Flying Dutchman

Profile:
Jazz label established in New York by Bob Thiele in 1969 as Flying Dutchman Productions. The label was initially distributed by Atco, switched to Bob Shad's Mainstream Records for distribution within two years. By 1979, the label's output was leased by RCA Victor, which continued to issue material from Flying Dutchman's catalog until 1984.

The label issued significant albums by Gil Scott-Heron, Gato Barbieri, Oliver Nelson, Lonnie Liston Smith and Thiele's wife, Teresa Brewer. It also released recordings of speeches by SNCC leader H. Rap Brown, radical Angela Davis and black professor/critic Stanley Crouch.

The Flying Dutchman catalog was acquired by Legacy Recordings in 1993 from Bob Shad's daughter Tamara when she sold the assets of Mainstream Records, which had distributed Flying Dutchman until it closed in 1978.
Contact Info:
1831 Broadway, New York 10023
(no longer active)
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Releases:
26002 Jon Appleton Appleton Syntonic Menagerie (7", Promo) 1969
26021 Bernard Purdie* Tribute To Aretha (7")  
66611-2 Gil Scott-Heron Small Talk At 125th And Lenox (CD, Album, RE) 1993
85003 Old Philosopher, The The Old Philosopher On "Something" / On Campus (7", Promo)  
6369 350 Gato Barbieri El Pampero (LP, Album, Gat) 1972
6369 408 Count Basie & His Orchestra* arranged & conducted by Oliver Nelson Afrique (LP, Album, Gat) 1971
07863 66611 2 Gil Scott-Heron Small Talk At 125th And Lenox (CD, Album, RE) 1993
09026638712 Gato Barbieri El Pampero (CD, Album, RE, RM, Dig) 2002
74321477952 Ornette Coleman Friends And Neighbors (Ornette Live At Prince Street) (CD, Album, RM) 1997
74321851482 Gato Barbieri Fenix (CD, Album, RE) 2001
74321851532 Leon Thomas Blues And The Soulful Truth (CD, Album, RE, RM) 2001
74321851552 Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes Expansions (CD, Album, RE, RM) 2001
74321851582 Oliver Nelson Swiss Suite (CD, Album, RM) 2001
74321851592 Ornette Coleman Friends And Neighbors - Ornette Live At Prince Street (CD, Album, RE, RM) 2001
74321851612 Gil Scott-Heron Free Will (CD, Album, RE, RM) 2001
74321851622 Gil Scott-Heron Small Talk At 125th And Lenox (CD, Album, RE, RM) 2001
ADJ-1 Old Philosopher, The A Message To DJ's From The Old Philosopher (7", Promo, S/Sided)  
AM 12002 Unknown Artist Never Again (LP) 1971
AM-12010 Wally Whyton Leave Them A Flower (LP, Promo) 1971
AM 12013 Teresa Brewer Music, Music, Music (LP) 1973
AM 12014 Biscuit Davis Playing On The Moon (LP) 1973
AM 12015 Teresa Brewer In London With Oily Rags (LP) 1973
AM 85013 Louis Armstrong We Shall Overcome (7", Promo)  
AM 85024 Teresa Brewer Somewhere There's Someone Who Loves Me (7") 1973
AM 85025 Teresa Brewer A Simple Song / Singin' A Doo Dah Song (7", Promo) 1973
AM 85027 Teresa Brewer Music, Music, Music / School Days (7") 1973
AM 85027 DJ Teresa Brewer Music, Music, Music (7", Promo) 1973
AYL1-3815 Gato Barbieri The Third World (2 versions) 1970
AYL1-3816 Gato Barbieri Yesterdays (LP) 1974
AYL1-3818 Gil Scott-Heron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (LP, Comp, RE)  
AYL1-3819 Gil Scott-Heron Pieces Of A Man (LP, RE)  
AYL1-3875 Tom Scott Tom Scott In L.A. (LP, Comp, RE)  
BDL 1-0591 Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes Cosmic Funk (2 versions) 1974
BDL1-0592 Oliver Edward Nelson* And Oily Rags In London With Oily Rags (LP) 1974
BDL 1-0613 Gil Scott-Heron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (LP, Comp, Gat) 1974
BDL 1-0825 Oliver Nelson Skull Session (Album) (2 versions) 1975
BDL 1-0827 Groove Holmes* Onsaya Joy (LP, Gat) 1975
BDL 1-0830 Cesar 830 Cesar (2 versions) 1975
BDL1-0833 Tom Scott Tom Scott In L.A. (LP, Album) 1975
BDL1-0934 Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes* Expansions (Album) (2 versions) 1975
BDL1-0964 Bob Thiele & His Orchestra I Saw Pinetop Spit Blood (LP, Album) 1975
BDL1-1082 Elek Bacsik Bird And Dizzy-A Musical Tribute (LP, Album) 1975
BDL1-1145 Shelly Manne Hot Coles (Album) (2 versions) 1975
BDL 1-1146 Richard "Groove" Holmes Six Million Dollar Man (Album) (2 versions) 1975
BDL 1-1147 Gato Barbieri El Gato (Album) (2 versions) 1975
BDL 1-1196 Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes Visions Of A New World (Album) (2 versions) 1975
BDL1-1197 Sonny Stitt Dumpy Mama (LP, Album) 1975
BDL1-1371 World's Greatest Jazzband, The Of Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart In Concert (Recorded Live At The Lawrenceville School) (LP) 1976
BDL1-1372 Mike Wofford Scott Joplin: Interpretations '76 (LP, Album) 1976
BDL1-1378 Bucky Pizzarelli With Bud Freeman Buck & Bud (LP) 1976
BDL 1-1460 Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes Reflections Of A Golden Dream (Album) (2 versions) 1976
BDL1-1461 Steve Marcus Sometime Other Than Now (LP) 1976
BDL 1-1537 Groove Holmes* I'm In The Mood For Love (LP, Album) 1976
BDL1-1538 Sonny Stitt Stomp Off Let's Go (LP, Album) 1976
BTS9005 Harmonica Slim The Return Of Harmonica Slim (LP) 1969
BVCJ-1015 Gil Scott-Heron Small Talk At 125th & Lenox (CD) 1993
BVCJ-1016 Gil Scott-Heron Pieces Of A Man (CD, Album, RM) 1993
BVCJ-1017 Gil Scott-Heron Free Will (CD) 1993
BVCJ-37094 Steve Kuhn Trio featuring Steve Swallow and Pete La Roca Three Waves (CD, Album, RE) 1999
BVCJ-37272 Steve Kuhn Trio featuring Steve Swallow and Pete La Roca Three Waves (CD, Album, RE) 2002
BVCJ-38085 Steve Kuhn Trio featuring Steve Swallow and Pete La Roca Three Waves (CD, Album, RE, K2 ) 2005
BXL1-0550 Gato Barbieri Yesterdays (LP) 1974
BXL 1-0613 Gil Scott-Heron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (LP, Comp) 1974
BXL1-2829 Gato Barbieri Under Fire (LP, Album, RE, Gat)  
CYL2-1449 Oliver Nelson A Dream Deferred (2xLP, Com) 1976
DB-10214 Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes Expansions (7") 1975
DB-10392 Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes A Chance For Peace (7") 1975
DB-10616 Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes Get Down Everybody (It's Time For World Peace) / Goddess Of Love (7") 1976
DB-10665 Groove Holmes* I´m In The Mood For Love (7") 1976
DB-10702 Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes Peace & Love (7") 1976
DJL1-1322-A Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes* A Chance For Peace (12", Promo, S/Sided) 1975
FD-10115 Leon Thomas Spirits Known And Unknown (LP, Album) 1969
FD 10117 Gato Barbieri The Third World (2 versions) 1970
FD-10120 Johnny Hodges / Oliver Nelson / Leon Thomas 3 Shades Of Blue (LP, Album) 1970
FD 10123 Ornette Coleman Friends And Neighbors - Ornette Live At Prince Street (Album) (3 versions) 1970
FD-10124 George Russell Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature (LP, Album) 1971
FD-10125 George Russell Presents Esoteric Circle, The The Esoteric Circle (LP, Album) 1971
FD 10131 Gil Scott-Heron Small Talk At 125th And Lenox (LP, Album, Promo) 1970
FD-10134 Oliver Nelson And The "Berlin Dreamband"* Berlin Dialogue For Orchestra (LP, Album) 1971
FD 10138 Count Basie & His Orchestra* Afrique (LP, Gat) 1971
FD-10139 Larry Coryell Barefoot Boy (Album) (2 versions) 1971
FD-10140 Mike Lipskin With Willie "The Lion" Smith California Here I Come (LP) 1971
FD-10141 Angela Davis Soul And Soledad (2 versions) 1971
FD-10142 Leon Thomas With Oliver Nelson In Berlin (2 versions) 1971
FD 10143 Gil Scott-Heron Pieces Of A Man (Album) (3 versions) 1971
FD 10144 Gato Barbieri Fenix (Album) (3 versions) 1971
FD-10145 Harold Alexander Sunshine Man (Album) (3 versions) 1971
FD-10146 Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins Classic Tenors (LP, Album) 1971
FD-10147 Earl Hines Trio, The Here Comes Earl "Fatha" Hines (LP, Album) 1978
FD 10148 Harold Alexander Are You Ready? (Album) (2 versions) 1972
FD 10149 Oliver Nelson Swiss Suite (LP, Album, Gat) 1972
FD 10151 Gato Barbieri El Pampero (2 versions) 1972
FD-10153 Gil Scott-Heron Free Will (Album) (2 versions) 1972
FD-10154 Pretty Purdie* Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (Album) (2 versions) 1972
FD 10155 Leon Thomas Blues And The Soulful Truth (LP, Album) 1972
FD-10156 Gato Barbieri Under Fire (LP, Album) 1973
FD 10157 Richard Davis Trio, The Featuring Joe Beck & Jack DeJohnette Song For Wounded Knee (Album) (2 versions) 1973
FD-10158 Gato Barbieri Bolivia (Album) (3 versions) 1973
FD 10159 Bobby Hackett What A Wonderful World (LP) 1973
FD-10163 Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes Astral Traveling (Album) (2 versions) 1973
FD-10163-DJ Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes Astral Traveling (LP, Album, Promo) 1973
FD-10164 Leon Thomas Facets - The Legend Of Leon Thomas (LP, Album) 1973
FD-10165 Gato Barbieri The Legend Of Gato Barbieri (LP, Comp) 1973
FD 10166 Duke Ellington & Teresa Brewer It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (LP, Album)  
FD-10167 Leon Thomas Full Circle (Album) (2 versions) 1973
FD-10167-1 Leon Thomas Full Circle (LP) 1973
FD 26004 Esther Marrow Mama / He Don't Appreciate It (7") 1971
FD-26011 Gil Scott-Heron With Pretty Purdie And The Playboys The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (7", Promo) 1971
FD-26011 Gil Scott-Heron Home Is Where The Hatred Is / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2 versions) 1971
FD-26013 Leon Thomas The Creator Has A Master Plan (Peace) (7", Single, Promo) 1971
FD 26015 Gil Scott-Heron Scott-Heron Pretty Purdie And The Playboys Lady Day And John Coltrane (7", PRO)  
FD 26019 Leon Thomas China Doll (7")  
FD 26020 Bob Thiele And His New Happy Times Orchestra Mozart's Joy / The President's Waltz (7", Promo)  
FD 26021 Pretty Purdie & The Playboys* Song For Aretha (7", Promo) 1971
FD 26021 Pretty Purdie &The Playboys* Don't Go / Song For Aretha (7") 1971
FD 26023 DJ Leon Thomas Let's Go Down To Lucy's / Love Each Other (7", Single, Promo) 1972
FD 26026-DJ Leon Thomas Just In Time To See The Sun (7", Single, Promo)  
FD-41207 Trevor Jones Excalibur (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Millenium Edition) (CD, Album) 2000
FDS-101 Steve Allen (3) Soulful Brass #2 (LP, Album) 1969
FDS-102 Spontaneous Combustion (3) Come And Stick Your Head In (LP) 1969
FDS 103 Jon Appleton Appleton Syntonic Menagerie (LP) 1969
FDS-104 Bob Thiele Emergency* Head Start (2xVinyl, Album, Promo, Gat) 1969
FDS 105 Stanley Crouch Ain't No Ambulances For No Nigguhs Tonight (LP) 1969
FDS-106 Tom Scott Quartet Hair To Jazz (LP, Album) 1969
FDS 107 Horace Tapscott Quintet The Giant Is Awakened (LP, Album) 1969
FDS 108 John Carter & Bobby Bradford Quartet Flight For Four (LP, Album) 1969
FDS-113 Esther Marrow Newport News, Virginia (2 versions) 1971
FDS-114 Tom Scott Quartet Paint Your Wagon (LP, Album) 1970
FDS-115 Leon Thomas Spirits Known And Unknown (Album) (2 versions) 1969
FDS-116 Oliver Nelson Black, Brown And Beautiful (LP, Album) 1970
FDS-117 Gato Barbieri The Third World (LP, Gat) 1970
FDS 118 Rosko Pete Hamill's Massacre At My Lai (LP, Gat) 1969
FDS 120 Johnny Hodges / Oliver Nelson / Leon Thomas 3 Shades Of Blue (LP, Album) 1970
FDS 121 Jon Appleton & Don Cherry Human Music (Album) (2 versions) 1970
FDS 122 George Russell Othello Ballet Suite / Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1 (Album) (2 versions) 1968
FDS 123 Ornette Coleman Friends And Neighbors - Ornette Live At Prince Street (Album) (3 versions) 1970
FDS-126 Gunter Hampel The 8th Of July 1969 (LP, Album, Gat) 1970
FDS-127 Pete Hamill Murder At Kent State University (Vinyl, Album) 1970
FDS 128 John Carter (3) / Bobby Bradford Self Determination Music (LP, Album) 1970
FDS-130 Carl B. Stokes The Mayor And The People (LP) 1970
FDS 131 Gil Scott-Heron Small Talk At 125th And Lenox (Album) (2 versions) 1970
FDS 132 Leon Thomas The Leon Thomas Album (LP, Album) 1970
FDS 135 Chico Hamilton El Exigente - The Demanding One (LP, Album) 1970
FDS-136 H. Rap Brown / Leon Thomas SNCC's Rap (LP) 1970
FDS-DJ 2 Leon Thomas China Doll (7", S/Sided, Promo)  
JB-10330 Oliver Nelson And His Orchestra Featuring Lonnie Liston Smith Skull Session / Dumpy Mama (7", Promo) 1975
JB-10702 Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes Peace & Love (7", Promo) 1976
JB-10735 Groove Holmes* I've Got Love For You / Caravan (7", Single, Promo) 1976
JH-10671 Brenda Jones* With Groove Holmes* This Is The Me Me (Not The You You) (7", Promo) 1976
LAX-3063 Steve Kuhn Trio featuring Steve Swallow and Pete La Roca Three Waves (LP, Album, RE) 1975
M51-5000 Larry Coryell Fairyland (LP, Album) 1974
PG-112 Johnny Hodges With Oliver Nelson And Leon Thomas 3 Shades Of Blue (LP, Album) 1970

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