Galaxy Records

Galaxy Records was a record label founded in 1964 by Max and Sol Weiss in Berkeley, California. It was a division of Fantasy Records.^[1]

Galaxy Records
Parent company	Fantasy Records
Founded	1964 (1964)
Founder	Max Weiss Sol Weiss
Status	Defunct
Genre	Jazz
Country of origin	U.S.
Location	Berkeley, California

History

Galaxy Records was officially launched in 1964 in Berkeley, California. In 1967 Galaxy and Fantasy were sold. After ten years of inactivity, Galaxy released albums by Art Pepper, Chet Baker, Stanley Cowell, Nat Adderley, Tommy Flanagan, Red Garland, Johnny Griffin, Roy Haynes, Hank Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Shelly Manne, and Ira Sullivan.^[1] Galaxy Records was closed down for good around 1990's due to conflict problems.

Discography

Galaxy Records first album series, the G-200/8200 series consisted of nine, primarily R&B, albums released between 1963 and 1968. In 1977 Galaxy started the GXY-5100 series, which was a jazz series that ran to 1985.^[2][3]

Catalog No.	Album	Artist	Details
201/8201	John Lee Hooker	John Lee Hooker
202/8202	16 of the Best of B.B. King	B.B. King
203/8203	Little Johnny Taylor	Little Johnny Taylor
204/8204	In the Beginning	Sonny Stitt and Milt Jackson
205/8205	Live at Sugar Hill	John Lee Hooker
206/8206	The Mellow, Mellow Leon Haywood	Leon Haywood
207/8207	Soul Full of Blues: Little Johnny Taylor's Greatest Hits	Little Johnny Taylor
208/8208	B.B. King's 16 Greatest Hits	B.B. King	Reissue of Galaxy 202/8202
209/8209	Soul Grooving	Merl Saunders with Trio and Big Band
5101	Essence	Shelly Manne
5102	Fancy Free	Richard Davis
5103	Thank You Thank You	Roy Haynes
5104	Waiting for the Moment	Stanley Cowell
5105	Just for Fun	Hank Jones
5106	Crossings	Red Garland
5107	Breathe Easy	Cal Tjader
5108	Tiptoe Tapdance	Hank Jones
5109	Red Alert	Red Garland
5110	Something Borrowed, Something Blue	Tommy Flanagan
5111	Talkin' 'bout Love	Stanley Cowell
5112	Philly Mignon	Philly Joe Jones
5113	Our Delights	Tommy Flanagan and Hank Jones
5114	Peace	Ira Sullivan
5115	Equinox	Red Garland
5116	Vistalite	Roy Haynes
5117	Return of the Griffin	Johnny Griffin
5118	Musics	Dewey Redman
5119	Art Pepper Today	Art Pepper
5120	A Little New York Midtown Music	Nat Adderley
5121	Here	Cal Tjader
5122	Advance!	Philly Joe Jones
5123	Ain't Misbehavin'	Hank Jones
5124	French Concert	Shelley Manne
5125	Equipoise	Stanley Cowell
5126	Bush Dance	Johnny Griffin
5127	Straight Life	Art Pepper
5128	Landscape	Art Pepper
5129	Stepping Out	Red Garland
5130	Soundsigns	Dewey Redman
5131	New World	Stanley Cowell
5132	NYC Underground	Johnny Griffin
5133	Ballads by Four	Art Pepper / John Klemmer / Johnny Griffin / Joe Henderson
5134	Five Birds and a Monk	Johnny Griffin
5135	Strike Up the Band	Red Garland
5137	Multimedia	Ira Sullivan
5139	To the Ladies	Johnny Griffin
5140	Winter Moon	Art Pepper
5141	One September Afternoon	Art Pepper
5142	Roadgame	Art Pepper
5143	Goin' Home	Art Pepper and George Cables
5144	Carnaval	Ron Carter, Hank Jones, Sadao Watanabe and Tony Williams
5145	Art Lives	Art Pepper
5146	Call It Whachawana	Johnny Griffin
5147	Tête-à-Tête	Art Pepper and George Cables
5148	Artworks	Art Pepper
5149	So Long Blues	Red Garland
5150	Once Upon a Summertime	Chet Baker
5151	APQ	Art Pepper
5152	More Delights	Tommy Flanagan and Hank Jones
5153	Drum Song	Philly Joe Jones
5154	New York Album	Art Pepper

References

1. Gardner, Mark (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 4. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
2. Both Sides Now - Galaxy Album Discography accessed August 30, 2019
3. Jazzdisco: Galaxy Records Catalog: 5100 series - album index accessed August 30, 2019

External links

• Discography