American International Records


American International Records was a record label which was a subsidiary of AIP that was used to release music from their films. It also released recordings from individual artists.

Background

AIP started their own record label, American International Records, in 1959 The manager was Don Leon. That year he announced that Al Simms replaced Jimmy Madden as the head of A&R.
As a division of American International Pictures, it was used to release recorded music soundtracks from the film companies B grade film productions. One such film was Bucktown which featured a score that was written by Johnny Pate, and having the main theme sung by Luther Rabb. The soundtrack was released on American International Records AIR 4477 in 1975.