Fantasy Records

Fantasy Records is a United States based record label, which was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. The early years of the company were dedicated to issuing recordings by Dave Brubeck, Cal Tjader and others. The label was the first to record "in person" performances by Lenny Bruce. Fantasy's first subsidiary label, formed in 1951, was Galaxy Records. The Fantasy and Galaxy names were inspired by science-fiction magazines. In the mid-1950s Saul Zaentz joined the company and eventually instigated the companies major expansion. In 1967 he led a consortium which bought out the Weiss brothers. The following year, Fantasy's most successful act emerged when the local group Creedence Clearwater Revival (which he managed) released their first hit record "Susie Q".

See also

• List of record labels