Flying Dutchman Records
Flying Dutchman Records was an American jazz record label, which was owned by veteran music industry executive, producer and songwriter Bob Thiele.
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.
Sony Music Entertainment now owns the Flying Dutchman catalog, which is distributed by its Legacy Recordings label.
Discography
10100 Series
Flying Dutchman Records commenced releasing LPs in 1969 with the 10100 Series that continued until 1973.| Catalog No. | Album | Artist | Details |
| 10101 | Soulful Brass #2 | ||
| 10102 | Come and Stick Your Head In | Spontaneous Combustion | |
| 10103 | Appleton Syntonic Menagerie | ||
| 10104 | Emergency-Head Start | ||
| 10105 | Ain't No Ambulances For No Nigguhs Tonight | ||
| 10106 | Hair to Jazz | ||
| 10107 | The Giant is Awakened | ||
| 10108 | Flight for Four | & Bobby Bradford Quartet | |
| 10109 | Hog Fat | ||
| 10110 | Oh! Calcutta! | ||
| 10111 | A Night at Santa Rita | ||
| 10112 | My People | ||
| 10113 | Newport News, Virginia | ||
| 10114 | Paint Your Wagon | ||
| 10115 | Spirits Known and Unknown | ||
| 10116 | Black, Brown and Beautiful | ||
| 10117 | The Third World | ||
| 10118 | Massacre at My Lai | ||
| 10120 | 3 Shades of Blue | with Leon Thomas and Oliver Nelson | |
| 10121 | Human Music | and Don Cherry | |
| 10122 | Othello Ballet Suite/Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1 | Also released on Sonet in Europe | |
| 10123 | ' | ||
| 10124 | Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature | ||
| 10125 | Esoteric Circle | ||
| 10126 | The 8th of July, 1969 | ||
| 10127 | Murder at Kent State University | ||
| 10128 | Self Determination Music | and Bobby Bradford | |
| 10130 | The Mayor and the People | A Black Suite for String Quartet and Jazz Orchestra by Oliver Nelson | |
| 10131 | Small Talk at 125th & Lenox | ||
| 10132 | The Leon Thomas Album | ||
| 10133 | Soulful Brass #3 | ||
| 10134 | Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra | and the "Berlin Dreamband" | |
| 10135 | ' | ||
| 10136 | SNCC's Rap | / Leon Thomas | |
| 10137 | The Great Comedy Album Starring Spiro T. Agnew | ||
| 10138 | Afrique | and His Orchestra | Arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson |
| 10139 | Barefoot Boy | ||
| 10140 | California Here I Come | ||
| 10141 | Soul & Soledad | ||
| 10142 | Leon Thomas in Berlin | with Oliver Nelson | |
| 10143 | Pieces of a Man | ||
| 10144 | Fénix | ||
| 10145 | Sunshine Man | ||
| 10146 | Classic Tenors | / Lester Young | Recorded December 1943 |
| 10147 | Here Comes Earl "Fatha" Hines | Reissue of 1966 Contact LP | |
| 10148 | Are You Ready? | ||
| 10149 | Swiss Suite | ||
| 10150 | Shelly Manne & Co. | Reissue of 1965 Contact LP compiling 1940s recordings | |
| 10151 | El Pampero | ||
| 10152 | Those Were the Days | ||
| 10153 | Free Will | ||
| 10154 | Soul Is... Pretty Purdie | ||
| 10155 | Blues and the Soulful Truth | ||
| 10156 | Under Fire | ||
| 10157 | Song for Wounded Knee | ||
| 10158 | Bolivia | ||
| 10159 | What a Wonderful World | ||
| 10161 | The Songs of Bessie Smith | , Count Basie and Thad Jones | |
| 10163 | Astral Traveling | & The Cosmic Echoes | |
| 10164 | Facets: An Anthology | Compilation | |
| 10165 | The Legend of Gato Barbieri | Compilation | |
| 10166 | It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing | and Teresa Brewer | |
| 10167 | Full Circle |
BluesTime Series
In 1969 Flying Dutchman established the BluesTime label to record blues music issuing ten albums between 1969 and 1970.| Catalog No. | Album | Artist | Details |
| 9001 | The Plaster Caster Blues Band | ||
| 9002 | The Real Boss of the Blues | ||
| 9003 | Super Black Blues | , Joe Turner and Otis Spann | |
| 9004 | Every Day I Have the Blues | ||
| 9005 | The Return of Harmonica Slim | Harmonica Slim | |
| 9006 | Sweet Giant of the Blues | ||
| 9007 | The Original Cleanhead | ||
| 9008 | Just the Blues | Malcolm & Chris | |
| 9009 | Super Black Blues Volume II | / T-Bone Walker / Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson / Joe Turner | Two record set recorded live at Carnegie Hall in 1970 |
| 9010 | Blue Rocks | / T-Bone Walker /Joe Turner / Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson | |
| 1378 | Dues Paid: The Bluestime Story 1968-1971 | Various Artists | Compilation |
Amsterdam
The Amsterdam subsidiary label was established in 1970 and concentrated of popular music including the recordings of Thiele’s wife Teresa Brewer.| Catalog No. | Album | Artist | Details |
| 12001 | Bossa Nova de Paris | ||
| 12002 | Never Again | and Various Artists | Audio documentary on Israel through the voices of its leaders and people narrated by David Perry |
| 12003 | Love Poems for the Very Married | Music arranged and conducted by Tom Scott | |
| 12004 | Return from the Dead | Dirty John’s Hot Dog Stand with Kenny Paulson | |
| 12005 | Heavy Equipment | Euclid | |
| 12006 | I Love You Better Now | ||
| 12007 | The Minx | ||
| 12008 | Here’s That Band Again: Dick Jurgens Plays His Hits | ||
| 12009 | Louis Armstrong and His Friends | ||
| 12010 | Leave Them a Flower | ||
| 12011 | Here’s That Band Again Today | ||
| 12012 | Singin’ a Doo Dah Song | ||
| 12013 | Music, Music, Music | ||
| 12014 | Playing on the Moon | ||
| 12015 | Teresa Brewer in London |
Reggae Series
In 1970 Flying Dutchman established the Reggae label to record reggae music issuing four albums.| Catalog No. | Album | Artist | Details |
| 15001 | The Reggae Beat | Superman | |
| 15002 | Super Reggae | ||
| 15003 | Reggae Thing | ||
| 15004 | Doin’ the Reggae | Heavy Reggae Machine |
Mega Records
Five albums produced under the Flying Dutchman Productions banner were released by the Mega label in 1972| Catalog No. | Album | Artist | Details |
| 31-1012 | You Can't Make Love Alone | ||
| 51-5000 | Fairyland | ||
| 51-5001 | Stand by Me | and the Playboys | |
| 51-5002 | Let’s Dance Again | and His Orchestra | Recorded in 1969 |
| 51-5003 | Gold Sunrise on Magic Mountain |
RCA Distributed Series
Starting in 1974, Flying Dutchman albums were released and distributed by RCA using their numbering system.| Catalog No. | Album | Artist | Details |
| 0549 | Old Rags | ||
| 0550 | Yesterdays | ||
| 0591 | Cosmic Funk | & The Cosmic Echoes | |
| 0592 | Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags | ||
| 0613 | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | Compilation | |
| 0825 | Skull Session | ||
| 0827 | Onsaya Joy | ||
| 0829 | Strike Up the Band | with Zoot Sims and Bucky Pizzarelli | |
| 0830 | Cesar 830 | Cesar | |
| 0833 | Tom Scott in L.A. | Compilation | |
| 0834 | Expansions | & The Cosmic Echoes | |
| 0964 | I Saw Pinetop Spit Blood | and His Orchestra | |
| 1082 | Bird and Dizzy: A Musical Tribute | ||
| 1120 | Nightwings | and Joe Venuti | |
| 1145 | Hot Coles | ||
| 1146 | Six Million Dollar Man | ||
| 1147 | El Gato | ||
| 1196 | Visions of a New World | & The Cosmic Echoes | |
| 1197 | Dumpy Mama | ||
| 1239 | The French Market Jazz Band | ||
| 1371 | The World's Greatest Jazz Band of Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart In Concert | and Bob Haggart | |
| 1372 | Scott Joplin Interpretations | ||
| 1378 | Buck & Bud | and Bucky Pizzarelli | |
| 1449 | A Dream Deferred | ||
| 1460 | Reflections of a Golden Dream | & The Cosmic Echoes | |
| 1461 | Sometime Other Than Now | ||
| 1537 | I'm in the Mood for Love | ||
| 1538 | Stomp Off Let's Go | ||
| 2568 | Three Waves | Trio | Reissue of 1966 Contact LP |