Mushroom Records (Canada)

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For the Mushroom Records company from Australia, see Mushroom Records

Mushroom Records was a recording label company based in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada, founded by Shelly Siegel along with Mike Flicker and Howard Leese from Mushroom Studios.

During the 1970s, Mushroom released several successful albums from artists such as Doucette, Heart and Chilliwack, but Siegel's sudden death due to aneurysm on 17 January 1979 led to the demise of the label.

Heart's two albums for Mushroom were later purchased and re-issued by Capitol Records.

Mushroom Studios, a Vancouver recording facility, is a separate operation from the record label. The studio began operations years before the formation of the label, and remains in business today. The studio did form a partnership with Mushroom Records during the label's existence. Many of the label's albums were recorded at the similarly-named studios.

[edit] See also

• List of record labels

[edit] External links

• Jam!/The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia: Doucette Mushroom artists, mentioning the label.
• Victoria Jazz Society: Dixon House Band Includes references to Mushroom, Siegel.