A big hello to all those who love the sound and style of those 70s Mainstream sides!
Although the company's back catalogue is way deep and extends well beyond those familiar white covers with the bold borders, the shad shack will be focusing on the 122 albums in the popular "MRL 300" series (yeah, I know the math's off but so the story goes with Mainstream from what I've heard). As time passes, I'm sure many fans will want to speak up for their favourite records on the label that aren't on this list and they're welcome to do it here!
Inspired by Ish and his herculean efforts at Strata-East Fan Club and Magic Purple Sunshine, I started compiling the list and supplemental links a couple months ago. Info came from a variety of sources including Discogs, Wikipedia, forbidden eye, Organissimo, Rate Your Music, and Audiophile. However, it was E-mile's request today for someone to do a Mainstream blog over at El Goog's post of Mike Longo's Matrix that gave me the push to just put it all together and let it loose.
Befitting label owner Bobby Shad's budget ethos, this site has been set up to run economically time-wise. The LPs are all below, now it's up to the community (myself included) to continue to fill in the spaces as well. We'll add reviews, stories, blog links (already 24/122 to start with) and much more as they're found or submitted.
Welcome to this work-in-progress and if you have any links or info to add, please don't be shy! General feedback would be best mentioned in the comments for this post. Since this blog is for the MRL fans, I'm hopin' to open it up to other authors over time so if you're interested, participate and drop a line.
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