Combustion10103Appleton Syntonic Menagerie10104Emergency-Head Start10105Ain't No Ambulances For No Nigguhs Tonight10106 Hair to Jazz10107The Giant is Awakened10108Flight for Four & Bobby Bradford Quartet10109Hog Fat10110Oh! Calcutta!10111A Night at Santa Rita10112My People10113 Newport News, Virginia10114Paint Your Wagon10115 Spirits Known and Unknown10116Black, Brown and Beautiful10117The Third World10118Massacre at My Lai101203 Shades of Bluewith Leon Thomas and Oliver Nelson 10121Human Music and Don Cherry10122Othello Ballet Suite/Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1Also released on Sonet in Europe10123Friends and Neighbors: Live at Prince Street10124Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature10125Esoteric Circle 10126The 8th of July, 196910127Murder at Kent State University10128Self Determination Music and Bobby Bradford10130The Mayor and the PeopleA Black Suite for String Quartet and Jazz Orchestra by Oliver Nelson10131Small Talk at 125th & Lenox10132The Leon Thomas Album10133Soulful Brass #310134Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra and the "Berlin Dreamband"10135El Exigente: The Demanding One10136SNCC's Rap / Leon Thomas10137The Great Comedy Album Starring Spiro T. Agnew10138Afrique and His OrchestraArranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson10139Barefoot Boy10140California Here I Come with 10141Soul & Soledad10142Leon Thomas in Berlin with Oliver Nelson10143Pieces of a Man10144Fénix10145Sunshine Man10146Classic Tenors / Lester YoungRecorded December 194310147Here Comes Earl "Fatha" HinesReissue of 1966 Contact LP10148Are You Ready?10149Swiss Suite10150Shelly Manne & Co.Reissue of 1965 Contact LP compiling 1940s recordings10151El Pampero10152Those Were the Days10153Free Will10154 Soul Is... Pretty Purdie 10155Blues and the Soulful Truth10156Under Fire10157Song for Wounded Knee10158Bolivia10159What a Wonderful World10161The Songs of Bessie Smith, Count Basie and Thad Jones10163 Astral Traveling & The Cosmic Echoes10164Facets: An AnthologyCompilation10165The Legend of Gato BarbieriCompilation10166 It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing and Teresa Brewer10167Full Circle
BluesTime Series In 1969 Flying Dutchman established the BluesTime label to record blues music issuing ten albums between 1969 and 1970.Both Sides Now: Bluestime Subsidiary Label 9000 Series, accessed November 11, 2019Wirz' American Music: Flying Dutchman BluesTime Records discography, accessed November 11, 2019
Catalog No. (BTS) Album Artist Details9001The Plaster Caster Blues Band9002 The Real Boss of the Blues9003Super Black Blues / Joe Turner / Otis Spann9004Every Day I Have the Blues9005The Return of Harmonica SlimHarmonica Slim9006Sweet Giant of the Blues9007The Original Cleanhead9008Just the BluesMalcolm & Chris9009Super Black Blues Volume II / T-Bone Walker / Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson / Joe TurnerTwo record set recorded live at Carnegie Hall in 19709010Blue Rocks / T-Bone Walker /Joe Turner / Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson1378Dues Paid: The Bluestime Story 1968-1971Various ArtistsCompilation
Amsterdam The Amsterdam subsidiary label was established in 1970 and concentrated of popular music including the recordings of Thiele's wife Teresa Brewer.Both Sides Now:Amsterdam Subsidiary Label 12000 Series, accessed November 25, 2019 Catalog No. (AMS) Album Artist Details12001Bossa Nova de Paris12002Never Again and Various ArtistsAudio documentary on Israel through the voices of its leaders and people narrated by David Perry12003Love Poems for the Very Married Music arranged and conducted by Tom Scott12004Return from the DeadDirty John's Hot Dog Stand with Kenny Paulson12005Heavy EquipmentEuclid12006I Love You Better Now12007The Minx (Soundtrack)12008Here’s That Band Again: Dick Jurgens Plays His Hits12009Louis Armstrong and His FriendsMusic arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson12010Leave Them a Flower12011Here’s That Band Again Today12012Singin’ a Doo Dah Song12013Music, Music, Music12014Playing on the Moon12015Teresa Brewer in London
Reggae Series In 1970 Flying Dutchman established the Reggae label to record reggae music issuing four albums.Wirz' American Music: Reggae Records discography, accessed November 11, 2019
Catalog No. (RS) Album Artist Details15001The Reggae BeatSuperman15002Super Reggae15003Reggae Thing15004Doin’ the ReggaeHeavy Reggae Machine
Mega Records Five albums produced under the Flying Dutchman Productions banner were released by the Mega label in 1972Both Sides Now: Mega Records produced under the Flying Dutchman Productions banner, accessed November 11, 2019Both Sides Now: Mega Album Discography, accessed November 11, 2019 Catalog No. (M) Album Artist Details31-1012You Can't Make Love Alone51-5000Fairyland51-5001Stand by Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) and the Playboys51-5002Let’s Dance Again and His OrchestraRecorded in 196951-5003Gold Sunrise on Magic Mountain
RCA Distributed Series Starting in 1974, Flying Dutchman albums were released and distributed by RCA using their numbering system.Both Sides Now: Doctor Jazz Label Discography, accessed November 26, 2019 Catalog No. Album Artist Details0549Old Rags0550Yesterdays0591Cosmic Funk & The Cosmic Echoes0592Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags0613The Revolution Will Not Be TelevisedCompilation0825Skull Session0827 Onsaya Joy0829Strike Up the Band with Zoot Sims and Bucky Pizzarelli0830Cesar 830Cesar0833 Tom Scott in L.A.Compilation0834Expansions & The Cosmic Echoes0964I Saw Pinetop Spit Blood and His Orchestra1082Bird and Dizzy: A Musical Tribute1120Nightwings and Joe Venuti1145Hot Coles1146Six Million Dollar Man1147El Gato1196Visions of a New World & The Cosmic Echoes1197Dumpy Mama1239The French Market Jazz Band1371The World's Greatest Jazz Band of Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart In Concert and Bob Haggart1372 Scott Joplin Interpretations1378 Buck & Bud and Bucky Pizzarelli1449 A Dream Deferred1460Reflections of a Golden Dream & The Cosmic Echoes1461 Sometime Other Than Now1537I'm in the Mood for Love1538 Stomp Off Let's Go2568 Three Waves TrioReissue of 1966 Contact LP
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